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Do you envision hanging baskets, full of gorgeous flowers and foliage for this upcoming season? Have you tried before, just to have them languish or die outright? Or, are you tied down to a daily, or twice a day watering schedule as if you took on a new pet? Maybe your maintenance department logged overtime hours in efforts to keep your business front, or town’s streets lush and beautiful? Tried the ‘miracle’ of self-watering baskets before, only to be disappointed? Automated drip irrigation systems can stop wastage because the slow drips have time to soak in before the water runs away, and on a larger scale can be set up to match the rate that the plants are using the water. There are container options for both hanging baskets and railing containers. Use one with a pre-built-in reservoir. These are helpful and can look stylish too. The questionnaire results confirmed that very few gardeners, even the expert ones, have given any thought to how much water their soil is capable of holding, and therefore how much might be draining away out of sight. This confirms the need for training expert gardeners as well as improving advice to members and wider horticultural community.

The climate is changingand gardeners are having to adapt to the less predictable extremes of weather such as the cold spring of 2018 and the long drought through the following summer. The winter of 2019/2020 saw many gardens flooded, and we know gardeners would like updated watering advice to cope with these extremes. The sturdiness of the plastic and overall construction was high and well done. The hanger assembly was adequate for the loads expected on this hanging basket system, but I do see points of failure limiting the years of service. The first point of failure I might expect would be either the plastic pieces holding the hanging rope and the thinner plastic piece separating the water reservoir from the potting soil. No replacement parts are available. Save rainwater rather than using mains water because plants prefer it. All the drip irrigation systems in the trial needed mains pressure to work apart from the solar powered pump system, which used water from a water butt. I watered from above, both the plant area and refilled the water reservoir with a hose through the handgrip area.The table shows the different applications used and how they were expected to affect growth of petunias. Watering method Mornings tend to be the best time of day to water your garden. Your plants will be able to have a good drink before the hotter days, and also it helps if you have slugs and snails who tend to like moisture and will be out at night time. How to water hanging baskets with self-watering containers Soil moisture content is really important to maintain flowering and growth, but is also important in reducing wastage and capturing water rather than allowing it to become surface runoff. Very dry and very wet conditions just cause more water to be wasted.

Rainwater is the best way to water your plants,and this is no different for hanging baskets. If your basket is getting plenty of rainwater, there may not be any need for extra watering, but if there isn’t any rain or if the rain is light, you will definitely need to water your hanging baskets. Try collecting rainwater in water butts to use on your plants as needed. How to water hanging baskets and retain water Doubling the amount of water applied did not double the amount of flowers produced. Only 8-15% more flowers were produced when the water volume applied was doubled for manually watered baskets. The self-watering basket (SW) produced a similar number of flowers as the manually watered high rate basket (TOPM Hi), but it received about a third less water. This was not intentional, but the water was added to the reservoir which, at times, was not large enough to hold the full high rate dose intended. Allowing the surface of the compost to dry out isn’t a problem and can actually be an advantage in reducing water lost from the surface. Slow the flow when you are watering and don’t be in a rush to get the water to soak into the compost, it will run off the surface or drain through the bottom of the container, where it will be wasted.

Self-Watering Hanging Basket Keeps Flowers and Hanging Plants Thriving

I found the name of Weekender was very well suited to this basket, as it does last a whole weekend without needing to water! When I arrived at the point in the growing season that the plants were at their maturity, and the hottest days had arrived, the reservoir was empty and the soil starting to dry down..but just barely, making going away for the weekend possible without endangering my plants! This also makes it easy for municipalities to send the inner baskets to their local nursery, to get refilled each year. If anything is going to be lost or broken, it might be this section, and the makers made extras easily available. There is also the option to mix in vermiculite or perlite, which can help and incorporate some worm compost. Gardeners should aim to achieve a soil moisture deficit or to ‘keep the glass half full’, so that there is sufficient moisture for the plants to grow but also sufficient air space for roots to respire and to capture rain, rather than allowing it to drain away. The temperatures averaged in the upper 80”s during the day and dropped to the low 50’s at night. The cooler night temperatures reduced the growth rate of the plants, slightly lowering the overall watering needs.