"Billy" wrote in message
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Tammy Sons wrote:

It's not an easy task leeping those hanging baskets from drying out
and
dying in the hot dry tennessee weather.Ive got 2 baskets of hanging
annuals and i must water 3 times per day to make them look like
normal
healthy plants.Im not to enthused with annuals.They require so much
attention and then they die at summer's end.

Id much rather have perennials,they come back every year.

Any ideas on how to keep from watering your hanging baskets 3 times a
day?Ive tried shade.Its hot here

Sphagnum moss holds water better than most organic materials, then
there
is vermiculite, and gels.
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/cornucop/2000074323014514.html

We have six hanging pots (8 liter, wire with coir liner & potting
soil)
in our yard. Three are on drip, and 3 need to be hand watered. I
prefer
the drip as the garden gets water everyother day, and that is good
enough for the plants.

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