Blue Layer Medium Ceramic Pot with Drainage Hole and Saucer - Minute - handmade by Chive Studio Toronto
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Blue Layer Medium Ceramic Pot with Drainage Hole and Saucer - Minute - handmade by Chive Studio Toronto
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Minute Ceramic Pot And Saucer Set With Drainage - Chive Ceramics Studio - Pots - Chive Ceramics Studio
Minute Ceramic Pot And Saucer Set With Drainage | 6, 7, & 8 inch - Chive Ceramics Studio - Pots - Chive Ceramics Studio
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Plant Pots with Drainage

Minute Medium Ceramic Pot with Drainage Hole and Saucer — Blue Layer

with drainage hole and saucer

$30.95
Drainage hole
Saucer Included
30-day return policy

The Minute Blue Layer is a ceramic pot that brings coastal home decor to any shelf or sill, with a drainage hole, which sounds like the kind of thing someone mentions at a dinner party to seem more competent than they are. This 5-inch fits a standard 4-inch nursery pot or a 5-inch plant — a blue echeveria, a silver dollar plant, something that looks like it was chosen deliberately. The saucer catches the water so the roots don't rot, which is more than most relationships offer. The glaze is fired three times and shifts with the light — deeper in the morning, quieter by afternoon. No two are the same, a fact the pot did not choose but has apparently made peace with.

Product detail
  • Color: Blue Layer
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Glaze finish: Glazed
  • Finish variation: Natural variation between pieces
  • Drainage: included
  • Saucer: Matching saucer included
  • Dishwasher safe: Yes
  • Indoor / Outdoor: For indoor use and covered outdoor temperate weather use
  • Designed by: Chive Studio
  • Year Designed: 2017
Dimension
  • 5 inches diameter, 5 inches tall
  • Fits most standard 4" nursery transplants
  • Saucer diameter: approximately 5.5 inches
  • Weight: approximately 1.75 lbs (pot + saucer)

Also available in:
Plants that love this pot
  • succulents and cacti
  • pothos
  • peperomia
  • string of pearls
  • snake plants
  • ferns
  • African violet.

Potting a plant in the Minute

  1. Place a 1-inch layer of small stones or LECA pebbles at the bottom of the pot. Optional, but it helps with airflow.
  2. Add well-draining potting mix appropriate to your plant. Not garden soil. We know your grandmother used garden soil. She was wrong about this one thing.
  3. Transplant from the nursery pot, leaving about 1 inch at the top for watering.
  4. Set the pot on the matching saucer.
  5. Water thoroughly until water runs out the drainage hole into the saucer. Empty the saucer once the plant has absorbed what it needs. This is the entire system.

Which pot size for my plant? →

Repotting guide →
Pot Care instructions
  1. Dishwasher-safe. Can also be hand-washed with warm soapy water and a soft cloth.
  2. The glaze is dipped and kiln-fired — it is 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

  • Free shipping: On qualifying US orders — threshold shown at checkout
  • Standard: 5–8 business daysExpress2–3 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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A pot with a hole in the bottom. You would be amazed how rare this is.

Chive has designed a great many pots, and most of them took the expected amount of time — weeks, months, an unflattering number of abandoned sketches. The Minute took sixty seconds. The honest version is that the designer, demoralized by four mediocre lines of pots, surrendered to a deeply necessary design nap. The Minute arrived fully formed — drainage hole and saucer included — and was sketched in sixty seconds of post-nap haze. The nap has since been added to the official design process.

What emerged is a glazed ceramic indoor plant pot that works as hard as it looks good. Five inches wide, five inches tall — the right size for the standard 4-inch nursery transplant, which drops in as if it were measured for it, because it was.

The most important feature is the drainage hole at the base. Indoor plants do not like sitting in water. This is not controversial, and yet an astonishing number of attractive plant pots proceed as if it were. One center drainage hole. A ceramic saucer that catches whatever comes through it. The surface beneath stays dry. The plant stays alive.

The glaze is applied in three separate dips, each kiln-fired before the next is added. Dipping three times builds real depth — the color shifts with the light, and no two pieces come out of the kiln exactly the same. This is the point, not a side effect.

Potting a plant with Chive

  1. Place a 1-inch layer of small stones or LECA pebbles at the bottom of the pot. Optional, but it helps with airflow.
  2. Add well-draining potting mix appropriate to your plant. Not garden soil. We know your grandmother used garden soil. She was wrong about this one thing.
  3. Transplant from the nursery pot, leaving about 1 inch at the top for watering.
  4. Set the pot on the matching saucer.
  5. Water thoroughly until water runs out the drainage hole into the saucer. Empty the saucer once the plant has absorbed what it needs.
Repotting plants with Chive | Chive Studio

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.

It is the guide we wish someone had handed us twenty-five years ago. It is written by people who have personally committed most of the errors in it.

Read the guide we wish we had
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Water Has Nowhere to Go in a Sealed Pot

A pot without a drainage hole holds water at the root zone. Roots sitting in standing water cannot access oxygen. They suffocate, then rot. A drainage hole gives excess water an exit. That single opening is the difference between a thriving indoor plant and one that looks fine until it suddenly, completely isn't.

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Root Rot Is the Leading Cause of Houseplant Death

Most houseplants do not die from neglect. They die from overwatering in pots that cannot drain. Root rot is silent — the plant looks healthy above soil while the root system collapses below. By the time the leaves show symptoms, the damage is done. A drainage hole does not prevent overwatering, but it gives the plant a fighting chance when you water too generously.

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The Saucer Is Part of the System, Not an Afterthought

Every Minute pot ships with a matching ceramic saucer. The saucer catches what drains through, keeps surfaces dry, and lifts cleanly away for emptying. No separate trip to find a saucer that fits. No drip trays that don't match. The drainage system is complete out of the box.

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