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Lost $60 on those fancy self-watering balcony planters last summer - total scam
I bought 3 of those trendy self-watering planters from a Facebook ad back in May. They looked so nice in the photos, you know? But the water reservoir kept getting clogged with dirt after like 2 weeks. Then the wicking cord got moldy. My basil and cherry tomatoes both got root rot because the water just sat there. By July everything was dead and I had to toss the planters because I couldn't even clean them out properly. Has anyone else had better luck with a specific brand of self-watering pot? I'm thinking of just going back to regular old nursery pots with saucers.
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ivanlewis23d ago
Dude, I feel your pain so much. I once bought a "self-watering" planter that just turned into a mosquito breeding ground (my neighbor was not a fan). My thumb is definitely more brown than green, so maybe I'm just not cut out for these things. The basil I tried to grow looked more like a sad, wilted weed than anything edible. Seriously, at this point I'm just gonna stick with a regular pot and a saucer and accept my fate as a plant parent who forgets to water things sometimes.
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the_fiona23d ago
Huh, that's interesting because I've had the opposite experience lol. Got a set of Lechuza pots two years ago and they're still going strong with my herbs. Maybe it depends on the soil mix you use? I found that adding perlite helped a ton with drainage.
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