Plant Pots with Drainage

Minute Small Ceramic Pot with Drainage Hole and Saucer, Terracotta

with drainage hole and saucer

$16.50
Drainage hole
Saucer Included
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Pickup available at Chive Studio

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The 3-inch Terracotta is a glazed ceramic plant pot with a center drainage hole and a matching saucer, made for people who, like us, generally cannot stand terracotta. We hate terracotta pots. Period, end of sentence. They are the default, the thing you buy when you have not thought about it, the color every garden center keeps in a stack of forty identical pots by the door. We are aware of the irony of a studio that resents terracotta releasing a terracotta, and we have decided the irony is part of the appeal.

Glazed ceramic holds moisture more evenly than raw terracotta, and the finish resolves a little differently on every pot. We made one anyway, but only after putting a simple, modern twist on it that actually makes it look like someone made a decision. The three-inch version is terracotta for the terracotta skeptic, which is to say, for us.

Product detail
  • Color:
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Glaze finish: Glazed Ceramic
  • Finish variation: Natural variation between pieces
  • Drainage: Standard Centre Drainage Hole
  • Saucer:
  • Dishwasher safe: Yes
  • Indoor / Outdoor: For indoor use and covered outdoor temperate weather use
  • Designed by: Chive Studio
  • Year Designed: 2017
Plants that love this pot

Potting Tips

  1. Repot in the evening.
  2. Wait 1–2 days after watering, then repot.
  3. Buy potting mix. Not backyard dirt.
  4. Move the top layer of soil from the old pot into the new one. It's a little ecosystem.
  5. Never go more than one inch bigger.
  6. Soil line sits an inch below the rim. Leca or small rocks at the bottom for drainage.

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Pot Care instructions
  1. Dishwasher-safe. Can also be hand-washed with warm soapy water and a soft cloth.
  2. Glazed pots are dipped and fired in the kiln — they are sealed, durable, and not looking for trouble. No special cleaning products required.
  3. For pots with saucers empty the saucer periodically. Standing water in the saucer defeats the purpose of having a drainage hole, which is a thing we feel strongly about.
  4. Not frost-safe. Designed for indoor use and covered outdoor temperate weather use. Freezing temperatures are not recommended.
Shipping & returns

Shipping

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  • Standard: 5–8 business days Express2–3 business days (at checkout)
  • International Ships: to 40 countries — rates at checkout
  • Packaging Ships: in outer box to protect gift box

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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 14 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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Terracotta: For People Who Hate Terracotta

We hate terracotta pots. We want to be clear about that before we sell you one. The standard terracotta pot is the default purchase, the thing you carry home when you have not thought about it, the colour stacked forty deep by the door of every garden centre in the country. It is what a pot looks like when no decision was made, and we are, as a studio, allergic to no decision being made. Selling a terracotta after years of openly disliking terracotta is the kind of contradiction we have learned to live with, provided the finish earns it.

So we made a terracotta anyway, which felt like a betrayal until we put a simple, modern twist on the base colour that turned it into something a person could choose on purpose. The three-inch is terracotta for people who cannot stand terracotta, ourselves firmly included. Each pot resolves on its own, the finish varying slightly from one to the next. A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit underneath, the same as every Minute. We did not set out to make peace with the most overused colour in the category. We did it anyway, on one condition: that it never once look like the stack by the door.

Potting a plant with Chive

  1. It's best to repot your plant in the evening. Trust us, we know.
  2. Repot 1–2 days after watering — keeps the same rhythm going and won't shock it.
  3. Potting soil is not the dirt from your backyard. Go buy good, nutrient-rich soil.
  4. The top layer of soil in your current pot should be the top layer in the new pot too. It's a little ecosystem your plant likes.
  5. Never go more than one inch bigger than your existing pot. "It'll grow into it" is not correct, and you will kill it.
  6. Keep the soil line about an inch below the top of the pot. Add some leca or small rocks to the bottom for better aeration.

The Ultimate Repotting Guide

For those who have killed a plant. Or several. Or, frankly, many.

Before you put a plant into your new pot, you have to get it out of the nursery pot — a process that ends badly more often than any gardening influencer will admit. We wrote a full guide: when to repot (early spring, and not when you're feeling impulsive in October), which soil to use, how to tell your plant is root-bound, and how to avoid the three mistakes that kill perfectly healthy plants within a week of a well-intentioned repotting.

Read the guide we wish we had
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The Same Glaze, Other Sizes

Terracotta comes in two sizes, the same modern twist on a colour we resent at each. The small proves the twist works.

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Drainage Is the Whole Point

A centre drainage hole and a matching saucer sit under Terracotta, the same as every Minute, default colour or not.

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Start Something From Seed

Before anything grows in the Minute Small in Terracotta, there are Shido Seeds, vacuum-sealed and built to keep for years. Start the plant, then choose the pot.

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The pot is sorted. Now what goes in it?

Shido seeds come vacuum-sealed, non-GMO, and packaged well enough that people keep the packets after the seeds are gone. Which is either a design success or a problem, depending on how you look at it.

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