Hanging baskets

[Foz]

Asalaam o Alaykum

Do you guys have hanging baskets? I have 3 in the garden. got some hanging basket seeds from BandQ and got quite a few germinated.....only thing is im so daft i threw the packet away and have no idea what ive grown now....and which ones are which....

so im just going repot them in the hanging baskets and see what happens lol

[Riz]

Hehee-

i have done that in the past and regretted it :)

i love hanging baskets, and so does my mum she has a few of them in the front and the back of the garden.. i bet there is some trailing lobeila and some fuchsias in them though !! when they grow inshallah we might be able to identify them...

[Foz]

no i know fushias so would remember the name...


ive just remembered one lot...busy lizzies??

[~Obsidian~]

WaAlaykum AsSalaam! I haven't got any at present, would love to put some out front though :butterfly3:

[khabbab]

we grow trailing petunia, busy lizzie and lobelia as spring annuals in baskets. i normally prefer soil less media(more costly) in coco-fiber hanging baskets because they weigh less.

Right now i am growing following in hanging baskets:
ipomoea batata, hanging vinca, asparagus, spider plant, blue tradscentia, trailing violet, dichondra and annual portulaca

[Riz]

we grow trailing petunia, busy lizzie and lobelia as spring annuals in baskets. i normally prefer soil less media(more costly) in coco-fiber hanging baskets because they weigh less.

Right now i am growing following in hanging baskets:
ipomoea batata, hanging vinca, asparagus, spider plant, blue tradscentia, trailing violet, dichondra and annual portulaca

how much does the coco fibre cost ya in pakistan !?

is there a big market for that kind of growing medium in lahore !?

[khabbab]

coco fiber is not easily available. its cost depends upon its quality. i bought at a price of 150 Rupees per kilogram and quality was just good. it is not very common medium here. even peat moss is not common here neither is recommended any more. people normally use sweat earth or garden soil mixed with some fertilizer for containers which does the job and cheap as well.

[Riz]

So do you make you own compost too !!?

[khabbab]

nopes. i dont feel i am skilled enough :). i buy leaf mold and cow dung manure and both are cheap here. Although lahore compost http://www.lahorecompost.com.pk (http://www.lahorecompost.com.pk/products.html) is commercially available but i find it a bit heavy for delicate flowering plants. hopefully in future i will make it on my own :P

[felicity]

I bought two hanging baskets and a packet of hanging basket flowers seed mix, what to do next? Should I germinate seeds in trays first and then plant them in the basket or is it ok to sow them straight in the basket?