Balcony & Patio Garden Gift Ideas
Gifts for a garden that lives in containers: pots, a planter that waters itself, and the small kit that keeps pots alive. This page was not a hands-on test.
Quick picks
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For less daily watering
EarthBox Container Gardening SystemAmazon
A reservoir planter: water sits under the mix and you refill it through a fill tube.
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For patio tomatoes
Smart Pot 10-Gallon Fabric Pots with Cut Handles, Black, 5-PackAmazon
Five 10-gallon fabric pots, one tomato or pepper each. The fabric drains and air-prunes roots.
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For filling it all
Espoma Organic Potting Mix, 16 qt (AP16)Amazon
Organic potting mix of peat moss, humus and perlite, made for containers.
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For the over-waterer
XLUX Soil Moisture Meter (T10), battery-freeAmazon
Battery-free probe with a dry-moist-wet dial that reads at root depth. A pot can look dry on top and still be wet below.
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For a patio greenhouse
Aosom greenhouses
Aosom's greenhouse section, for a cover on a patio. Check the listed size against the space first.
More at Aosom
Quick match
- Travels a lot: the self-watering EarthBox.
- Wants tomatoes: fabric pots and potting mix.
- Kills houseplants: the moisture meter.
- Wants to start early in spring: a patio greenhouse.
Gift set idea
- Fabric pots + potting mix + moisture meter.
- Wrap the meter with a seed packet.
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