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Water runs thru hanging basket w/o wetting the soil
It was nice and wet a few days ago and today it's dry and wilty.
(Nasturtium seedlings; they don't shade the surface yet.) The basket is hanging in bright shade and gets a little sun early in the morning. Would spraying the surface with a little soapy water help? Thanks, Bob |
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Water runs thru hanging basket w/o wetting the soil
On Sat, 27 May 2006 12:08:14 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
It was nice and wet a few days ago and today it's dry and wilty. (Nasturtium seedlings; they don't shade the surface yet.) The basket is hanging in bright shade and gets a little sun early in the morning. Would spraying the surface with a little soapy water help? Thanks, Bob That should work Bob. When I did nursery work we would soak the baskets in a bucket or tub untill they re-wetted themselves. That's a funny looking sentence.... guess I need more coffee! -- http://resources.ywgc.com/info/ |
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Water runs thru hanging basket w/o wetting the soil
"zxcvbob" wrote in message ... It was nice and wet a few days ago and today it's dry and wilty. (Nasturtium seedlings; they don't shade the surface yet.) The basket is hanging in bright shade and gets a little sun early in the morning. Would spraying the surface with a little soapy water help? Thanks, Bob It may be better to soak the basket in a tub of water until it's thoroughly soaked. I replaced all my baskets with hanging plastic pots. They're much easier to water and stay damp longer. |
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Water runs thru hanging basket w/o wetting the soil
Lucky wrote:
Mindful wrote: "zxcvbob" wrote in message ... It was nice and wet a few days ago and today it's dry and wilty. (Nasturtium seedlings; they don't shade the surface yet.) The basket is hanging in bright shade and gets a little sun early in the morning. Would spraying the surface with a little soapy water help? Thanks, Bob It may be better to soak the basket in a tub of water until it's thoroughly soaked. I replaced all my baskets with hanging plastic pots. They're much easier to water and stay damp longer. Yes, that's excellent advice. Soil is like a sponge. Place a completely dry sponge under the faucet and it takes a long while before it absorbs water. Place a slighly damp sponge under the faucet and it immediately takes up water. This is a property of surface tension in water, where water molecules attract other water molecules, in effect pulling water into the sponge/soil. That's why I mentioned the soap. Soaking the pot in a bucket of water, or even the kitchen sink will do the trick. I can do that now, while the plants are small. Once they are streaming three feet over the sides, it won't be practical. I watered them from the top this morning and most of the water just ran through. But I checked it a couple of hours later and the little bit of water that had soaked in had spread all throughout the soil, and it was receptive to more water now. Best regards, Bob |
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Water runs thru hanging basket w/o wetting the soil
"zxcvbob" wrote in message
... It was nice and wet a few days ago and today it's dry and wilty. (Nasturtium seedlings; they don't shade the surface yet.) The basket is hanging in bright shade and gets a little sun early in the morning. Would spraying the surface with a little soapy water help? Thanks, Bob After the plant shades the soil, you may find it still gets bone dry if it's in the sun all day. Hanging baskets, in general, are about half as large as they should be. |
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Water runs thru hanging basket w/o wetting the soil
it is a good idea to place a high absorbent diaper on the bottom. it has those water
holding crystals and the plastic facing down. the watering will hold better. Ingrid zxcvbob wrote: It was nice and wet a few days ago and today it's dry and wilty. (Nasturtium seedlings; they don't shade the surface yet.) The basket is hanging in bright shade and gets a little sun early in the morning. Would spraying the surface with a little soapy water help? Thanks, Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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