Learn from Our Mistakes! Lessons from Our Annual Containers

00:00 Our annual container lessons... pots, baskets, and containers
00:51 LESS IS MORE - too many plants
01:45 BIGGER IS BETTER - large containers make a difference... so do vigorous plants -- Size Matters video • Container Size Matters... -- How Many Plants video • Which of these jumbo c...
03:05 AQUAPOTS ARE A GAME CHANGER = Super-sized Vermillionaire cuphea and once-a-week watering and fertilzing -- Self=Watering Container video • Understanding Self-Wat...
05:28 DROUGHT TOLERANCE COMES AT A PRICE
06:46 TRUST YOUR EYES, NOT PLANT TAGS - Plant Tag video • Your Plant Tags Are Ly...
08:17 MY ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF MY PLANTS
10:03 Meet Rusty the squirrel

[@shanemccoy419]

I am totally trying the cuphia thank you❤❤❤

[@vic-iv2ff]

I love them all even with possibly too many plants

[@mariewilson6115]

Bee balm that was a "fire" label turned out to be hot pink...

[@stephaniestewart9396]

I purchased the AquaPot inserts from Proven Winners for my existing pots and they've been a game changer.

[@UpNorthGardenMI]

That’s good to know. We haven’t tried the inserts yet.

[@robbinkampa5691]

Thank you for mentioning the inserts for existing pots that I could use.

[@donnaq7626]

lol, those pots look crazy. I know you can never plant that many plants in one container.

[@robbinkampa5691]

I love this update. I would like to know what aqua pots you used as I have places id like to put planters and not easy access to water. I have the lantanas rose, would they go good with sunpatient compact tropical rose? Could you name 3-4 plants that would work good in a planter with lantana please, thank you

[@UpNorthGardenMI]

I’ve mostly used the 19” and 21” AquaPots brand. They’ve been very effective. Not sure about the color match - I haven’t worked with those exact colors (and I’m not sure which variety of lantana you have). I like lantana with Truffula Pink Gomphrena (I have it with Bandolero Lychee and realize it would match better with Bandolero pink or any of the yellows or whites). I have some growing with Superbells Calibrachoa, and geraniums. You could get ideas by searching for lantana recipes on the Proven Winners website www.provenwinners.com/container-gardening/container-recipes/search?keys=Lantana&field_seasons_value_many_to_one=All&field_combination_style_nid=All&field_pot_size_value_op=%3D&field_pot_size_value%5Bvalue%5D=&field_pot_size_value%5Bmin%5D=&field_pot_size_value%5Bmax%5D=&field_color_scheme_type_nid=All&field_light_level_nid=All&field_plant_genus_nid=All&field_plant_series_nid=All&title=

[@pag9228]

Good morning. Would you let us know which aqua pots you used? Thank you for the interesting video. Love your channel.

[@UpNorthGardenMI]

They’re the brand name AquaPots from Proven Winners.

[@Letsgocamping143]

Do you know if the aqua pots can breed mosquitoes in the water reservoirs?

[@UpNorthGardenMI]

Very unlikely. There’s not any accessible standing water. The water surface they could get to is 1.25” wide and down a tube.

[@karenswanson3749]

In pot number 2 what size pot did you bump it up to?

[@UpNorthGardenMI]

The Supertunia pot was a 16” - the cuphea was about a 20” AquaPot.