Things You'll Need:
- Hanging pot
- Hook to hang hanging pot
- Hanging pot-friendly plant such as spider plant, petunias, or geraniums
- Quality potting soil
- Small watering can
- Fertilizer (liquid or time-release plant spikes)
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Step 1
Choose the type of plant and desired colors for your hanging pot. If you want bright flowers, you can try red or pink petunias or geraniums. However if you want a cooler look, you can choose blue or purple flowers or another type of trailing plant such as Wandering Jew or spider plant.
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Step 2
Fill the hanging pot with quality potting soil and plant flowers or other trailing plant.
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Step 3
Choose a location to hang your hanging pot such as the front of the home, on a balcony, or on your patio. Make sure you don't hang the pot directly above outdoor chairs or an outdoor patio table as water draining from the bottom of the pot could cause damage.
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Step 4
Install hook and hang the plant.
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Step 5
On hot summer days, you may have to water the hanging plant once or twice daily. Check the dryness of the plant by pushing up the bottom of the pot with your hand. If the pot feels especially light and the soil feels dry, it needs to be watered.
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Step 6
Feed the hanging plant with a liquid fertilizer every two weeks. This is important because frequent watering flushes nutrients out of the soil. You also have the option of time-release fertilizer spikes, which you can stick in moist soil and leave.
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Step 7
Prune the plant often by removing dead leaves and faded flowers. This is called dead-heading, which promotes additional flowering and plant growth. Some plant species (e.g., verbena) benefit from a mid-summer trim to promote further growth and flowering.
