Stupid Gardening Mistake
Hi Folks,
Do you have any stupid yet interesting gardening mistakes you'd like to add to www.stupid-mistakes.com ? Thanks, - Jeff |
Stupid Gardening Mistake
"javawizard" wrote in message oups.com... Hi Folks, Do you have any stupid yet interesting gardening mistakes you'd like to add to www.stupid-mistakes.com ? Thanks, - Jeff No. Once it's on the compost heap, it never happened. Steve |
Stupid Gardening Mistake
On 3 Nov, 13:11, "shazzbat" wrote:
"javawizard" wrote in message oups.com... Hi Folks, Do you have any stupid yet interesting gardening mistakes you'd like to add towww.stupid-mistakes.com? Thanks, - Jeff No. Once it's on the compost heap, it never happened. Steve Do indoors count? I just started container-gardening. Following various recommendations I put on average 2 inches of 7/8's inch gravel in the bottom of each pot and planter, expecting that to aid drainage and avoid root rot. (A) The plants I raised from seeds wrapped their roots around the gravel and couldn't be dislodged for transplanting or thinning without killing the plant(s). About 99% of them. (B) I just found out that an underlying gravel bed actually RAISES the "water table" for a given container because the upward "wicking" effect of soil, all other things being equal, is determined by *depth* of soil, which I had reduced by 2 inches, thereby raising the height to which water is nominally retained by 2 inches. Oops. (This isn't a problem except with container gardening, because the wicking effect derives from the *entire* soil-column, down to the underlying impermeable layer) |
Stupid Gardening Mistake
On Nov 4, 4:21 pm, Don H3 wrote:
On 3 Nov, 13:11, "shazzbat" wrote: "javawizard" wrote in message roups.com... Hi Folks, Do you have any stupid yet interesting gardening mistakes you'd like to add towww.stupid-mistakes.com? Thanks, - Jeff No. Once it's on the compost heap, it never happened. Steve Do indoors count? I just started container-gardening. Following various recommendations I put on average 2 inches of 7/8's inch gravel in the bottom of each pot and planter, expecting that to aid drainage and avoid root rot. (A) The plants I raised from seeds wrapped their roots around the gravel and couldn't be dislodged for transplanting or thinning without killing the plant(s). About 99% of them. (B) I just found out that an underlying gravel bed actually RAISES the "water table" for a given container because the upward "wicking" effect of soil, all other things being equal, is determined by *depth* of soil, which I had reduced by 2 inches, thereby raising the height to which water is nominally retained by 2 inches. Oops. (This isn't a problem except with container gardening, because the wicking effect derives from the *entire* soil-column, down to the underlying impermeable layer) i was wondering what this group is all about? thanks |
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