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title: "Hello I got this cute little self watering pot today, I have tons of…"
description: "Hello I got this cute little self watering pot today, I have tons of house plants but I’ve always used soil, leca or pon. This one shows you add water to the…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Kieley"
published: "2025-02-02T04:44:56.289775Z"
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# Hello I got this cute little self watering pot today, I have tons of…

_Posted by Kieley on 2025-02-02_

Hello  
I got this cute little self watering pot today, I have tons of house plants but I’ve always used soil, leca or pon. This one shows you add water to the clear pot then sit the terracotta pot in it so the pot absorbs the water. My question is can I use soil in this type of pot? I am currently out of leca and pon. So was hoping soil would work. Thanks in advance!!

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## 9 comments

### Tokkomio commented on 2025-02-02

You definitely can and I think soil might actually absorb the soil better since the water sticks to the terracotta. Such a cute pot!

### KJM commented on 2025-02-02

You can still over water in those pots. I speak from experience. Don't put so much water in the clear pot that it comes too far up the sides of the terracotta pot, especially if there's a hole in the bottom of the terracotta.

#### Kieley replied on 2025-02-02

It does not have a hole in the bottom of the pot but I will definitely remember not to fill it too much! Thx

### Donna S commented on 2025-02-02

I have gotten away from self-watering pots but I did just buy two of these also and I put African Violets that I had propagated into them.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/gLP0pAooEL9OTl9DU7mzOUhhnKhi2RiAAEcj-Osrm3Y/eQ0PEQOFSf6g3toML7tRhQ.webp?size=large)

### Donna S commented on 2025-02-02

Can anybody tell me how to change my name here? Not sure how it picked up one of my plant locations as my name!

#### Tessa replied on 2025-02-02

Of course! You select the tab at the bottom of the screen with the plant icon, then scroll up to the settings icon in the top right corner, then choose "edit profile" and then "display name." From there you can choose a new name!

#### Donna S replied on 2025-02-02

Thanks so much!

### Shailey J commented on 2025-02-02

I don’t have an answer for you, but what a cute pot! Where did you get it?

#### Kieley replied on 2025-02-02

Got it at Walmart

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