window box

[micaaronfl76]

i have a few window boxes in sunny locations, actually hot locations. aside from mulch is there anyway to keep water in from dissapating?

 

[Lisak1]

MiracleGro makes a moisture retaining soil, which might help somewhat. I used it in some pots last year and actually had to take it out, it held the moisture TOO well.

 

[sissy]

They also sell moisture control beads you can buy to add to your existing soil .I use them all the time .I also have 2 small soda bottles with water in them and a small hole drilled in the cap as drip irrigation in several of my flower pots.I add fertilizer to the bottles also

 

[JBtheExplorer]

maybe you could put a liner in it. the surface would dry but underneath would probably stay wet for awhile.

 

[sissy]

I tried that but with crumpled grocery bags .it worked a little but rotted the roots on some of the plants that did not like really wet roots

 

[j.w]

Mulch over the soil will help. Just keep it a bit of a ways from the plant stems so as to not rot them.

 

[sissy]

I tried this year crumpled landscape fabric and mulch on the bottom and then composted soil with the water beads added .I will see if it works .

 

[taherrmann4]

I use a drip irrigation system on my hanging baskets and pots that are on my patio and porch.

 

[addy1]

I use a drip irrigation system on my hanging baskets and pots that are on my patio and porch.

Same here, I put mine on a irrigation timer, set and forget, my favorite type of watering.