Watering can

A watering can, also Sprenger, is a vessel for watering plants.

Components of the watering can are vascular, handle, spout and shower mouthpiece, also called Schnulle. It is the most widely used tool of artificial irrigation. Your special form for the purpose, the amount of water needed in the desired dosage, distributed as accurately or even to get to the plants.

Watering Cans are available in various designs and materials ( plastic, sheet metal, ceramic, etc. ). The shape of the watering cans as well as their components have been continuously adapted and improved the specific requirements in the course of their development. Konrad Adenauer also provided input: 1940 he handed the Reich Patent Office an application for a special shower head.

For indoor plants, there are smaller watering cans (usually with a capacity of one to two liters ), with a higher standard of design and appearance than with large watering cans (up to 15 liters) for vegetable and flower gardens. In addition, the nozzle for targeted watering flower pots or window boxes in relation to the vessel is longer and narrower than in the garden watering can. With technically advanced watering cans for houseplants, the outlet opening of the nozzle in a horizontal position the pot is significantly higher than the fill opening, reducing the risk to shed unwanted water is minimized.

Culture

Although the watering can is a rather mundane utilitarian object, but it has found its way into the art, such as the 1876 painted by Pierre- Auguste Renoir painting " Girl with Watering Can " shows.

An alternative literary magazine of the 1970s was called " The Watering Can ".

The uniform distribution of the water by watering cans was the inspiration for the name too thinly.

Since 2011, in the city pouring a watering Museum. It was founded as an interactive museum and project under the State Garden Show 2014 and dedicated it to the everyday and utility object watering can. The exhibits were donated thereby substantially.