Gardening in the Heat of Summer
 

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 :)

Gardening in the Heat of Summer
 

In article ,
Derald wrote:

Tammy Sons wrote:

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

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Gardening in the Heat of Summer
 

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 :)

Bigger baskets will hold moisture longer than smaller. Does your growing
medium hold water well? A basket is very free draining and loses water all
over so it is Ok to use a heavier medium than pot plants. Have you tried
inverting a plastic bottle of water in them with a leaky cap?

D

Gardening in the Heat of Summer
 

"Tammy Sons" wrote in message
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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 :)






I have a similar situation and use micro dripper reticulation similar to
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-...088902,00.html with the
main pipe running around the pergola and off shoot drippers to each basket.
Previously I have used the plastic bottle water spikes
http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2001/05/3...gation-system/
but could not get used to the bottle in the flower beds, although they did
work with only one top up per day and made an easy delivery system for
soluble feriliser.

Mike

Gardening in the Heat of Summer
 

"David Hare-Scott" wrote:
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 :)

Bigger baskets will hold moisture longer than smaller. Does your growing
medium hold water well? A basket is very free draining and loses water
all over so it is Ok to use a heavier medium than pot plants. Have you
tried inverting a plastic bottle of water in them with a leaky cap?

D

I find that if the basket is light weight, it has very little material to
hold the water. Could repot the plant using a heavier potting soil.

I have never used something like this. It is only something I have seen
that may be of interest to you. An auto drip watering system for hanging
baskets.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...EPNP63BABDJJ46

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Gardening in the Heat of Summer
 

In article ,
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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merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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"Billy" wrote in message
...
In article ,
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.

--

You get the award.... (applause)

Cheers

Gardening in the Heat of Summer
 

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 :)

Are the "baskets" plastic, or lined with plastic to prevent evaporation from the
whold basket.