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The requirements of plants:    Water, food, correct temperature and hours of sunlight.   Watering regularly is important.  You must water until the water runs out the bottom of the container.  The basket or container should have some weight when you are finished.  This not only supplies the plant with water, but it also flushes the soil of the residue that the previous fertilizer has left behind.  This process is called leaching. During the hot summer days you may have to water every day.  For petunias it may be almost twice a day, as the season becomes warmer and the plant is more root bound in its container....