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Post by emmsmommy on Jul 29, 2020 18:11:19 GMT -5
So I've been contemplating buying a watering can for several months. Currently I'm using a Tupperware pitcher which works but I really have to be careful around newly emerged seedlings. I've had a few of the cheap plastic cans and either they spew out water unevenly or only work well when the can is at half capacity. What features interest me the most is a removeable rose and the ability to use the can when nearly full and not have water slosh out of the top. Two-gallon capacity would be nice. Metal or plastic doesn't really matter as long as the can works well. Wondering what everyone else uses?
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 29, 2020 19:49:25 GMT -5
I have a galvanized metal 2 gallon watering can that I've had for years. Decades actually. It has a removable rose and a splash guard. I love it.
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Post by martywny on Jul 30, 2020 5:24:21 GMT -5
emmsmommy , desertwoman , My favorite is the black can, galvanized and made in England. I bought these two at a flower shop that was going out of business for $5 each. The black can sells for about $125, holds 1-1/2 gallons, and that long spout gets you right into the center of your plant. I would say it's well worth $125 if I wanted to buy one and knew how well it worked.
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Post by datgirl on Jul 30, 2020 5:41:24 GMT -5
desertwoman,Sounds like the one I have. We found it in my parents basement when we were cleaning it out. I'd love to have ones like martywny, Those are really nice.
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Post by davidjp on Jul 30, 2020 9:29:42 GMT -5
I'll second martywny 's recommendation. I don't think you can get a better watering can at least for the ones I've tried.
Besides the metal tin versions which are obviously the best but quite expensive there is a plastic version that works pretty well. I have two which have survived the heat, UV and smog of southern California quite well. And that's somewhere where if you leave out a regular plastic bucket over summer I've had buckets of the type you'd get in home depot just shatter into a hundred pieces as the uv etc just destroyed them. So I'd say they are pretty good.
I also have the small copper haws watering can which is great and designed to water house plants. I find it perfect for watering seeds in module trays, it directs a small flow of water to a really specific area with ease. It'll also last a lifetime, after I bought mine I also inherited one that is at least 60 years old and still as good as new so if you get the copper one you'll be leaving it in your will.
They are quite difficult to source, the usual place I got my plastic ones from no longer sells them but I found this source
www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/garden/water-and-irrigation/watering-cans/65243-haws-heavy-duty-plastic-watering-can?item=XB912
haws.co.uk/
They have something of a cult following in the UK where they are a fair bit cheaper of course but still expensive. There can't be too many watering can companies with their own Wikipedia page
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haws_Watering_Cans
The worlds oldest watering can company, designed by a British farmer in the colonial service growing orchids for vanilla production in Mauritius in the late 1800's, still using the same design today. In between watering probably downing a few gin and tonics to keep malaria at bay too.
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Post by James on Jul 30, 2020 9:30:09 GMT -5
I don't have a water can. Turn on the sprinklers. Grab a garden hose. Arguah! as usual the image won't load........ right click the icon and choose: "Open image in new tab" martywny, how did you manage to get an image to load?
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Post by emmsmommy on Jul 30, 2020 12:06:07 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I do like the Haws heavy duty plastic watering can but everywhere I've found it is out of stock. Hopefully I can find one before spring.
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Post by davidjp on Jul 30, 2020 15:24:43 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! I do like the Haws heavy duty plastic watering can but everywhere I've found it is out of stock. Hopefully I can find one before spring. it looks like the design is a little updated from the ones i have which isn't a bad thing. The rose on mine is part brass and part plastic and the base of the rose which is plastic can split over time, not too much of a trouble but a design fault. The new rose looks like its all brass. I'd post something on their facebook page and ask if there are any available from any of their US distributors. If you look on there now theres a nice story of them restoring a can that someone sent in that was around 100 years old. www.facebook.com/hawswateringcans
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