Hanging Baskets

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    Well, they are sort of Containers!

    I have found my second hanging baskets where something looked "sick" in it and discovered the moss/coir lining had been ripped out from a section. The first was last week with an Aeschynanthus radicans (Lipstick Vine) and this morning with a
    Mesembryanthemum cordifolium/Aptenia. Water was draining out unnoticed.

    Sneaky birds collecting nesting.
     
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      I have used this one for years. MailBox.jpg
       
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        Very pretty. What liner are you using?
         
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          I've had the same problem on the balcony! I used to line the 5 hanging baskets with coir lining but the birds pulled a lot of it out! :rolleyespink::biggrin:
           
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            A few years ago the blackbirds nicked all my Spanish moss, (Tillandsia usenoides), for nesting material.
            They dont care if it looks useful, they will take it.:biggrin:
             
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              there is no liner.
               
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                Now I use the plastic bags the compost comes in!
                 
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                  I remedied the Lipstick one by using a used J-Cloth and the Aptenia one I managed to spread the coir out to fill the gap.
                   
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