Window Garden Bottoms Up Planter Kit

I love having plants around the house. I am always looking for ways to bring some greenery in. I especially love having herbs close by so I can grab what I need while I am cooking. This Window Garden Bottoms Up Planter Kit is perfect for a small herb plant. I put a purple basil plant in it. So far my basil is doing well. I have found that light can be a major factor in whether or not plants will do well in these containers. You should also pay attention to how much water a plant likes. Because this pot gives it constant water, unless you forget to refill it for a long time, some plants will get water logged and get root rot. I could tell my plant needed more light when the leaves started falling off. I have since moved my planter and it is doing well and has new growth.

This planter is really easy to set up. It comes with the planter, a plastic ring, that holds everything in place, and a plastic thing that reminds me of plastic canvas. It, also, has a plastic arm with two suction cups, a wire hanger and an S hook. The S hook fits into a small hole on the arm and allows you to hook one loop of the wire on it. The other end of the wire can be hooked onto the hook on the “bottom” of the pot. The suction cups are awesome. I was a little afraid they would not stay up well, but they hold really, really tightly to the clean window. There are two little alcohol wipes that you can use to clean the window and the suction cups. When I put this on the window the first time it was too low and I needed to move it. I had a heck of a time prying it off the window to re-apply it higher.

There is one small disc of soil that is included. This soil disc can be submerged in water and it expands and fluffs up. Once your soil is ready you can grab your plant and put it in and put the soil with it. The little soil disc was more than enough with the soil already attached to the root ball of my basil plant.

Then, you put the plastic canvas like thing around the stem of your plant. I was worried that even with this the dirt would fall out, but I have not had any soil leak out. On top of the plastic canvas you put the plastic ring in and turn it to the locked position. When you have it locked you can attach the wire to the bottom of the pot and hang it upside down. On the pot there is a little green piece. This is the water level indicator. To water your plant, you slowly pour water into the “bottom” of the pot near the green water level indicator. As you add water you can watch the water level indicator go up. This soil does not have any nutrients in it so I do recommend using some type of liquid fertilizer or compost tea in it.

I love this planter. I think having a whole window full of them hanging at different levels would be really cool. You could make an entire hanging herb garden.

You can buy this planter here.

I received a discount on this product in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.