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PSA: Those cheap plastic self-watering pots from Amazon leaked water all over my neighbor's balcony below mine

I spent $35 on a 3-pack of those self-watering pots with the wicking system, and after 2 weeks the bottom seam split on the biggest one and dumped a gallon of tomato water on Mrs. Chen's patio furniture, so now I'm out the cost of the pots plus a $50 apology gift card, has anyone found a reliable self-watering setup that doesn't risk turning into a balcony flood zone?
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hannah_price79
That $35 price tag got me too but now I see why cheap plastic fails.
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alice991
alice99119h ago
Swap to 5-gallon Home Depot buckets with a hole drilled an inch up, no leaks yet.
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