“We live in Wisconsin and we have several plants that we wheel outside for half the year and wheel back inside for the other half. Having a GrowOya in each of those pots has been a huge improvement over other watering methods. The lime tree now has 6 limes ‘cooking’ on it, and the rosemary ‘tree’ fills the house with its fragrance. The bay tree was always looking rough but this season it is doing well enough that we are comfortable pulling some leaves off for cooking. Excellent product!” — Squiddly
“Having bought out my local hardware store’s stock of Oya’s, had to order more from Amazon. LOVE THESE! they make an incredible difference in the garden, and considering we’ve just had some of the hottest weather on record for our section of the SouthWest desert, that absolutely NOTHING affected the plants says a lot for how these perform. bought 4 of the mediums and one is in a different box; color, information, etc and does not have the little green cap that the other three do, but am not going to sweat that. Will make do with something else to close the top. Here in the desert am refilling these every 3-4 days. They are made in China and imported through a Canadian company. They are among the most reasonably priced Ollas on the market and each box has an indication of what area they will water. I started off with one of each size and used them in, respectively, a 4′, a 3′ and a 2′ growing container. Again, incredible difference, including no transplant shock with seedlings. NONE! So am slowly moving to Ollas to take care of my garden. Care will have to be taken in the winter, but then again, living in the desert, do not expect to get the FREEZE other areas of the country experience. Using Ollas and a good layer of mulch will make my harvested rain water go that much further plus better yields in the garden. and you should see the strong bush bean seedlings that are coming up, thanks to these handy containers.” — Candace
“When I created a small fern garden, I wanted to try to grow a delicate native maidenhair fern. However, I knew that keeping it watered in our dry summers would be a problem. I bought this olla, an unglazed terra cotta bottle, and buried it up to the lip. Around it I planted the Maidenhair fern, a wild ginger plant (Asarum caudatum), and a Rattlesnake plantain (a small native orchid), all of which need moist soil to do well. I can fill the jar about once a week, twice in very hot weather, and the water slowly moves through the pores of the clay walls of the jar. Now its the hottest part of the summer and those three delicate moisture-loving forest plants are thriving.” — Kestrel
“I bought this a year ago and so now have a year history on its use. I tried making my own ollas from clay pots but they did not have the same porosity as these. Thus, water seeped out slowly or not at all. These seem to have the right porosity so that plants can get what they need as they need it. It was able to water about a 3 foot circle around the olla and maintain my plantings in the hottest summer I’ve ever seen. I am impressed with how effective these are and plan to buy more.” — C Martin
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