Specialty Gardening: Hanging Basket Gardens, 1 by joannabanana

joannabanana wrote:
I love hanging baskets and it took a few years to figure out what works here. CricketsGarden, you are right about the soil space in the basket. If you buy a 12" hanging basket, repot it into a 18" or bigger pot. Most hanging basket combos are maxed out for root space when you buy them. Deeper is better too. I line all my Coco Lined metal baskets with heavy plastic and cut a few drain holes. Use a good slow release fertilizer - I like Smartcoat for Hanging Baskets and I also use MG Ultra Bloom for flowers. The baskets deplete of nutrient very quickly. The varieties of plants also is key, but if you are choosing stuff for a hanging basket, stick to "mounding & spreading". And the term "Compact" does not refer to small; it refers to shorter internodes between leaves, which gives a more dense tighter look.