If you want to have perfect hanging baskets this year there are some essential tips to ensure you are the envy of your neighbours. This is what we look at in this weeks episode. 

Every year thousands of hanging baskets go out up and down the country however many never look as they should and after often taken down prematurely through neglect. 

So what do you need to do to ensure your baskets look great all year long. 

1. Use a growing media with water retaining gel or better still make your own using 1/2 top soil 3/8 multipurpose compost and 1/8 organic material ( farm yard manure or similar) also add water retailing gel at mixing time. 
2. Watering is essential and remember hanging baskets tend even in wet weather to get very little water. So to keep them at there best you will need to water every day or every second day little and often. If you have used just a peat based growing media ensure it does not dry out because if it does it is very difficult to re-wet. 
3. Feeding & deadheading these should be done every week. I find the best food for hanging baskets is to alternate seaweed fertiliser with a hanging basket food or tomato food. 

If you follow these tips you will have great baskets all summer long. 

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