What's up everyone? Welcome back to the Epic Gardening Podcast. My name's Kevin. Today we're talking about watering cans. Do we need them or not? Why are they important? Are they even important? Who even cares? Let's get into it in this episode.

The first thing you have to consider is do you really need a watering can or do you have

enough access to a hose that you don't really need one or do you have you put in irrigation so you don't even

need to water at all it's all automated or if you're just growing some houseplants at home

maybe just a simple cup is fine. Well, if you are transplanting or

seeding outside, a quality watering can will give you portability and that

gentle spray just to make sure that you don't blast your roots and your seedlings with maybe a powerful hose.

Sprinklers again they might leave certain areas in your yard dry while over soaking

others if you have irrigation that might be a little bit annoying to set up so in my

opinion it's good to have at least one watering can around the house just for portability and

conveniences sake. But the question then becomes what type of watering can should you even get?

The first thing you need to consider is what is it made out of and the real options here are just

plastic or metal.

So most of the time you're going to have a plastic watering can.

In the past there used to be galvanized watering cans or tin watering cans which you can still get but

plastic is likely a bit better just because it's a bit longer lasting.

It's pretty efficient with space and it's very light and easy to transport. So as long as that

plastic is safe for gardening, which it should be since it's being

manufactured by a gardening company, then plastic is probably the way to go.

All you want to do is just make sure you keep it out of direct light when not in use to prolong its lifespan.

Now you can also go with a metal watering can. Some of these are

are used for decorative purposes but they're also just well built good tools that you can use for quite a long time.

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