There’s no water to get water in the reservoir without going via the substrate I think the company have removed this hole now (but don’t quote me on that – I’m just judging by the diagrams Amazon provide), but it’s annoying that there was no mention of it when I bought them.Ģ. How the heck are you meant to get the water out without removing all the substrate? This would be fine IF there was an inner pot (which admittedly would render the hole useless) but there isn’t. It’s not even flush to the bottom (I imagine so you can keep a reservoir in there). Mine has a hole in the bottom: Excuse the soil So I’m specifically talking about these ones:ġ. I checked back through my orders, and the original pot is not found. Check VAT and shipping though – that’s how AliExpress gets you! For some reason searching the brand doesn’t work – they just popped up in the ‘people also buy’ sidebar. Ok, I also found some flat, wide Leizisure pots.
Honestly, I wish I’d just bought a tonne of these. It looks nice and is easier to clean than the Lechuza ones.There’s a little chute for pouring water into the base of the pot.There isn’t a cord wick – the inner pot stands on little hollow legs that your substrate can fit into, which I think works better as a wicking system.These look similar from Amazon, but if you want to find the actual ones, they’re the brand Leizisure, clearly a spin on Lechuza. If you’re getting a self-watering plant pot because you want to be told when to water, I wouldn’t recommend this one.Īaaaand my favourite, which you can’t buy anywhere unless you get fifty. The only downside is that there isn’t a water gauge, but that doesn’t really bother me. Not an issue for me, but I suppose it’s a pain if you only have one plant. I bought a single one for about £5, on Amazon they’re about the same, but you have to buy them in packs of three. It has an inner pot, making it a great chico for leca. (The link goes to Amazon, because things on AliExpress just…disappear, but I’m pretty sure it’s exactly the same pot). I believe there are actually a few different designs, so you can hunt for one you like. I really like these – they’re cheap and look…fine. These are perfect for small-medium sized plants – I’m pretty sure I have the largest size and it’s only 15cm in diameter. Otherwise I don’t think the water would reach the roots easily. It would be nice to have larger pots BUT you’d also need to also have a longer cord so you could move it higher into the substrate. One of the issues I have with lechuza is that there’s no inner pot, making it difficult to flush without getting leca everywhere. They’re simple to use – you fill-up the reservoir and a cord wicks the water up into the soil or leca. Next up we have these string-wicking self-watering pots from Amazon: The many, many 4+starred reviews suggest that other people think differently to me, but I won’t repurchase. They look fine, and are a decent price, but are basically unusable (to me). Different types of self-watering potsįirst up we have the fairly obvious Lechuza knockoffs from Amazon that look like this: I have a video over on YouTube that shows my whole collection of self-watering pots, if you’d rather listen to me ramble on rather than read it. I found a firm favourite, which unfortunately you can now only buy on Alibaba in quantities of 50 or above. I have a whole article on budget house plant care here.įor the sake of research (insert sneaky emoji here), I went on an Aliexpress/Amazon spree and picked up a few of the cheaper self-watering pots, including some pretty obvious Lechuza knockoffs. Outer pots are mainly either from Ikea, or supermarkets (I got a variegated Alocasia amazonica AND a gorgeous pot for £12 from M&S. Most of them are in plastic nursey pots that I’ve reused, and a fair few are in terracotta. I’m a fairly frugal person, and I’m not in position to switch all my plants to Lechuza pots.
Lechuza pots full#
I have a full Lechuza review here, but tl dr is that I like them but they’re not necessarily right for everyone and if you’re into leca, you may have a hard time flushing Lechuza pots because there isn’t an inner pot. Lechuza is the creme de la creme of self-watering plant pots, and for good reason.
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