When do I stop watering the potted plants?

Hello

I feel silly asking what is probably an obvious thing to know, but I'm quite new to gardening.

As I only have a patio garden, my plants are all potted (perennials and shrubs) and I have no idea when to stop watering them.
Many plants such as roses, fushcias, geraniums, gazenia? are still flowering so I'm still watering everything once a week.

When should I stop watering all of my pots? I'm guessing mid October maybe?
I'm worried I will water too much and rot the plants when they need a rest.

Many thanks in advance!
Tara

 

Hi Tara

Welcome to GC. It's easy to forget to water pots in winter, thinking that because it's cold, it's also wet. A lot of the time it isn't!

Check your pots regularly and water sparingly if it seems that they are drying out. Yes, it would seem logical that in autumn we would get more rain, but that's not always the case and if you have evergreens, the foliage and larger leaves can overhang and prevent what rain we do get from getting into the soil.

Of course, if you live somewhere that is rains all the time, then you don't have to worry!

 

Many thanks Aaron

 

We've lots of big pots on our patio. One of the problems with patio pots is that sometimes the water poured on them "tracks" down the inside of the pot because the roots have compacted the soil or the type of compost/soil doesn't retain much water. We have all ours on Sankey pot movers, so any water that runs through the pot sits in the tray of the pot mover, so there's always some water for the plant.

 

I grow all my Hostas in pots on the patio and even though they die away over winter, I still make sure the soil is damp and not drying out.

 

Thanks folks, I appreciate the replies