Container flowers died. Would you replace them in July?

If you just lost one container, for sure.

petunias need to be watered until it runs out the bottom

Yes, in fact I did just that because my petunias had gotten too leggy and I hate that. I put in vinca to replace them. My impatiens are being eaten alive by something and I can't wait until I can put some mums in there. I'm holding off on those though because they always end up looking like crap by the time fall officially hits if I plant them too early.

Yes, I would. In fact, I have the same problem, but it's because we were on vacation and I forgot to pull the pots off the porch so that they get rain water. They were still the pansies from the spring, so it wasn't a huge loss. But I plan to go to the garden center this afternoon.

Definitely! Gotta have flowers! 

Into September? Absolutely.

That is what I was thinking. Since they would be in a wheelbarrow, I would plant small ones and by the time fall  gets here, you could throw in a couple of pumpkins, a small dried cornstalk and a scarecrow and have a nice fall container of flowers. 

Yes. They cheer the place up.

Nope. I would embrace the wheelbarrow full of death.

This worked for my house plants when I was gone a couple of months one summer, so I suppose it would work for outdoor plants in containers. My (then) husband was very literal, so before I left, I watered all of my plants and counted 1-october, 2 october, etc. Then I gave him a card with instructions for each plant (large plant in bedroom, hanging plant by kitchen table, etc) how many to count - 3 octobers, 5 octobers, etc. and when I got back home, all of my plants were thriving and he was allowed to live in the house and not the doghouse.