Bog garden in preformed pond liner?
pigletpug2000
18 years ago
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Know of a retail preformed liner with a deeper end?
Comments (4)Think our preform pond has a couple levels/shelves (I put the plant pots there) & the deepest is about 2 ft. & the ledges about a foot from the top). We got ours several years ago from HomeDepot & it has held up rather well sunk in the ground. Our son used the heavy waterbed liners & made a nice in-ground pond with several ledges,l & a deeper center as well as a waterfall & 'stream' running down from the pump/filter hidden behnd rocks. It has held up very well & very inexpensive....See MoreAdd waterfall to a 200 gallon preformed pond
Comments (3)Welcome to the forum! My original 2005 pond (closest to the deck in the 2nd photo and the one the skippy runs into) is a 300ga rubbermaid stock tank (~ $100). It is 5'5"x5'5"x 28" deep. It is buried 3/4 in the ground so about 6-8" sticks out. I have several submerged plants, and many marginals hanging in pots by 'S' hooks on the sides, and 2 waterlilies. I use dwarf varities. I have 8 goldfish/sarassa comets/shubunkins that started at ~2" and are now 5-6" long. At first I didn't feed them at all, but I like to see them when I'm sitting next to it so started feeding a pinch of food every other day. Never more than they can clean up in a few minutes. I use regular goldfish flakes (seems to float longer than the pond mix). I originally had a 640gph pump (a cheapie, ~ $30) that ran from pond to skippy via garden hose, then the skippy poured out down the tiny falls to the pond. I do use a pre filter (bucket with quilt batting) in the spring when I get green murky water - clean the batting every other week. This winter I bought a 1250gph pump cause I'm expanding my skippy to a 60ga oval tank to hold more plants, sort of a bog filter, and thus my waterfall/stream will be a bit longer. In 2006 I added a 2nd pond (the one the fake heron is perched over), a 275ga liner pond (on sale $60 including 300ga pump w/ spitter), roughly 3'x5'x18" which I don't like nearly as well, mostly cause I wasn't a very careful digger so the bottom is sloped and the plant shelves not level so are pretty worthless. I find it harder to keep clean and harder to get into if I need to. My 1/2 barrel skippy will go on this pond this year with the 640ga pump, and it will only have plants and 2 goldfish to keep mosquitoes down. Last year the 6 feeder goldies I put in there produced 29 1" babies by fall which I managed to kill in a poorly planned effort to overwinter them in an aquarium indoors (never had one before in my life, won't make the same mistakes again). The deck I built myself, ~ $250. Several hints - I love my stock tank, but you can get an off brand now that is 8' round for $120 - I'd do that in a second! Everyone wants a bigger pond once they're hooked! See tanks in posts by catherinet, catfishsam, watergal, and others. If you plan and plant it right they look very natural once the plants grow. Be sure it's LEVEL - I spend alot of time trying to hide the 'high' side cause mine isn't. You can never have too many plants - for shade, filteration, etc. Keep the fish #'s low, or start with a couple bigger goldies so the control their own reproduction. ENJOY both the process of creation and the final result! It will always be aworkinprogress :) but I love every minute I spend on my water garden! S...See MoreAdvice Converting Pond to Bog
Comments (2)This thread posted by TPN60 needs much more of a answer than can be written here, it is a complex question that needs detailed answers and I agree you need to get help in your area. I am very informed on this subject, and you can certainly covert your pond to a bog. It will be expensive and the first thing you must realize is that drainage holes must be provided in the bottom or lower sides. You cannot have standing water at the bottom of the peat you will use. If you do you will have problems with many fungal disease and plant death as the roots drown. The stagnat water in the bottom not being able to drain will sour and even the best water will push minerals up towards the top slowly posioning the bog peat and plants. Drainage is a requirement. Growing plants will use water, the roots of true bog plants will suck large amounts of water in the high heat of summer or in the spring when in active new growth. The sun and humidity will play a role in evaopration on the top and first couple of inches. Without drainage your bog may have a very wet bottom thats while the top peat is dried. For a true bog you will need a large amount of Canadian sphagnum peat moss. The type sold at retailers in the square bales. This will cost a bunch unless you can get it wholesale. If you want a wetland garden it will still take a lot of humus mixed with acidic Canadian sphagnum peat moss and some blasting sand, not play sand. Bogs are very acidic and a wide variety of plants can be grown in them but while the plants like wet roots they don't want to stand in water for long periods of time. Drainage is a must thus while reduction of watering maintenance is required care must be given not to let the bog dry out during drought or other dry periods of time. Tap water is questionable but thats a lot of typing for now I will leave the topic alone. You have a nice size area for a great bog garden. You will have at least the same maintenace in the summer as you have with the pond. Never forget that weeds love wet sunny areas and will quickly find a great home in a bog or wetland garden. Birds bring or drop seeds as well. Squirrels love to dig up plants and disprute bog gardens. The maintenance will be weed pulling and other typical garden procedures on a regular schedule or shortly you will a garden with a 5' high bunch of weeds, grasses, trees, and other non-desireable plants. The deep end nearing 3' is going to be costly to fill. Typically a depth of 18 - 24" is a good depth for a bog garden. No smell and I don't understand why your pond smells. This doesn't sound normal. Plenty more, but this enough for now, Take Care, Mike St. Petersburg FL...See MoreChanging a defunct pond to a bog garden
Comments (3)I had a small 30 gallon preformed pond. When I upsized to a larger pond I moved the smaller one and filled it with peatmoss and sand and put in Pitcher plants and Venus Fly traps. If these plants will survive winter in your area, no reason you couldn't do it....See Moresarraceniahunter
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