The best indoor watering can for houseplants: what actually matters
Most indoor watering cans are the same can in a different color. Four things separate a good one from a pretty one. A fifth thing separates one that waters plants from one that improves them.
- Removes chlorine, chloramine and fluoride
- Adds back 20+ minerals
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1. A long, narrow spout
It reaches under the leaves to the soil and pours slowly enough not to wash the soil out. This matters more than anything else for indoor use.
2. The right capacity
Too small and you are refilling constantly. Too big and it is heavy and awkward over a shelf. Think about how many pots you water in one round. The Pearl Roots can holds 1.5 L, about 50 fl oz, which covers a typical shelf of houseplants in one trip.
3. Balance when full
A can that tips forward as it empties dumps water on the floor. Pick it up full if you can.
4. A material that lasts
Thin plastic cracks and thin metal rusts at the seams. Look for something made to be left out, because a can you like looking at is a can you leave where you will use it.
5. What it does to the water
Every other can on the market holds tap water and pours tap water. Chlorine, chloramine and fluoride in that water are behind most brown leaf tips on spider plants, peace lilies, dracaenas and calatheas. The Pearl Roots can filters them out as it pours and adds back 20+ minerals.
Watering Can With Filter and Remineralizer for House Plants
Filters chlorine, chloramine, fluoride and lead as you pour, then adds back 20+ minerals
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Less than a season of distilled water jugs, and nothing to carry.
Do you need a filtered one?
Honestly, not everyone does. If your plants are pothos, snake plants and ZZ plants and they look fine, a simple long-spout can is all you need. If you have brown tips on sensitive plants, buy distilled water, or leave water out overnight, a filtered can replaces all of that.
| A plain can is fine if | A filtered can is worth it if |
|---|---|
| your plants are tough species | you own calatheas, spider plants, dracaenas, peace lilies, palms, orchids or ferns |
| no brown tips or crisp edges | more than one plant has brown tips |
| you are on well or rain water | you already buy distilled water |
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Better water, tonight's watering.
- $69 · Free shipping · 30-day money-back guarantee
- Free shipping
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Replaceable filter packs