Patent ID: 8347552

Claim:
A potted plant and excess water control apparatus, comprising: a) a pot having a side wall, bottom wall, an interior, an open top, and one or more pot drain openings in the bottom wall; b) a plant growing medium that occupies the pot interior; c) a plurality of wicking feet that support the pot in an elevated position, each foot extending from a position below the pot to the pot interior and the contained growing medium; d) each said wicking foot including a lower cylindrical section of a first larger diameter that is larger in diameter than the diameter of a said pot drain opening and an upper cylindrical section of a second smaller diameter that is smaller in diameter than the first larger diameter; e) an annular shoulder defining a transition between the said larger diameter section and the said smaller diameter section, the annular shoulder supporting the pot wherein the pot bottom wall rests upon the annular shoulders of the wicking feet; f) wherein the wicking feet extend through a pot drain opening to place the upper smaller diameter section in contact with the growing medium so that excess moisture in the growing medium is absorbed by the upper smaller diameter section and wicked to the larger diameter section at a position outside of the pot interior; and g) a receptacle placed below the feet, the receptacle having a lower portion and a top portion with an upper surface, each foot resting upon the said receptacle top portion upper surface, the receptacle having a reservoir contained in the lower portion and below the top portion for holding water that drains from the pot interior via the drain opening and feet; and h) the top portion having one or more outlets that enable water flow from the said upper surface to the said reservoir.