Hoosier Boy Growing Guides
Before You Leave Town
June 26, 2026 · The Hoosier Boy Newsletter
From the greenhouse
Caleb Schlegel
Fourth of July weekend should be relaxing — and your garden doesn’t have to make it stressful. This week is all about helping your plants take care of themselves while life gets busy, so you come home to color instead of crispy baskets.
This week’s lineup:
· How to prep your plants before you leave town
· How to revive a plant that got too dry
· When to cut back a tired hanging basket
· Why petunias and calibrachoa turn yellow
Because summer gardening gets a whole lot easier once you know what your plants are actually telling you.
This week’s Growing Guides
Going Away for Fourth of July? How to Prepare Your Plants Before a Long Weekend
The question I hear every holiday week is the same one: “We’re leaving for a few days and nobody’s watering — will my baskets make it?” The honest answer is yes, if you set them up right before you…
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Can You Save a Plant That Got Too Dry?
You get home, the basket is collapsed, the leaves are crispy, and your stomach drops. Take a breath — in most cases the…
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When Should You Cut Back a Hanging Basket?
Most people wait way too long to cut back a hanging basket — usually because the idea of taking the scissors to a plant…
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Why Are My Petunias or Calibrachoas Turning Yellow?
Yellowing petunias and calibrachoa might be the most-searched summer garden question there is, and it trips people up…
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