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Watering Windowboxes and Hanging Baskets Watering Windowboxes and Hanging Baskets From "Talking Dirty With the Queen of Clean" episode DQOC-103

If you don't have room for a flower garden, consider a garden of windowboxes and hanging baskets. They are easy to plant as well as visually rewarding, but they can be tricky to water without creating soil and water runoff. There are solutions to the problems, however.

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Figure A

• To prevent soil from running out over the top of the pots when watering, cover the soil completely with a heavy layer of gravel (figure A).

• To prevent water from running out of the bottom of hanging baskets before being absorbed into the soil, try watering with ice cubes. Place cubes around the base of the plant; they will melt slowly, giving the soil time to absorb the moisture. Check moisture levels in the soil as you water to determine how many ice cubes are needed to ensure a thorough watering of the basket.