Maintaining a little bit of moisture is important – if they dry out completely they are really difficult to re-wet. It’s like trying to absorb a spill with a really dry mop. It just doesn’t work until it’s slightly damp. Familiarise yourself with the weight of your basket – if it’s feeling light it likely needs watering. Who doesn’t love a billowing basket? But covering the soil surface with flowers and foliage can also help prevent the soil being exposed to the sun and drying out. Of course, opting for drought-tolerant plants like succulents will also help you to conserve water and mean you can leave your baskets largely unattended while you holiday. Always opt for a good quality peat-free compost as they will have better water holding capacity. Isn’t this just the most adorable little watering can! Love that Haws have released loads of different colours of this indoor watering can, including baby blue, dark blue, dark green, red, pink, purple, red and more! A good quality, peat-free multipurpose compost is fine for a display that only has to last for one year. Adding some loam based compost, such as peat-free John Innes potting compost, will benefitlong-term plantings, but be mindful of the additional weight it will add to your basket.If you want to grow plants that prefer acidic soil, such as winter flowering heathers, it is best to go for ericaeous compost; although Erica carnea and E. × darleyensis, and cultivars of them, are less fussy about pH levels. Planting up your basket These watering cans would need to be cleaned to remain looking their best, fingerprints would easily show up

This Fallen Fruits watering can holds 1 litre of water, which is probably more than enough for mot households to water all of their house plants. However, if you want something bigger, there is also a 1.5 litre watering can, with similar design features but with subtle differences, the colour and finish is also a shiny stainless steel instead of the rose gold effect one above.

What to do when your hanging basket gets too dry

The elegant and simple sleek design with shiny finish make it the perfect indoor watering can that doubles as an ornament. In the excitement of creating a colorful hanging basket to light up your yard, it’s easy to get carried away and add too many plants. Try to curb your enthusiasm and aim for one plant per inch of basket diameter – so a 12in basket should contain 12 plants, an 18in basket 18 plants, and so on. The Prosperplast holds a whopping 14 litres of water, the largest amount of all the watering cans. This is going to be heavy to carry, so unless you are strong, don’t get a watering can that is too big and that you won’t be able to use easily.

In times of drought, recycle grey water – that is, leftover water from the kitchen sink, shower and bath – on the garden, always avoiding edibles, to be safe. The na_tc cookie is used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. It allows to record details on user behaviour and facilitate the social sharing function provided by Addthis.com. Irrigation systems automate the delivery of the water, saving time and labour, but they still need intervention to maintain and optimise. They are not a 'fit and forget' solution, and if treated as such are likely to perform worse than a manually watered basket.

Water your hanging baskets smarter

Whilst this watering can might not be the most attractive watering can on the market, it definitely gets the job done. Stewart make their 10 litre plastic watering can in at least four colours; red, green, pink and blue. It is a simple and no frills watering can that gets the job done. Traditionalhangingbaskets are notoriously difficult to water and keep moist, but these baskets has a reservoir that means there is an extra portion of water that the plants can use on the hottest days. Summer bedding plants and ediblesbenefit from occasionalfeeding with a liquid fertiliser in spring, summer and early autumn (April to September). Winter hanging baskets don't need feeding - it can encourage soft new growth that is easily damaged by frosts.