4 Tips for Keeping Your Hanging Baskets & Planters Looking Fantastic All Summer Long

| June 1, 2021 | Garden

HEAT Moving ridge! Summer is here to stay and with information technology comes the heat, which can be an added stress for your garden…especially your Hanging Baskets and Flowering Planters. Give them a little extra dear with Prairie Gardens Plant Experts tiptop v tips, and your planters will make information technology through the summertime looking happy, healthy and actress fabulous.

Fertilizing

Containers crave frequent watering…and frequent watering leads to soil nutrients running out of the lesser of your containers over fourth dimension.

This is why information technology is important to supercede these social nutrients in your container by fertilizing throughout the growing season.

We recommend Miracle Grow Wearisome-release Fertilizer or Liquid Fertilizer – just follow the label instructions!

Proper Watering

Proper watering, especially during the summer, is a must. Check out how much, how often, and when yous should be watering.

When should I water them? The best fourth dimension to h2o your containers is in the morning to give them plenty fourth dimension to soak up the moisture earlier the heavy oestrus of the twenty-four hour period. Plants also absorb water faster during the forenoon.

How often should I water them? In the oestrus of the summer yous should exist watering your containers and hanging baskets every day. On hot, windy or humid days you may need to water more than once. And on rainy days y'all may not need to h2o at all.

How much water should I give them at once? Water your hanging baskets and containers until water begins to run out of the bottom of the container. If the soil is bone dry and the water runs through the bottom very quickly, repeat this procedure a couple times.

How do I know if I am over-watering or under-watering?This can exist catchy since the signs of over-watering or under-watering are very similar (yellowing of leafage). The best thing you lot can do is use the finger examination before watering. Stick your finger 1-2″ into the soil…if information technology is moisture, look to water. If information technology is dry, water abroad.

Deadheading, Pruning & Pinching Back

Is your hanging basket or planter looking sparse? Has it slowed downward in producing blooms? Or is it growing unevenly?

This likely ways your container needs a little haircut with a quick pruning.

Pruning helps promote new blooms and well-rounded growth habits.

Some popular flowers, such equally Geraniums and Petunias require deadheading, or removing spent blooms.

Hesitant to commencement? Watch the video below for a quick guide to how to clip & deadhead your annuals & you'll be a chief in no time.

QUICK PRUNING TIP: Our Constitute Experts recommend pruning dorsum no more than about i third at a time.

Replacing

Sometimes a missed watering, non quite the right sun exposure or other factors can pb to some plants not thriving in your containers or hanging baskets.

If a plant has faded by assistance, just pop information technology out and supervene upon it with a new 1.

Visit the PG Greenhouse or your local JA Pop-Up Gardens for quick new plant additions.