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Hose Pots
It is safe to say that you want to learn a bit more about hose pots and what you might need to know before you can make an educated buying decision. In this article we are going to give you tips on what to look for when buying hose pots, the different style options you have and how to make the best decision that will meet your needs.
First of all, let’s go over some of the main points for what you should be looking for when buying. First and foremost, you want to make sure that you get one that is large enough to handle the full size of garden hose you have. Most hose pots come ready to handle fifty, seventy-five or one hundred foot garden hoses. You also need to take into account how thick the garden hose is. The standard thickness for a garden hose is around 5/8”. You need to take this into account if your garden hose is bigger or smaller.
Secondly, you need to get a style of hose pots that will accommodate your lawn area well. You want to make sure that you are able to place them in an area that is easily accessible and close to a water outlet. The good thing about having a nice decorative hose pots is that people will not ever even see the hose but only a beautiful lawn ornament.
A couple of other quick tips would be to find one that is easy to use. By this I mean one that it is easy to wind up the hose into. If you have a 100’ garden hose, it could be quite laborious if winding it up is not easy to do. You should also make sure to get one that will withstand all weather. Some of the better options out there are made of copper which holds up well in any weather.
Another important feature of hose pots is you want to make sure that if you live in an area where you get lots of rain that there are proper drainage holes in the hose pots. Otherwise, you will come out one early morning only to find a nice hose pot that is filled with rain water! In many instances, if you fall in love with a certain design of hose pots you can probably just drill your own drainage holes in it.
Once you get your hose pots, a cool trick to help wind your hose up easier is to make sure you have a nozzle of some type on the end of the hose and leave the water pressure on while you wind it up. Then after it is all wound up, just turn the water off and this will make winding the hose up much easier.
In conclusion, there are many things one should consider before buying hose pots such as what size you should you buy, what design or make you should get, and make a decision where you are going to locate them in your gardens. I have really only touched the surface with this article. You should take a look at some of my other articles I have written on hose pots.