How To Stop Hanging Baskets From DRYING Out. Water Hanging Baskets Less & Increase Yield’s/Flowers.

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2 жыл бұрын

Hanging baskets for plants dry out incredibly quickly. With the coconut fibre liners and a coconut coir or peat moss substrates there are high rates of evaporation. This is caused by the exposure to excess sunlight, air movement and porous medium. This can cause major headaches around August when things begin to dry out! This gardening in Canada video is going to go through exactly how to increase the water holding capacity of your hanging baskets.
How To Stop Hanging Baskets From DRYING Out. Water Hanging Baskets Less & Increase Yield’s/Flowers.
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@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

I do like hanging baskets but they can be a pain! Here are the cornstarch bags I’m using -> geni.us/Z7JH these fall apart pretty darn quick so doubling or tripling these may be needed!

@markkares743 2 күн бұрын

A few layers of wire screen has worked well for me to increase the water retention. It tends to hold the potting soil together better than the coco liners.

@Gardening-FarmtoTable-andMore 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea I didn’t even think about the bio bags Sabrina

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Yea!!! Love them

@ninapit 2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine is forever picking up the strangest things next to the road. She's picked up quite a few discarded matresses. She uses the wire inside as trellises and uses the thick felt material in the bottom of her hanging pots. It stays soggy for a long time. Happy gardening.

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

HAHA love this

@mattg6472 2 жыл бұрын

Love that it's gardening in canada. Fantastic for inviting friends to watch

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

thank you i appreciate that!

@ashleyd8627 2 жыл бұрын

Hey girl thanks for another great video

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Anytime!

@donna2201 2 жыл бұрын

Love your dog, love the bio bag idea

@donna2201 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Calgary where in Canada are you

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Sask!

@codedesigns9284 2 жыл бұрын

We have a lack of hanging flower pots around our home/garden, it livens the areas, don’t know why we haven’t yet. Great job!

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@playinthedirt4015 2 жыл бұрын

I've tried a couple different things over the years, but this year I drilled a few small holes in the lids of plastic ice cream buckets and placed those on the bottom. It seems to be working really well so far.

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a good one! I like that

@lellyann68 2 ай бұрын

Great idea. My ferns are suffering because I can't keep them wet. I'm going to grab some bags 😊 Love your babies ❤

@GardeningInCanada 2 ай бұрын

Yea! Perfect for ferns good example

@soniatrevino8620 Ай бұрын

I need a lightweight dirt for baskets, any suggestions?

@Tori_TLCR Жыл бұрын

I used menstrual pads under my geraniums last year lol. It worked for me.

@mhastings510 Ай бұрын

Haha, love it!

@patkonelectric 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip. Do you poke holes in the bags?

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Nope! Great question though I just leave it the pots are so small it tends to be used up pretty darn quick

@daynamichelle4657 4 ай бұрын

Great video! Last summer I used coco lined baskets with a tin pie plate along bottom for cherry tomatoes and they did really well! The liners were showing their age so were composted in the fall. What is a good food safe liner for hanging baskets? Are coco liners from the dollar store ok to grow food?

@GardeningInCanada 4 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

@Cidtalk 2 жыл бұрын

1st thanks so much for all your videos! I just planted a bunch of what I called crazy peas in 1 of those hanging baskets and I lined the inside with old notebook paper and that seems to be doing trick too so far.

@apextroll 2 жыл бұрын

I figure newsprint and take out paper bags can be used too.

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Oh that’s a good one! I love that

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

That is an awesome idea!

@dreamlovermimi9458 2 жыл бұрын

What about amending soil with neem seed meal? I heard its amazing! I keep my mint plants in this! Only problem is the coco fiber easily rips a giant hole lol

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t tried that before!

@cookinmum 2 жыл бұрын

I might this year if I can grab some on saw when the garden Center has its sales in a week or two

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Yea! Sales are always good!

@nomadhomad3685 2 жыл бұрын

Home depot usually has them on sale around December. I got different diameters sizes for no more than $2 a piece, including the metal hanger

@cookinmum 2 жыл бұрын

@@nomadhomad3685 thank you I will be sure to check

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Oh that’s so cheap! I am going to scope out that sale

@andydroid9782 Жыл бұрын

I never do hanging baskets because I mostly like planting once and enjoying it for many years to come. Usually something that will produce edibles.

@GardeningInCanada Жыл бұрын

Love that!

@truckingprepper 2 жыл бұрын

Do you think it’s possible to grow rice in northern Ontario?

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Long grain black rice will work!

@carlpenney901 2 жыл бұрын

I use tinfoil pie plates on the bottom of my pots I did this last year and it worked. With all the rain we are getting I am thinking maybe not so good. Cheers

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Now that’s an awesome idea

@markkares743 2 күн бұрын

Where the heck do you get tinfoil pie plates these days, they used to be common, not so easy now. So much stuff is now in those cardboard pie pans

@edengardenlabs7773 2 жыл бұрын

I'm confused do my hydrangeas mind GMO products now my tulips do always insist on certified organic lol

@kendravoracek3636 2 жыл бұрын

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@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 2 жыл бұрын

Instead of a bag, have you tried a diaper? New not a used diaper. You cut out the other plastic and just keep the white part. Put that into the bottom of your hanging basket. Inside that part of the diaper is water absorbing crystals which will hold the excess water. If the basket starts to dry out the roots have a source of water. Soil moist crystals also work. Just a thought if you know someone who has a baby and can buy a diaper off them.

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

I have totally heard about this! But what is in diapers 😅

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardeningInCanada Diapers, in order to absorb urine, they have crystals in it. The crystals swell to almost 3 times their size. So a new diaper has just the crystals in it to absorb the water when you water your basket. As the soil starts to dry the plants can then take the soil from the crystals. That is how soil moist works. A teaspoon of soil moist in a 1 gallon bucket should fill the bucket like a gel. That is how much they absorb water. Once incorporated into the soil, the soil moist, the roots can take water from them when dry. Crystals that are dried out will reabsorb water again. If you can get a new diaper, cut it open and you will see the crystals. Put them in water and watch them swell. I know that you are busy and I thought that this would help you out.

@janw491 2 жыл бұрын

All well and good, baskets are already planted and starting to look pretty but wait!! Cute little birds are now nesting in amongst the rather pricey wave petunias so no more watering and the basket won’t get watered now unless the rain 🌧 drives in from the south! Sigh

@GardeningInCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@janw491 2 жыл бұрын

@@GardeningInCanada I think it’s cute but the hanging baskets are the pride and joy of significant other and I won’t let him interfere with momma