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Planting in hanging baskets

NAIROBI: Unlike ordinary pots, hanging baskets need special consideration when being planted. First, the soil mix needs to be lightweight. Second, the soil must retain moisture, because hanging baskets dry out faster than most other containers. Then of course there is the matter of keeping the soil in, in wire frame baskets.

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