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Jennifer Matherne
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Potting mix for hanging baskets? Gritty or Regular?
Comments (6)Wow, thank you so much Al! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer all these questions. Ok, I won't break out the mortar and pestle. I've done some more searching for pine bark fines on the net and have located some wholesale suppliers of them in my area that say "contact us for retail locations". I will contact them and see if they can direct me to where to get the pine bark fines retail. So far, I've noticed that many of the suppliers of pine bark fines on the East coast seem to be located down in North and South Carolina. This must have something to do with geography, and the forest products industry. I'm thinking I may go with the "Gritty Mix" now instead of the regular mix, even though I'm growing annuals in these baskets, because I have a crazy dream of being able to overwinter these plants in hanging baskets in an unheated room attached to our house that has south-facing windows. I usually overwinter my geraniums in this room and they've been fine for years. So I'm going to try to overwinter the lobelia and calibrachoa. The winter temp in this room is usually about 55 degrees F. The lobelia and calibrachoa will die outside in the winter anyway in Zone 6, so what have I got to lose? Will stick with the 19-6-12 Osmocote, great. I usually use MG in an off-and-on type of regimen when I water the geraniums, but will continue to look for the Micro-nutrient powder anyway...you never know. Thank you again!...See MoreA fragrant night-time hanging basket question.
Comments (6)Thank you, everyone, for the insightful replies. I don't have to have the plants in a hanging basket, but thought it would be better due to my limited space. I currently have a small vegetable and herb garden that is occupying some space. I think I might go the trellis route, especially if the plants do their best on a trellis. As for sunlight, the sun sets facing my patio. I usually start getting full sun light from about 2pm until the sun sets. My shade loving ivy hides behind a decorative palm tree type plant my roommate added to the garden. I would greatly appreciate suggestions towards other climbing plants that would do well in a trellis oriented container garden. I will have to wait until winter to plant the sweet pea....See More?? How to hang Hanging Baskets in my HFGH ???
Comments (7)I have not hung any baskets yet in my HFGH, but in a recent thread Funnylady mentioned these black plastic clips, 20 for $9.95, from ACF Greenhouses. They are designed to hold up bubble wrap as well as hanging baskets, and they apparently just clip in the wall and roof stud tracks. Black plastic bubble wrap clips She uses them to hang lots of orchids in her HFGH (she put two 10x12s together.) There's a good picture of her hanging orchids about 2/3 of the way down this thread: Two 10x12 HFGHs Joined Together I grow cacti and succulents and those hanging plants can get huge and weigh a ton (heavy sandy soil too) and I'm still debating about how much weight I should hang from my HFGH roof. I may try to build some kind of separate rack out of pipe, and attach it to my benches instead, for bigger plants. I intend to order some of the clips to play around with though, they look like they would be handy, and seem to work well for hanging baskets....See MoreHanging Fiber basket Question
Comments (11)A lot of your success will hinge on the conditions where you hang it, how often you water, and how often it rains. I had fuschias in one, one summer, without a plastic lining, in medium to heavy shade. I had to water at least once a week in weeks when it didn't rain. The fuschias survived, but didn't spread. I suspect their water requirements would be similar to your chocolate mint. The more sun, the more watering will be needed without the plastic liner. I mixed my own soil, though, which is mostly heavy clay, with a bit of compost. I think I also used some dry leaves as a liner between the soil and the coir. If you need to purchase your soil, my recommendation would be a mixture of topsoil and humus, assuming any runoff will be onto soil outside, as it might stain otherwise. If you use the purchased potting soil, plan on watering every day. As far as I am concerned, that stuff is worthless for outdoor planting, and I hate to purchase plants that are grown in it. In dry weather, all the moisture around the plant wicks out of that potting soil. I don't think the earthworms like it, either, because the potting soil doesn't seem to get moved much around and away from even an old planting. Maybe the high clay content in my soil has me spoiled....See MoreJennifer Matherne
6 years agoWe currently have bananas hanging from a hook under some cabinets and a basket that we keep avocados and tomatoes in, but in our new kitchen we won't have a spot for the banana hook so I was looking for a way to combine the two. I think we won't have issues with items going bad as we are used to using them, I was more concerned with swinging.
I didn't think about cleaning, would need to make sure they are easy to take down. I was looking at something like this...
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