View Single Post
  #3   Report Post  
Old 02-04-2014, 03:37 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Spider[_3_] Spider[_3_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,165
Default capillary matting

On 02/04/2014 13:19, Derek wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 07:21:23 +0100, Judith in England
wrote:


I am thinking about using it in green house on heated sand bed.


I am assuming you are adding the capillary matting, above a plastic
sheet. Never tried it, and would think it would dry out very quickly,
but worth an experiment, nothing ventured etc :-)




It works better it you drape excess length over the end of the bench
into a water tank. The capillary matting wicks up water from the tank,
which keeps it moist. You just have to keep the tank topped up with water.

The link below shows it working on a very small domestic scale, but you
could easily expand it to suit your greenhouse bench.

http://www.allotment-garden.org/stor...illary-matting

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay