GARDENIX DECOR 5" Self Watering pots for Indoor Plants - Flower Pot with Water Level Indicator for Plants, Grow Tracking Tool - Self Watering Planter Plant Pot – 2 Pack Purple

Its been a few weeks since I planted my basil plant and its doing really well and growing really tall! It comes with a puck of hardened soil which I had a little bit of difficulty with. I put it in the amount of water it called for and it immediately broke up the hardened soil (even though directions said you may need to use hands or utensils to break it up) and it was just extremely wet soil in a bag. It took me some time to slowly let the water drain while trying to keep as much of the soil as possible. I wasn't able to use the whole thing but I used most of it, and mixed some of my soil in to fill it up. It suggests to use the soil given so that's why I did, but I imagine you'd be able to skip it if you want, and use whatever soil you prefer.All in all, it was pretty easy to assemble and appears to be working well. I gave it 4 stars on sturdiness because I haven't had it long enough to really be able to tell. However, the plastic is thick and it seems to be made pretty well so I expect it'll last.

It took me a minute or two to figure out how to assemble the watering part despite the excellent written instructions. I finally had to resort to viewing the instructional video and then it was so simple. They even included the soil for the pot, a hard disc that you put in the included plastic bag, add hot water, and wait for it to become the kind of potting soil we are familiar with. Be careful when opening as there is a tiny little white float for the tube included. So far, so good and the African Violets look good in them. I am going to order the larger size for other plants. They seem very durable and like they won't break if one hits the tile balcony floor.

I have most of my houseplants in Lechuza or Gardener’s Supply Viva line of self watering planters. This one is made as well as them and has a better design. The moisture meter fits inside the insert and can’t be pulled out. My 2 year old pulled out the Lechuza moisture meter and there was no way for retrieve the bottom piece without taking the entire plant out to get to the moisture meter below. Viva at least comes out in one piece. This one stays in place. I like the matte finish also. I am not a huge fan of the nutrient void coir soil so I still use Gardener’s Supply Self Watering Planter soil but the coir will work with fertilizer. I have to buy separate soil with the other self watering planters I use so that doesn’t bother me.

These are good little planters, but not perfect. They are basically true to size, and the water indicator works just fine. They look nice, and I like the color options. They are the right size for small-medium size plants. They are also really good for pon, the holes are the right size that it won't fall through. There is a little line inside the pot to indicate the max fill line, but I wouldn't fill it quite that much since the inner pot will raise the level a little bit beyond it.Two things I dislike; one is that the indicator installs from the bottom rather than the top. The inner pot also sits completely inside the outer pot, there is no lip/overhang to make it easy to remove. This, paired with not being to remove the indicator from the top, makes it a little difficult to remove. I NEVER trust the water level indicators, I always want to see the water myself, so I have to grab onto the indicator and the stem of the plant and carefully lift to remove the inner pot.Besides this they are really good planters, and I will possibly purchase them again since they are such a good price and look so nice.

I do not have a green thumb, I can't even keep air plants alive with air. (And succulents? No.)So when my home really needed a touch of something alive, besides all the people, I searched for the easiest and hardiest, and more important the best way to help them help themselves. These pots came up, and are fantastic.They are simple to set up, practically foolproof water indicator, and I don't have to worry about my plant on the daily. This set also came with coco-soil, a hard puck that you expand with water. It was like a one stop shop for the plant novice.The gray is a dark grey and it goes very nicely in any room I've moved it around to. No worry about spills from over filling, very easy to set up and use.Highly recommend!!

These pots are almost there and then! The seller offers a 20% discount to returning customers who scan a code. What about customers who want the discount and don't scan codes? Though they cost a little more the Aquaphoric is a much better self-watering pot. I have both and I returned to Aquaphoric with NO annoying code to scan. These, the inside pot sets inside the outside container as opposed to setting on the outside container as does the Aquaphoric. This is a much cleaner and nicer look plus you don't have two different colors circling the top. And the red float is so much harder to see! Thin red line against my foilage! Disappears! The 20% discount might bring me back but for the price, I went with Aquaphoric, no annoying code to scan. Just plain straight-up great self-watering pots! Sorry GARDENIX you dropped the ball! I did email you. You should have answered me. But you ignored my email. No customer service combined with this and other design flaws should rate this a two. The only reason I can give it a three is it does perform well. Thus far.

These are 10/10 self watering pots and have made my plants super happy!!

Very nice