How often should I be watering my hanging baskets?

Question

I fed them yesterday with tomato feed how often should I do this aswell? I am a complete novice with gardening only getting into it the past few weeks and I am enjoying it so I will be really grateful for any advice :-)

Answer 1

Once a week in Winter and everyday in Summer.....depends where you are too doesnt it? This is what i do anyway and it works.

Answer 2

As long as you keep your plants evenly moist, but not wet, you are giving them a proper amount of water. If they can drain well, it's difficult to overwater them, so just check on a regular basis to be sure the soil is still moist, and water if it is not.

Edit: I originally answered last night when I was tired, and didn't answer very well, so let me make a bit of an addition. Tomatoes need to stay evenly moist, and the watering information I gave you originally is pretty good. The feeding needs to be done according to the label directions. If you're using a food that's not already pre-mixed, I have used a slightly different strategy (which I use for other plants as well). I mix the fertilizer at one-quarter strength (for instance, if the directions say one teaspoon per gallon of water, make it a quarter teaspoon), and then water with it every time you water the plants. This is called "constant feeding" and works very well for container plants. You can also spray this food onto the leaves to accomplish a bit of foliar feeding.

If you see the tomatoes start to split, they're getting too much water; if you see the blossom end start to rot (kind of a weird greyish "skin") then you are getting, appropriately enough, "blossom end rot." This is due to too little calcium; you can prevent it by making sure there is adequate potassium in your fertilizer, as that's necessary for the transport of calcium.

Other than that, just be sure they have plenty of sun; you will rarely if ever have to worry about pests with container gardening.

Enjoy!

Answer 3

It depends on where you have them hanging, what size pots are used, the type of soil in them, what type of plant and how hot it is where you live. I usually hang my plants in partial shade, use a moisture retentive potting soil, try to use the biggest hanging baskets that I can find to allow room to grow, read up on the type of plant I have....it's likes and dis-likes and poke my finger in the soil to check for moisture at least every other day. Potted plants need more fertilizer than plants in the ground, but dilute the fertilizer down more than the strength you would normally use and feed more frequently. This is so you don't burn the plants from too much fertilizer.

Answer 4

if the plants are tomatoes -they are heavy feeders- water every day unless they wilt from overwatering. if they turn brown and/or crispy water them more often. an average is to water when the soil dries out on the top

Answer 5

if your hanging plants are in direct sunlight you have to water them twice a day, if they receive less than six hours of direct sunlight just once a day. if less than four hours of direct sunlight once every two days, this is if you are in a more tropical setting or humid area. if you are in a colder region where you have four seasons and it's not summer you can water them once a day for direct sunlight, once every two days for less than six and every three days for less than four. good luck! and increase potassium when they start to flower or bud.