Water and fertilizer dispenser

A method of mixing and dispensing water and a material beneficial to plants, said method comprising:

• providing a hollow watering container forming a spout, a handle and a side cavity in the exterior surface of the container;
• placing an auxiliary container into said side cavity, said auxiliary container comprising a hollow container containing a viscous material beneficial to plants and releasably retained in said side cavity in said exterior surface of said watering container, said auxiliary container forming an opening closed by a cap having a depending stem shaped to retain a predetermined amount of said viscous material;
• and
• filling said watering container with water, manually removing said cap from said auxiliary container, dispensing at least a portion of said viscous material from said auxiliary container into the water in said watering container, and replacing the removed cap on said auxiliary container.

A method of mixing and dispensing water and a fertilizer, said method comprising:

• providing a hollow watering container forming a spout, a handle and a side cavity in the exterior surface of the container;
• placing a fertilizer container into said side cavity, said fertilizer container comprising a hollow container containing a viscous aqueous fertilizer composition and releasably retained in said side cavity in said exterior surface of said watering container, said fertilizer container forming an opening closed by a cap with a stem having an upper portion with a diameter approximately the same as the diameter of said opening, and a serrated lower portion for carrying a portion of said viscous aqueous composition thereon;
• and
• filling said watering container with water, manually removing said cap from said auxiliary container, dispensing a portion of said viscous material from said auxiliary container into the water in said watering container, and replacing the removed cap on said auxiliary container.

A method for dispensing water and a fertilizer comprising the steps of:

• providing a watering container with a side cavity;
• fitting a fertilizer holder in said side depression
• providing a cap with an elongated ridged finger element for said fertilizer holder;
• adding fertilizer to said fertilizer holder;
• inserting said cap into said fertilizer holder;
• removing said cap from said fertilizer holder and allowing said ridged finger element to retain some of said fertilizer;
• adding water to said watering container;
• inserting said ridged finger element into said watering container;
• mixing said fertilizer and water to form a water-fertilizer mixture;
• and
• dispensing said mixture to plants.

A water and fertilizer dispenser comprising:

• water container means for holding a liquid, said container having a side cavity;
• fertilizer container means for holding fertilizer, said fertilizer container means fitting into said side cavity, said fertilizer container comprising a hollow container with an opening, a cap coupling to said opening, and a serrated stem coupled to said cap,
• spout means coupled to said water container for dispensing said liquid, and
• a handle coupled to said water container means.