Premium Self-Watering Plant Terracotta Spikes (Set of 4)

Got these last week. Soaked them in a bucket of water for a couple of hours (it doesn't say anywhere to do that, I just always do it with terracotta items). Tested them on some of my flowers and they seem to work just fine. Works with just pouring water into the cone as well as putting a water bottle into the cone (I'd recommend a glass bottle with a longer neck to minimize the risk of it falling over). Think I can comfortably leave for vacation now and am fairly confident I'll be coming home to alive and well watered plants!Only con is that they came in very flaky styrofoam packaging. I understand it can be difficult to ship such a fragile item, but it's 2017, no one should be using styrofoam for anything. When I took it out of the packaging small pieces of it flew everywhere to my cats delight and my horror. Manufacturer, if you're reading this, please consider other packaging options!

These plant stakes attached to a water bottle did not work at all. I tested it even before I left by upending it in just a bottle and only got a few drops in 3 days. I thought maybe it needed to be in soil, but no, after 3 days everything was bone dry. Would not recommend at all.

reordered this brand when wind turned over a plant and broke my other watering spike. Seems to work well - water does gradually seeps through the stake. Time will tell how well they hold up and how my plants do using them.

I was skeptical at first, but so far so good. We used one in a test plant and the water seems to seep out of the bottle and through the stake at an acceptable rate; the plant is doing fine. It made me realize I've been overwatering our other outdoor plants. The real test will come during a Texas summer when we are away for a week or so.

I have 10 of these for my plants out front and out back. I use wine bottles they work a lot better than plastic bottles. Originally I got them for when I go on vacation but I use these all summer really helps my plants to grow. You won’t be disappointed they really help.

Cheaper quality than I expected. One was broken when I opened the package. Not sure if that is from poor packaging or poor quality product. Interested to see how they build up with usage and weather.

Spikes are sturdy and easily support a wine bottle filled with water. They disperse water as needed and kept my plants looking great after a 2 week trip.

Works great! Use them for the deck plants at the lake. Only go on weekends and these spikes with wine bottles keep the plants watered during the week when we’re gone. Even works well with the tomato plant!