On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:00:58 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote:

hello,
i've just got 3 water chestnut plants.

just re-read the previous thread about them & intend to put them in a
container, but my question is: in the absence of spare laundry tubs & so
forth, what type of container should i put them in? i.e. how deep does it
have to be?

i was hoping some sort of plastic container or something that i already have
might be suitable, if it doesn't need to be too deep.

also, i was wondering if digger's club claim is true - that one corm can
yield 2kg(!) - in which case i'm also wondering how _wide_ the container
should be!

i was just going to put the container in the shade under a tree near a
tap... or somehting like that. not forgetting netting, to keep the sodding
ducks off.

many thanks!
kylie



No real need to go all fancy.

I quite sucessfully grew a nice crop in an old small square aquarium I
had laying around some years back.

"twas only around 450 L x300 W x 200 H.

I just went to a local swamp and got a few of the small fish that you
find in the and put them in and had no problems with mosquitos after
that.