Water slices -pack of 12 saving £4.00

Firstly, the product, water slices - super for indoor or outdoor. Your plants are less likely to go thirsty. Brilliant for busy lifestyles or holidays. I bought some 2 years ago and bought more this year as my quantity of pots expand. Brilliant value for money.Secondly, through no fault of their own the delivery was lost by the Royal Mail. I emailed and was given a ‘no quibble’ replacement.A superb company. Thank you

I have some baskets with these, and some without, the difference is amazing, next year I'll use these in all my baskets. Although these are very expensive, they are worth it, saves you time and stops the plants being stressed when you don't get chance to go out and water them every five minutes. One plant in a basket was ravaged by slugs, so I emptied it out, it was easy to retrieve and reuse the water slice I'd put in that one. Oh and I cut them into halves cus I'm a penny pincher, they are easy to cut after soaking over night.

Excellent, I have these in every pot and it really does allow you to prolong the time between wateringEspecially effective in small pots

Attempting to see how this works. Have just completed planting my hessian pouches with these inserts. I will let you know if this works in two months time.

Exactly as shown, must admit that after soaking they’re not nice to handle but I put them in a piece of garden fleece and then into the bottom of the the plant pot, fill with compost then plant them tomatoes. The roots grow through the slices but at the end of the season, I empty the pots and the slices dry out ready for next year. By putting them in the pots plants have moisture and the pots don’t fall over (a comment made by someone who stood their pot on top of the slices); I think they are a brilliant idea.

I'm a keen gardener, so why am I only hearing about these now. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. If you are in a hurry to get things potted up they will expand quicker if you use warm water.

Excellent product. Saves so many of my poor little plants when I'm not well enough to get out to water them myself. Wouldn't know what to do without them. Thank you to the person who thought of the idea.

The dry slices expand to about 3 times their size when well soaked, and then retain the water well - and don't fall apart (I thought they'd be jelly-like, but it's more like a tough sponge). So, basically, they work - they release water slowly to the soil/roots as required. And because it is basic diffusion of water, it can't really go wrong unlike the 'upside down bottle' designs that seem to have very patchy reviews.My problem was that I bought them when the plants had already been potted. The slices would really work better if placed at the bottom of a pot, before the soil goes in - as recommended. I could only place them underneath the pot, on the saucer (as some other reviewers suggested) - so the water would be sucked in via the holes at the bottom of the pot. It sort of works, but better with some pots than others - and the biggest issue is that so much of the sponge is exposed to the air, it just dries out too fast. When this happens it warps into a dome shape, and a couple of my lighter pots had fallen over as a result, when I was back from a 5 day holiday.I then repotted a few plants, placing the sponge at the bottom of the soil. I have to say, after another 5-day holiday (and the weather was not the hottest, plus my pots are in a shaded spot), the pot that had the highest water demand due to the plants growing in it, had begun to wilt. Another one with lower demand fared better, the soil was still moist. But I am not sure I would trust the slices for more than 5 days for water-hungry pots, especially in sunny weather.The best solution really, are those pots with a water reservoir at the bottom and a membrane that wicks it up.