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Everyone says skip the self-watering pots, but my July trip to Tulsa proved them wrong
Everyone on here says self-watering pots are a waste and you should just water by hand, but I finally tried one this summer and I'm not going back. I was away in Tulsa for 9 days in early July, and my neighbor was supposed to water my balcony but flaked on day 2. I came home expecting dead basil and a crispy pepper plant, and the cheap $8 self-watering pot had kept everything alive while the regular terra cotta pots were bone dry. The thing is, people here act like you're lazy if you use them, but I'd rather have living plants than prove a point. I get that they can get waterlogged, but that's a drainage mix fix, not a reason to skip them entirely. Has anyone else had a trip save their garden like this, or am I the only one who trusts these pots now?
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