Sinks - how deep is too deep?
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16 years ago
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Comments (17)Hmm, now I think I'm a little confused. While I agree just adding mulch around my sunken bushes would be a lot easier, Mike indicated that it would probably encourage rooting of the buried sprouts and leave me with more than one bush in the hole. While several of my older (grafted) roses seem to have self-rooted themselves over the years with no ill-effect, they tended to do it some distance from the original roots whereas my problem plants are just 1-year old own-root babies (though it is hard to call Abe Darby a baby when he is waving his massive shoots around). Seeing as I'm in LA where keeping plants moist is more of a problem than drainage, I don't mind my roots being covered by quite a bit of mulch, but we're talking over a foot here! Of course after a week of rain and mist -- when moving would have been less fraught -- we're now having hot dry windy weather so I'll probably hold off a little bit in any case (in the event someone else wants to weigh in!) I am so grateful for this forum and the knowledgeable people willing to share their experience. Thanks to you all....See MoreDid I plant my peony deep enough/too deep
Comments (3)Peonies like to be planted about 1-2 inches below the top of the ground surface. It maybe that you're using too much nitrogen based fertilizers, which gives you more foliage than bloom. Replant it with the eyes pointing upwards, amending the soil with bone meal, fish meal, aged and well-rotted manure, compost, blood meal, alfalfa meal etc. A combination of all above or 1 or 2 of them...... mostly a hand full of bone meal. Make sure you have a high middle number. Peonies normally prefer organic fertilizers, however, in the spring you can put a "bulb" fertilizer of about 10 10 10 " or a seaweed or fish based fertilizer about 1/2 foot away and around the crown of the peony. Most of the time, manures dumped onto the top of the your peony causes the crown to rot. Some people some times even dump rabbit manure on top of them but it is not a good practice. Too much fertilizer will cause it not to bloom also. Lastly;.... in a few of the northern areas, peonies are normally planted or moved in or after September unless they are potted prior. Then you can plant them any time. Gypsum or lots of compost will loosen up clay soil. Also, peonies don't like a lot of water or wet feet, make sure you have good drainage and at least 6 hours of sun. Let the foliage remain until September so that it can collect the sun, sugars and food storage to survive next year. Cut it back to the ground each year if its not a tree peony. Goood luck!...See Morecounter height window bumpout, how deep is too deep?
Comments (16)Lol, at the belly flop mental image! Ok, if I have to ask my DH or contractor to measure my armspan in relation to the kitchen project, they are really going to lose it, they already think I am crazy enough! I get it though, and its a totally practical concern. (Little Fishies, do you have irregularly long arms?!) My contractor did say he thinks they can frame it in to get it a bit less deep, the carpenter will know more. Justmake it, your window is beautiful. Your cabinets look great too. Are you going to have casing around the bump out? Are you putting uppers next to the bump out? I'm trying to decide how much room I need to leave next to where the bump out starts before I start a cabinet. I'm going to check that out on other posts showing these windows. Little Fishies thanks for posting that. When it comes time to order I'm sure it will be helpful. Thanks again!...See MoreI want a square sink but is it really too deep?
Comments (4)Our disposal outlet is about 6.5" below the bottom of our sink. This is how i determined 10" sink most likely wont work: Our drain outlet is about 18" above the floor, the disposal outlet as it sits now is about 22" above the floor, so the difference is 4". With a 10" deep sink, compare to my current sink which is 7", the difference is 3" plus 1.5" for the countertop, comes out to 4.5", which means the disposal outlet with a 10" deep sink will be 0.5" lower than the drain outlet. When i called plumber he mentioned the usual height of a drain outlet for newer construction (like ours) is 16" above the floor, ours apparently is a bit higher than usual. How deep is your sink?...See Moreholligator
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