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About this model
Water sits in a 160 mm round reservoir below the soil. A wick threaded through the slotted basket under the tapered soil insert draws it up to the roots, a fill tube lets you top it up without disturbing the plant, and an overflow hole 38 mm up stops it being overfilled.
The download holds the reservoir and the insert as two bodies in their assembled position. Split them into separate objects in your slicer and print them apart.
Complete this project
From the creator’s instructionsThis download is one part of a larger project. Here is what else it takes and how it goes together, as the creator describes it.
In this download
- One STL containing the self-watering planter assembly.
You also need
- An absorbent wick
- Potting soil
- A plant
- Water
Before printing
- Use millimetre units.
- Plan removable supports beneath the soil floor and flange as described by the source.
- Expect to check water tightness and capillary flow with a physical test before relying on the planter.
Assembly
- Print the reservoir and soil insert as separate physical pieces.
- Fit an absorbent wick through the wick basket.
- Place the soil insert into the reservoir and route the fill tube and overflow as shown by the source.
How to use it
- Fill the reservoir below the overflow level.
- Monitor the reservoir and plant until the wick and watering rate are understood.
- Check regularly for leaks, blockage and stagnant water.
Licence and attribution
The file remains available under its retained source licence. These permissions and obligations come from IteraMesh’s supported licence profile.
No attribution is required. You may still credit Innerscene as the creator.
Notices retained with this model
- The source labels this an original Innerscene model released under CC0 1.0.
- The source says the physical print and watering performance are untested by the source listing.
A copyright licence covers the file. It does not grant rights to a trademark, design, patent, person’s likeness, or safety-critical use depicted by the model.
Source and provenance
Licensed import- Original creator
- Innerscene · profile ↗
- Source page
- https://www.innerscene.com/tools/library/3d-parts/self-watering-planter-assembly-8a860555
- Original download
- https://www.innerscene.com/api/library/self-watering-planter-assembly-8a860555/download
- Added to IteraMesh
- 22 October 2026
- Licence checked
- 21 October 2026, on the source page
- Changes
- None — the file is hosted as acquired
- File fingerprint
- sha256:275c9…4f806f
IteraMesh hosts this copy under its licence. Innerscene made it; IteraMesh did not.
Printing and safety
- File check
- Geometry validated before publication
- Units
- Not stated in stored evidence
- Printer and material
- Not verified by IteraMesh
- Assembly
- Not verified by IteraMesh
- This is not certified as waterproof or food-contact safe.
- Protect furniture from leaks until the printed assembly has been checked.