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Dea Frederick, MD(Zone 6a) Jun 28, 2003

I'm sure many of you probably already do this but....we've had so much darn rain here and now 1 week of hot, hot sun. Perennials are great but my annual baskets scattered around soak up so much water and I just can't get to them twice a day with my work schedule. They were very un-happy yesterday and I knew I had to work both days this weekend, so - I put out a big tub of water and now just dunk them totally. Seems to last a good 24 hours and will put some fertilizer in the water about every three weeks. The pots/baskets are heavy, but happy :)

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eanders2 Knoxville, TN(Zone 7a) Jun 28, 2003

DS - great idea! Keeping a big pot of water on the porch will also keep me from having the drag the hose around to the baskets!

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vic Jun 28, 2003

We were recently gone for 9 days and I did the same thing while we were gone. We had a house, plant, and critter sitter but there is so much to do I thought it would ease things up for them not to have to do the hanging baskets. GREAT IDEA! Thanks for sharing it!

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elsie Jun 29, 2003

Dea that's a great idea, thanks.

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eyesoftexas Toadsuck, TX(Zone 7a) Jun 29, 2003

Great idea, as long as it's where mosquitoes can't breed, and if the water is changed on a regular basis.

"eyes"

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Dea Frederick, MD(Zone 6a) Jun 30, 2003

Yes 'eyes' I was thinking about that issue as it's so stinking hot here. The tub I'm using is about 2.5 feet diameter so I threw a Tblsp of hort oil on top - I suppose veg oil would work too. Skeeters can't breed or live and I don't have to waste the water. The baskets haven't minded the hort oil yet but we shall see! BTW - I'm kind of short and it was nice while the baskets are dunking to be able to "work on the tops" which are usually above my view!

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eyesoftexas Toadsuck, TX(Zone 7a) Jul 01, 2003

LOL....Dea, yep us shorties don't get a very good bird's eye view, do we? The oil sounds like a very good idea!!

"eyes"

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