I am really getting into the succulent game lately. I have always been more of a veggie gardener, it just comes easier to me compared to flower gardening. One thing I love about succulents is how easy it is to find containers to plant them in, you really can plant them in pretty much anything. You don’t have to worry about drainage or the planter overheating, they are such resilient plants that it makes it quite easy to get creative.
Flash back to a couple months ago when my dad gave me some vintage hanging fruit baskets he found. They were old and probably hadn’t been used in years but immediately my creative brain was spinning, what could I do with these? While passing my growing succulent garden the idea popped of turning them into hanging succulent pots.
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But what do you do when you need to bring them in for the winter? If you water them they will leak all over!
Water in the kitchen sink. Let it sit there till all the water has drained.
Don't use regular potting soil. Use a mix made for succulents or make your own. Pine bark, small gravel and a bit of sand. See "Sunshine and Succulents," online. Cassidy Tuttle has great advice about succulents.
would this work with herbs
Herbs would be a great idea! Creeping herbs would look beautiful.
Wonder how long until it rusts through... could you coat it with something to prevent rust?
Mine rusted a little around the chains, but rustoleoum spray paint would work great!