Automatic Plant Watering System Devices, Slow Release Ceramic Material Feeder for Vacation Plant Self Watering Kit for Outdoor & Indoor Use (20)

I thought this would be easier to use but it was more challenging. Some of them don't seem to work properly and the weights were falling off as well. Could not keep the tubes low enough.

There is no way to adjust the water flow. The reservoir is emptied within 2 days causing overflow from the saucer under the pot creating a puddle on the floor.This is supposed to ensure that the plant is hydrated over a period of time during vacation. The only thing that will be accomplished is coming back from vacation with dead plants and flooding on the floor.

Nice product, work wellThank you

I soaked these watering cones and tubes in a large tub of purified water for 24 hours on a bright sunny porch to soften the tubes and soak the cones. Then I used a baby ear bulb cleaner and flushed water through the lines. The only trick is getting the right height for your water container. My mistake was too many plants of "different size pots" for the same water container. Adjust the height of your water container properly and you will see a slow steady drip...how? I don't push them fully into the ground, I leave the tip of the watering cone so I could see them dripping. If they are working you will see them drip inside the watering cone if the top 1/2 inch is left exposed.. I also watered the soil well to insert the cones the first time. So far loving these and they saved me a lot from the way overpriced competitors brands.

These would be really good water filters because they allow a lot of water to flow through them. I have some of the larger terracotta spikes that I use with vodka bottles and those will take a week and a half to go through a 750ml bottle. These, on the other hand, can drain a bottle in a few hours.With that said, I'm not using these in the intended sense where I have an upright bottle of water that's sitting next to a pot that may only be slightly more elevated than the pot. I'm using these as part of a larger watering system where a few liters of water are stored and mounted a bit higher than the plants so that gravity helps keep the cones full.I figured that if the larger wine bottle spikes used 750ml in a week, I expected that these could do the same over a longer period if I fed them with a few liters. That's not true. Water just flows through these. I'm thinking it's the type of ceramic used, possibly the thickness of it that causes it to just allow water to flow through them so quickly.It's also a little weird because once your source water is finished (either in my case or in the intended use case), and the spikes have drained the water they had inside, you can't simply fill up the main source tank/bottle to keep things going. You have to actually start the siphon again to get it flowing. When I first used a soda bottle on a couple of plants, that meant that I had to either turn the bottle upside down or blow into it. In my larger use case, gravity does a good job to get the siphon started (well, there is no siphon in this case really), but I have to pop off the tops of these cones to release the air pressure and let the water in again.In my gravity fed system, I ended up needing to add small valves to each one to regulate the flow and not totally drown the plants. It's a good idea and I hoped it would work out, but these are better as water filters than they are as regulated watering devices. Better to get the wine-bottle spikes.

I travel alot so my plants usually suffer while i am gone. These allow me to put the end of the hose in a large jar and water consistently. I am surprised at the huge variablity in how the plants use water.I didnt give a 5 on suction because it does take some tweaking. I found it easiest to soak the whole thing in water and pull the olla portion out and put in the plant. then pop the top off of the olla spike and put more water in it. make it over flow, then put the cap back on. this sets the siphon up to work. if the water container goes dry you have to re-tune the siphon.i put my plant and water container in place before i added the olla. Cuz if you bump it and the water isn't to the top of the olla spike, then you lose the siphon.

Eight out of 10 of these simply did not work! They kept siphoning water and over-watering everything even when the soil was already too wet and should've stopped the flow. They'd empty their water jugs so fast that you couldn't leave them alone for more than a few days. I took them out and would've returned them but wasn't worth the bother. They do have some positive reviews so perhaps they worked for others, or maybe mine came from a faulty batch.

Easy to use. Works great, better than expected! My plants were kept watered during busy days when I forgot!