josh's bog plz look

[josh]

here r some pics of my freshly made bog garden p.s i hope i have posted these pic properly its my first time at posting pics



i put lots of plastic materials in the bottom of the bog so in the winter it can store the water and release it in the summer i filled it about half way with the plastic



side view

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i use spagnum moss peat mixed with salica sand about 50/50

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here are some of the plants that will be going in but not all of them bc some are tropical like the cape sundews and butterwort plus some sarracenias that need more care bc dint get to a good start this year, aphids



2 sarracenia purpurea 3 vft but one of them is a baby

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2 sarracenia flava and a hybrid but not to sure if anyone could help i would like to no his proper name i think it might be a dianas delight but not sure pluss i got a p.vulgaris and a cobra lilly from ebay



me arrangeing plant positions









i then dug them in, in there pot to get the hole the same size of the pot as it ther growing season and i dint wona disterb ther roots



i planted the p.vulgaris behind the sarracenia for some shade



i then started planting every thing




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one of my new plants i ordered have came drosera filiformis so i planted it and i still got three sarracenia seedlings Utricularia livida and a drosera T form for the bog but dno if im gona plant T form it in the bog bc im not sure if it would live in england in winter time hopefully when i get them i will up date

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and i dint really understand so if that is wrong can someone plz help and say wot i have done wrong so i can hopefully put it right thanx
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[josh]

just asking if anyone nows how to do it so the image is ther straght away without havin to click on it

[brokken]

Hi Josh,

Looks like a good arrangement. I don't know about all the pots and stuff at the bottom of the bog. I've always used peat and perlite myself to fill the entire thing, but it may very well work for you. I'd like to see progression pictures of your bogs. The arrangement looks good. The plants don't appear to be overly crowded (they grow quickly though!) and you have placed your tallest sarras behind the shorter ones. If I were you, I'd consider planting the other sarras in another bog, but filler aside, I think you could have yourself a nice bog.

[jesser]

Aug 2, 2009 2:25:10 GMT josh said:

i dint really understand so if that is wrong can someone plz help and say wot i have done wrong so i can hopefully put it right thanx

Just three thoughts:

1. Is that some kind of Styropor/Styrofoam pieces placed on the ground of the barrel? Plastic foam is not useful as a water reservoir.

2. Are you sure that this is the place in your garden where the Sarracenia, VFT and sundews get maximum daily sunshine hours?

On your pictures the bog stands in full shade finally and the sun shines by the barrel only.

3. In my climate (Northern Germany) I dig my barrel bogs (black plastic containers for cement mixing from the DIY-store, PVC) into the ground, so that the temperature in the ground of the bog cannot change very quickly. Especially if temperature at the roots rises too quickly in winter on some sunny days in Januar and hardy plants start to grow, they can be damaged or die when temperatures become much lower after started growing. I always dig the barrel bogs into the ground for the reason, that temperature at the roots can only change slowly with the seasons, so that the plants exactly can notify the seasons with rising and falling temperatures and are always synchronized with summer growing and winter resting.

[josh]

thanx admin mmmmm no its polystyrene ino wot u mean with the foam stuff it disolves in water but i checked this stuff and its fine and this is the best place its a south faceing so gets sun all day in summer sun starts to shine on it at about 7 ish in the morning and stops about 6 to 7 ish at night fuffly as u can she most pics were took about 6 pm ish but the days r now starting to get shorter and brokken u will be plz to no to day i was round my uncles and he gave me 2 big plastic things the r about 4 foot by 3 wide and about 2foot deep so im going to make a bigger bog ill post some pics later of the contaners but this winter im going to see how many divishions i can get out of my plants and ill use them also ill have to buy some more if any one no were i can get cheep nice sized plants from let me no

[josh]

can anyone tell me wot the name of the sarracenia on the far right of the bog i think its a dianas delight but not sure ill post some more clearer pics of the plant later today

[josh]

ye got it, now ino how to put picks up thanx admin

i got me a new project im gona make a bigger bog here is the container







here is a sarracenia which i dont no wot it is called if someone could help me out plez
heres a few pics i think it definity needs dividing

[josh]

i think on the new bog project im gona save up bottles and put lots of holes in them them put them in the bottom and use some old buckets till its about half way full to 3/4 full to save on money plus it will help hold water

[fredg]

The new containers should make a good bog garden.
Are you going to sink it/ them into the ground?
They would look better if they were lower.

The best guess on the Sarracenia is just that.
It's a Sarracenia.

[josh]

no im not im gona keep them outa the ground because my mum prob wont let me and it will be easyer to look at i dont care wot it looks like on only care wot the planting looks like and i might use it as a multyplying bog and make some small ones like brokkens bogs

[BRiiZi]

that watery area looks like the perfect place to put terrestial bladderworts. u should try those.



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[josh]

ye i am i just ordered one, thats y i made the little ditch in the middle, here r some pics of the plants they came threw the mail today.

drosera T form
bladderwort livida
sarracenia seedling s.oreophila+s.miner from slacks original










here r the bladderwort livida after i repotted it i decided to keep it in the pot till next year so it can spread also im not sure it will survive so next year ill probebly split it into 2 then plant half to see if it would servive also i sent an email to the person i got it from to see if it will survive.





also i have dicided to do the same with the drosera T form next year aswell split it up because i think thers 2 plants in the pot and ill put one in the bog to see if it will live threw the winter.

[josh]

i also have got some live spagnum moss for the bog and mixed sarracenia seeds comeing aswell they will be here wednesday

the person i got the bladderwort livida off said it prob wont live but in spring it might grow back from the roots, i live in england has anyone else kept livia outside in a climate kinda like england i zone 8

love the plant tho cant wait till it spreads and flowers

[Redflytrap]

Aug 3, 2009 21:11:49 GMT josh said:

ye i am i just ordered one, thats y i made the little ditch in the middle, here r some pics of the plants they came threw the mail today.

drosera T form
bladderwort livida
sarracenia seedling s.oreophila+s.miner from slacks original

Not to sound rude, but the above plants you obtained look to be in a very poor condition.
What made me curious is this:"sarracenia seedling s.oreophila+s.miner from slacks original"
(this being the plant in the picture on the far right.) It said from "Slacks original"?
Which got me thinking about P&J Plants
They sell many of Slacks original plants, from his original stock . Is this where you ordered the plants from? I am only asking because I had thought about ordering a few plants from them. However, I would not want to do so if the condition of my plants upon arrival would be that poor.

Anyway, I wish you the best of luck with your bog plantings
Happy growing

-Jack

[josh]

ye i see what you mean, the biggest pitcher on the sarracenia seedling was bent i just leaned it up on the paper so it looks like its straight but i had to cut it of, no i got my plants from plants a float