LechuzaBALCONERA Color 80 Self Watering Planter Plastic Indoor/Outdoor Flower Plant Pot Table and Window Box with Drainage Hole H19 L80 W19 cm Slate

Pros: ● self watering comes very handy.● Sleek design and looks very expensive.● Two compartments.● water indicater works and it is useful.● My plants looks happy.Cons: Really heavy once you put the soil and it gets havier after watering. I doubt a wall shelf or floating shelf will hold this. It needs a steady strong shelf.Overall: I am happy and found the perfect place to put it. Need to buy another one but waiting for the price to drop a but as its really expensive.

Firstly, I have previously bought a self-watering planter from Lechuza in a smaller size which I really loved, and therefore I decided to come back to the same brand, but for a larger planter as I wanted to plant more herbs! In the smaller planter I planted 3 herbs (coriander, basil, and parsley) but it was too small, and so the coriander died off, so lesson learned for this one!I've attached photos, and as you can see, I have 3 in the first trough, 2 in the second (the coriander was very sickly when it first arrived from the supermarket so I wanted it to have loads of space to recover!) and then my mint on its own in the smaller planter so that I can easily plant it in the garden when it has grown some more.Setting up the planters is very simple - they come with gravel to help with the drainage, and you put that straight in the bottom. I was pleased to see that there was less gravel than in the smaller planter, as with that one if you used all the rocks they gave you, you had no room to put a plant in! Bedding the plants in is simple, I made sure to put a layer of soil/compost down and then placed the plants in and surrounded them with more soil.You must remember to give your plants a chance to put down roots before you start trying to use the "self-watering" part of this planter. Until your plants' roots have reached through to the bottom, they will not be able to drink the water from under the troughs, so until then you must water the soil itself.Overall, I think these are aesthetically pleasing, very easy to use (although lifting the trough off a flat surface is quite difficult, so perhaps get it to where you want it before you start filling it up!), and do their job well. I have plans to expand my "herb garden" so I'll be looking to get some more then!(This is the smaller planter I've been referring to Lechuza Premiuim Delta 10 30cm Wide, High Gloss White Self Watering Houseplant & Herb Windowsill Planter Trough )Happy planting!(I'm sorry about the photos, no matter what browser I use, they will not upload in the correct orientation!)

Made well Brilliant product

Purchased to replace one I dropped and it cracked! Look great on my outdoor windowsills and they really are self watering, keeping the plants hydrated.

Very well made, stylish and super easy to use. This planter has made my dying chilli plants far happier!I love that I can rest assured the plants won’t dry out if I’m away for a few days (thanks to the watering system).Really easy to re-pot too due to the lift-out centre and concealed handles.It’s only the cost which stops me giving it a 5th star.

Very good quality German made planter with a double skin, so the plants sit in an internal basket with sits above a water reservoir. There is some slight bowing when painted, but the rigidity and strength are good, and the colour and finish are attractive. The water reservoir has an overflow that can be opened for outdoor use so that they don't get waterlogged, and the water level guage and capped hole to refill them is useful. Be aware that brackets to fit them to railings are an optional extra and not included. I particularly liked the colour and smooth finish, which in my opinion looks better than other brands (which often have a fake rattan finish which I dislike).

I have been growing North American pitcher plants (Sarracenia) and sundews (Drosera) for many years, they are bog plants so need to be soaking wet at the roots all the time during their growing season, the LECHUZA BALCONERA system isn't even designed for this purpose but it is PERFECT for my plants/these kinds of plants, it looks great and the low water idicactor is genius, the removeable trays are ideal for cleaning and checking on roots, what a brilliant and well priced solution to my years long problem.........my only criticism is to please make even bigger versions!

Great quality and beautiful pot. The tray in the bottom filters out and stores extra water and it's easy to take out the upper part. Good design and easy to use. For the first few weeks you'd have to wait a bit before using the water control system as suggested by the manual. You'd be able to see the water indicator when you start using. It was a good size for a few tulips and a nice addition to the garden!