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An about 10 litre watering can with a folding handle?
Fire Lily
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I'm looking for a watering can in metal that holds about 10 litres and has a folding handle on top. Why? Liquid gold, and the swedish invention is in plastic and expensive.
Anyone seen one online?
Last edited: 08 February 2018 04:53:08
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Not with a folding top handle, but 10 litre watering cans are available all over the place looking at the results of a search on Dr Google.
I've just looked at the video. They seem to be claiming green credentials but just look at all the un-necessary packaging it's in.
Last edited: 08 February 2018 08:19:26
The only metals ones I can find with folding or removable handles are 1 gallon/5 ish litre size. Perhaps the increased weight of the bigger ones puts undue strain on the fixings?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I’ve got a metal one, it’s just for show, I can’t lift it with water in it.
I use green plastic, cheap as chips 10l watering cans for the garden. They live near a water butt each. for everything else I use the hose pip.
I also have 2 old fashioned metal ones and a smaller one but they are "projects". One day they'll be cleaned up and painted and become "features" for my yet to be built seating and eating area.
Hi Fire Lily
. If your intention is to collect...errm...liquid gold (commonly referred to as "recycled beer" on the forum 
) to add to the compost heap....would a simple plastic bucket work?
The video seems to portray the product as a chamber pot/watering can. A metal one would make for a very chilly seat in my mind
10 litres is a lot of recycled beer ....... or cider ............ or Sauv. blanc .............
Ours is collected in a pail.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
In the words of Mr Meldrew "I do not believe it" Liquid gold as men know it can be collected in a washed out milk container with a screw top. If caught short in the garden a spade behind the bushes will suffice providing your garden does not border on a shopping centre.
A ten litre metal bucket full would need a fork lift to move it around, you would need a war time stirrup pump to empty it, I think I have an old Fire Watchers tin hat somewhere.
Frank.
I just think the vendors of this product are taking the .....
Sorry - missed the liquid gold reference. That's what OH's are for as they have the built in technology to put it directly on the compost. Apparently the male product is also less acidic than the female, should that be a consideration.
Ten litres weighs just 10 kilograms, so you need to be pretty weak if you need a fork lift for that.