Best watering can for young/short plants?

Hello all,

I grow indoors, in tents, using a mixture of coco and perlite. I feed drain to waste, to 20 percent runoff. I currently use a generic 2 gal watering can I got off of amazon, that has a plastic shower head end spout. It works great after the first topping, but up until then, I have to remove the shower head spout to avoid splashing the plants because of the angle of the spout I assume, and without it the water "erodes" the coco and I’m always going behind it and leveling the coco back out. I‘ve been making it work, and I do have an auto-feed system in a box somewhere in the garage, but I really do prefer hand-watering whenever my plant count allows for it.

what watering cans do you use or have you used that have a gentle flow and are good for using with seedlings or shorter plants, where this isn’t as much room between your bottom leaves and surface of your medium?

i use a solo cup or a glass to water them while they are small. sometimes ill have to lift the bottom leaves to get the edge of the cup under them, its not perfect but it works for the short time they are small.

For seedling and really small solo plants a big plastic syringe provides good control.

For the top I've used....
Mother Earth Coco covers.
Floraflex square caps

I get these for $10 at harbor freight.

iShatterBladderz said:

... what watering cans do you use or have you used that have a gentle flow and are good for using with seedlings or shorter plants, where this isn’t as much room between your bottom leaves and surface of your medium? ...

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The Chapin 3.8L / 1.0 U.S. gallon hand pump sprayer, although I'll fill it with 4.5L (An Imperial gallon.)



The nozzle and flex hose allows for watering the entire surface of the pot when there isn't much room between the top of the pot and an immovable obstruction like SCROG nets. Remove the wand and pump several times for a more powerful stream. Perfect for when the plants are larger. Leave the wand on and pump only a couple of times to create a gentle mist which is perfect for when they are still small.

StareCase said:

The Chapin 3.8L / 1.0 U.S. gallon hand pump sprayer, although I'll fill it with 4.5L (An Imperial gallon.)

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The nozzle and flex hose allows for watering the entire surface of the pot when there isn't much room between the top of the pot and an immovable obstruction like SCROG nets. Remove the wand and pump several times for a more powerful stream. Perfect for when the plants are larger. Leave the wand on and pump only a couple of times to create a gentle mist which is perfect for when they are still small.

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That's what i use even when they get bigger and always water the outside edge of the pot

Dewin420 said:

... That's what i use even when they get bigger and always water the outside edge of the pot ...

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Yeah ... you can use these sprayers from when they are little starter plants right up to fully finished behemoths. The fine mist from the wand works great for stuff like foliar feeding. They are only $20 so you can get a couple of them or replace a busted one for not a lot of coin.

They make a 2 Gallon version that I use to spray the vinegar & salt solution to kill weeds on the driveway & stone walkways.

StareCase said:

Yeah ... you can use these sprayers from when they are little starter plants right up to fully finished behemoths. The fine mist from the wand works great for stuff like foliar feeding. They are only $20 so you can get a couple of them or replace a busted one for not a lot of coin.

They make a 2 Gallon version that I use to spray the vinegar & salt solution to kill weeds on the driveway & stone walkways.

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I use a battery operated model
To much pumping to do a large grow

Herb & Suds said:

I use a battery operated model
To much pumping to do a large grow

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Does it still have a gentle stream using a battery operated? I would like to not have to pump but if it’s a stronger stream with battery I may go the pump route. I’ve got a battery operated fuel siphon That I use to transport nutrients from Rez to can, and it was a little too much for the top layer of coco.

Herb & Suds said:

... I use a battery operated model. To much pumping to do a large grow ...

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Howdy Herb. Very true. I only have a total of 4 going at one time and hand pumping to water 4 plants isn't bad. But I can see how a hand pump for a large scale grow would be a major pain.

!6 oz. condiment squeeze bottles.

Water bottle or measuring glass

thanks guys! I think I’m gonna go with a 3 gallon Chapin compression sprayer. Right now I’m using just about 1.2 gallons of water per plant each feeding, and about to add two more plants, so it will be nice to get an extra gallon of capacity, my current can is a 2 gal. Will probably stick with a hand pump model as I imagine it would be easier to control the strength of the stream with a hand pump model, I’m afraid the battery powered models would be too strong and give me the same issues I’m currently having.

iShatterBladderz said:

Does it still have a gentle stream using a battery operated? I would like to not have to pump but if it’s a stronger stream with battery I may go the pump route. I’ve got a battery operated fuel siphon That I use to transport nutrients from Rez to can, and it was a little too much for the top layer of coco.

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It has an adjustable wand sprayer and you can reverse it to drain the lines