Window Flower Box Maintenance

Flower box under your window will make the house look so beautiful and you can always enjoy the beauty flower when you come to the window. To make sure that your window flower boxes always look good, maintenance is needed.

Window flower box contain living flower inside it. You need to make sure that the plants grow well inside the box. You need to make sure it has enough water and enough soil. You must water the plant every day and if you want to save time and energy, you had better choose pvc window boxes with self-watering system. Then you must check soil level regularly every one or two week. You need to add more soil if you found it lack of soil. The plant needs nutrition so you need fertilizer to make it grow healthy. Each plant need different fertilizer so you had better ask the right fertilizer for the plant when you buy it. Follow the instruction in the fertilizer package. The plant may grow higher than your window and block the view. It may also grow to the side and look mess up. Cutting and trimming is needed to make sure the plant look in good shape to fit the box as well as the window. Don’t forget the possibility of plant disease. You need to check the plant condition carefully. If you found caterpillar or bugs, you had better get rid them out from the plant. If you found black or white spot, it may be plant disease. You can browse in the internet to found what it is and find the cure or immediately call expert help.

For the window boxes installed on the wall, you need to make sure that it is securely bolted. Check it condition and if you find it loose, you need to call the expert to fix the problem before it fall. If the color faded, you need repainting. You may also need repainting for the flower box if you change your wall or window color. If you use bracket to the window box, you also need to make sure it is securely installed on the wall and the box. Although bracket is purely aesthetic, but if it loose it will easily fall and look bad.

Window box maintenance must be performed regularly to keep the flower box look good. You need to spare your time or ask expert to help you.