Planning my hanging baskets. Help please.

[Paranoidandroidmarvin]

Only got into gardening last year and didn’t get round to doing hanging baskets.

But this year I want to do four for the back and one for the front.

can anyone help with that. What do u do. I do love growing lots of myself last year so keen to do that again. Just don’t know in regards of timings and what to grow.

The thing with hanging baskets is that firstly the soil gets depleted pretty fast and they are not mostly, if you want colour, an all season answer as most plants have shortlist flowering periods.

You could just go to a local garden centre every time you want to replenish or replant it and buy whatever bedding or basket plants they have. And then stick a few nasturtium seeds in during April for a bit more colour.

My hanging baskets last all season and longer (I overwinter as many plants as I can). The secret is to have as big a basket as possible and really good quality compost. Water daily (more often in the heat) and feed weekly. I'm just thinking about buying plants now, to grow on for baskets and pots, but you do need a greenhouse to do this.

cutting a round circle from the bag of soil and place it at the bottom of your basket helps to store some water . cutting up a car wash 🧽 sponge into chunks and mix it in with soil before planting again to hold water . planting into the sides of the basket was a game changer for me last year . biggest baskets you can buy the better ive got 18" . tomato feed is brilliant.