Self Watering Planters

Self-watering planters come in all shapes and sizes, but it's the smaller ones that I value the most. I love African Violets, but they are a small plant, and small plants need more attention. With proper care they will bloom most of the year. An irregular watering schedule will drop the blooms faster than anything I know. With the self-watering flowerpots I don't have to worry about that.

They do the job for me.

I still have a lot of traditional flowerpots that I love too much to give up, but the ease of the self-watering system is too good to ignore. For my heavier flowerpots (the ones I don't have to worry about tipping over) I use the aqua-globes.

Spring is almost here. Once again I will be setting up a small herb garden. Last year I have a dozen small planters with herb growing in them on my patio. They did well outside but keeping them watered was hard. The heat and the sun sucked up the water faster than I could pour it.

This year I'm going to try something new.
I like to use fresh herbs when cooking. Many of the herbs can be grown in flowerpots. Rather than have an assortment of planters, I'm putting my herb garden into one set of self-watering stackable planters. It will be easier to keep them watered and when fall rolls around, I can bring it inside and continue to harvest herbs through the fall.

Nothing speaks of summer better than planters on the patio with fragrant blooms dancing in the breeze. But as with the herb garden, keeping the flowers watered is a full time job. The sun and heat can destroy an unwatered planter full of flowers in no time flat. The self-watering planters don't negate the need to water, but they do give you a little leeway. If you're running late and don't get out there on time, they will not whither and die for lack of water.

I love my plants. It doesn't matter how busy I get, I will do what I can to keep them healthy and happy. I lose one occasionally, but the self-watering planters do help. I will not give up the planters I already have, but as I add to my collection of plants I tuck their roots into a self watering flowerpot.