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Post by ICPS-bob on Mar 27, 2007 4:13:49 GMT
Here is my little outdoor bog. I have 2 sections that are each 4 ft x 3 ft x 18 in deep. I first made one and planted a bunch of plants, but within a year the Sarracenia overtopped and shaded out the Drosera, Pinguicula, and Dionaea. So I built the second one for short plants, leaving the Sarracenia to fight it out among themselves. Both bogs are lined with 6 mil black plastic sheeting and filled with only sphagnum peat. I poked a couple holes in the plastic about 4 inches below the top so the plants did not stay flooded. The bogs are now about 5 years old and are still doing fine. The only maintenance is to pull out the grass and weeds and add water every couple weeks during summer. Here in northwestern coastal California, it only rains from November till May, with no rain during summer. Summers are foggy and cool with a warm summer day reaching a high of about 65 F. It seldom freezes during winter, with night winter temperatures usually in the low 30s F, with an unusual mid-20s F.  ..   |
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Post by jpcuy on Mar 27, 2007 18:12:13 GMT
Here is my little outdoor bog. I have 2 sections that are each 4 ft x 3 ft x 18 in deep. I first made one and planted a bunch of plants, but within a year the Sarracenia overtopped and shaded out the Drosera, Pinguicula, and Dionaea. So I built the second one for short plants, leaving the Sarracenia to fight it out among themselves. Both bogs are lined with 6 mil black plastic sheeting and filled with only sphagnum peat. I poked a couple holes in the plastic about 4 inches below the top so the plants did not stay flooded. The bogs are now about 5 years old and are still doing fine. The only maintenance is to pull out the grass and weeds and add water every couple weeks during summer. Here in northwestern coastal California, it only rains from November till May, with no rain during summer. Summers are foggy and cool with a warm summer day reaching a high of about 65 F. It seldom freezes during winter, with night winter temperatures usually in the low 30s F, with an unusual mid-20s F. .. Congratulations!!! .. It's wonderfull !! .. May be some day I have one of that .. At this time I'm at the beginnings yet...  |
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Post by Matt BS on Mar 28, 2007 2:13:29 GMT
Nice Bog Bob. My Dionea have been crowded out in my bog too, but I never thought of having just a Dionea specific bog. Did you start all of those from seed or did you get a massive order of plugs?
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Post by ICPS-bob on Mar 28, 2007 4:17:07 GMT
These are all divisions from 3 plants that I bought in 1955 and have had them for the past 52 years.
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Post by pthiel on Mar 28, 2007 14:14:47 GMT
Bob,
52 years - that is impressive. You are probably the first person to have heirloom Dionaea. Are you passing them down through your family to maintain the line?
Cheers
Pete
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Post by BarryRice on Mar 28, 2007 15:00:28 GMT
Bob's bog garden, which I've had the pleasure of seeing, reminds me of a really great CPN article from a few years back, called something like "Fly fishing". The title is one of the most ingenious I've encountered as a CPN editor. Check the on-line back issues!
Barry
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Post by ICPS-bob on Mar 28, 2007 17:22:07 GMT
WHAT!!!! I am offended. Although my backyard may be a bit weird by urban pansy standards, I DO NOT spread dead fish around my plants just to attract flies. The flies have enormous opportunities to congregate at my place without my help.  |
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Post by BarryRice on Mar 28, 2007 18:30:34 GMT
Yes, with the emus, goats, llamas, and chickens, I'm sure there's plenty to attract them.
Gentle reader, if you think I'm exaggerating about the diversity of livestock in Bob's back yard, think again!
Barry
P.S. OK, I made up the bit about the emus.
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Post by ICPS-bob on Mar 28, 2007 22:49:18 GMT
P.S. OK, I made up the bit about the emus. No, you did not. We have one emu. But you forgot the dogs, cats, geese, sheep -- and the worst of all, children. |
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Post by jm82792 on Mar 28, 2007 22:52:47 GMT
I have had goats they had a fun time getting into the neighbors yard and or porch,they were not that happy about that!
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Post by nepenthes on Apr 3, 2007 23:09:28 GMT
How deep is that container? How did you build the whole Set up? Did you use pond liner? and set big containers with holes drilled in?
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Post by ICPS-bob on Apr 4, 2007 1:55:57 GMT
nepenthes, I think I answered all of your questions at the top of this thread, except: I dug a hole in the ground.
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Post by pinglover on Apr 4, 2007 3:10:24 GMT
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Post by Michael Catalani on Apr 4, 2007 5:37:27 GMT
wow, missed this thread when it was first posted. Nice bogs. Looks like you have some area to expand. And it looks like you need too as well  |
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Post by zpyder on Aug 4, 2007 20:44:11 GMT
My dad cleared away an old church pew that was against the side of our house the other day, and a plan formed in my head. I'd create a trough bog garden. The side of the house in question is patioed over, and during the middle of the day is in the shade, getting the sun for an hour or two in the summer in the afternoon/early evening.
So I popped down to my local garden centre, and saw some BIG troughs. It was tempting, but figured it'd be like running before I could walk, so am starting smaller and working my way up. If it succeeds, I can always repot in a year or two!
Anyway, the main reason I thought I'd register and reply to this thread, was this garden centre also had some "mega trays", or something along those lines. They were about 10" deep, 3' wide, and maybe 5' long. I was *really* tempted by them. They weren't that expensive, and with the going rates for pond liner in the area, at around £15 they were a steal. I was trying to figure out if there was anywhere in my parents garden I could get away with digging up a load of turf and putting one in the ground for some shallow rooted CP's hehe!
-Actually, thinking about it, I don't know how I wrangled the bog-trough down the side of the house. My parents always used to say no when I asked about bog gardens in the past, claiming they smell etc. Maybe since then, with my other interests, my dad's actually interested in what it could end up being like. (My parents, originally against having fish, were the number 1 fans of my freshwater eel, rainbow crab, and marine fish tank!)
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