What is the Moog in Peacock Green best suited to?

The Moog is a porcelain dish for indoor plants. It works well for succulents, cacti, and other plants that like to dry out and suits modern, boho, and minimalist rooms. As a porcelain dish, the Moog fits a shelf, sill, or desk and pairs cleanly with the rest of the Chive pot range. This listing is the Peacock Green colorway.

Does the Moog dish have a drainage hole?

No, the Moog is an indoor dish without a drainage hole, so it is best used with plants that tolerate less frequent watering or as a cachepot. Either plant succulents directly and water lightly, or drop a nursery pot inside and lift it out to water. Without a drainage hole, the trick is to add water slowly and avoid leaving any pooled at the bottom.

What plants grow well in the Moog?

The Moog is a porcelain dish that holds a nursery plant of a similar width, so match the grower pot to the opening rather than the mature size of the plant. Good choices include succulents, cacti, and other plants that like to dry out. For an indoor plant pot, size up by about an inch when you repot so roots have room without swimming in soil.

Does the Moog come with a saucer?

The Moog does not include a saucer, which suits its use as a decorative dish. If you plant directly in it, water lightly so nothing collects at the base, or set a nursery pot inside and lift it out to water over a sink. A small cork pad underneath protects furniture if you keep the Moog on a shelf. As an indoor dish without a tray, it is forgiving as long as you water with a light hand.

Is the Moog pot porcelain?

Yes, the Moog is a porcelain plant pot. Porcelain is fired hard, holds glaze color well, and does not break down with watering the way untreated materials can, which makes porcelain plant pots a reliable choice for indoor plants. The Moog is glazed to seal the surface, so it wipes clean and keeps its finish on a sill, shelf, or table.

How do I water a plant in the Moog?

To water the Moog, add small amounts and stop before anything pools at the bottom, since this dish has no drainage hole. The easiest method is to keep the plant in its nursery pot, lift it out to water over a sink, let it drain, and set it back. Watering a pot without drainage is mostly about restraint, less water, less often.

Is the Moog good for succulents?

The Moog is a good porcelain dish for succulents. Succulents like the tighter, fast-drying conditions of a pot without a drainage hole, as long as you water lightly. For anyone searching for a porcelain pot for succulents, the Moog covers both looks and function. Match the nursery pot to the opening and the plant settles in without fuss.

Is the Moog a good gift for a plant lover?

The Moog makes a practical gift for a plant lover because it is a finished porcelain dish that solves a real problem rather than adding clutter. It pairs easily with a plant they already own and suits most modern interiors. For a plant pot gift that gets used, the Moog is an easy choice, and it suits anyone building an indoor plant collection.

Chive Moog porcelain succulent garden dish in peacock green styled with succulents.

Chive Moog porcelain succulent garden dish in peacock green styled with a succulent.

Moog Porcelain Succulent Garden Dish - Peacock Green

Name: Moog Porcelain Succulent Garden Dish - Peacock Green
Brand: Chive Studio
SKU: MOLGPG
Price: 47.25 USD
Availability: InStock

$47.25

Sizes

10" - Large 8.25" - Medium

The Moog in Green is a low, wide ceramic succulent dish, built for plants with shallow roots and firm opinions about drainage, which it handles the way every pot in this collection handles it, by asking you to water with restraint. Green is the color we reach for when the plant should be the hero.

Green is the most plant-like of the colors, which means a succulent sitting in it looks less like decor and more like it grew there. The Moog is also, by now, the studio lunch plate, a role it acquired without a vote and performs without complaint. There is no drainage hole, so keep the plants drought-tolerant and the watering light. Ryan owns a set as dinnerware, which we are not going to relitigate here, except to note that a dish good enough to eat off is usually good enough to grow something in, and the Moog is comfortably both.

Product Details

Material: Porcelain
Finish: Matte
Feature: No Drainage
Year Designed: 2017

Dimensions

Large: 10 inches in diameter, 2.75 inches tall
Medium: 8.25 inches in diameter and 2.75 inches tall

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Moog Porcelain Succulent Garden Dish - Peacock Green

10" - Large – Change

Let the Plant Be the Hero

Green is the Moog for people who want the plant to be the main event. It is the same low, wide succulent dish as the others, built for shallow roots and a strong aversion to standing water, and in green a succulent stops looking placed and starts looking like it grew there on its own.

The Moog handles drainage the way everything in this collection does, which is to say it does not, and asks you instead to water with a light hand. That is the only real instruction. Beyond that it is a forgiving, generous shape that makes almost any small arrangement look intentional.

It is also, by now, the studio lunch plate, a job it took on without applying and performs without complaint. There is no drainage hole, so keep the plants drought-tolerant and the watering modest. Ryan owns a set as dinnerware at home, which we will not relitigate except to repeat our standing position: a dish good enough to eat off is usually good enough to grow something in, and the Moog, in green or otherwise, is comfortably and unapologetically both. Green grounds the whole thing, the kind of color that makes a low dish look planted before anything is even in it. It is the easiest of the three to live with, and the one we keep on our own desks.

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