Small Watering Can for Indoor Plants, 38oz
Most indoor plants are killed by watering, not by neglect. Usually by a wide-mouthed jug that dumps half a litre onto the surface, floods the sill, and leaves the roots at the bottom still dry.
The long gooseneck spout is the entire point. It reaches past leaves to the soil, and it pours in a thin controlled stream, so the water goes in at the speed the compost can take it. You can water a hanging plant without lifting it down and a shelf plant without moving the books.
Powder-coated steel over galvanised metal. The galvanising is what stops rust starting at the base, which is where a watering can always fails first, because that is where water sits.
What it will not do
Thirty-eight ounces is roughly a litre. That waters six to eight houseplants before a refill. It is deliberately not a garden can. A garden can is heavy when full and clumsy indoors, and this is sized for a hand and a windowsill.
The narrow spout that makes it precise also makes it slow. If you want to fill a bath-sized planter quickly, this is the wrong tool.
The parts that usually fail, and what we did about them.
- Gooseneck spout
- Reaches past leaves to the soil and pours at the speed compost takes.
- Galvanised underneath
- Rust starts at the base, because that is where water sits.
- Thirty-eight ounces
- Sized for a hand and a windowsill, not for a garden.
- Narrow spout
- Precise, and so slow. Wrong tool for a large planter.
Specification
- Capacity
- 38 oz, about a litre
- Material
- Powder-coated steel over galvanised
- Spout
- Long gooseneck
- Covers
- Six to eight houseplants per fill
- Why galvanised
- No rust at the base
- Guarantee
- Two years
What it does, and what it doesn't
The gooseneck is the entire point. It reaches past leaves to the soil and pours a thin controlled stream, so water goes in at the speed the compost can take it. You can water a hanging plant without lifting it down. The galvanising underneath the powder coat is what stops rust starting at the base, which is where a watering can always fails first.
It is deliberately not a garden can. A garden can is heavy when full and clumsy indoors. This is sized for a hand and a windowsill. The narrow spout that makes it precise also makes it slow, so for a bath-sized planter this is the wrong tool.
Made to be kept.
Two years against manufacturing faults, and thirty days to change your mind for any reason at all.
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