Plastic liner and coir liner in an indoor wall-mounted hayrack
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Fibrous material to hold in dirt in large wire planter
Comments (6)The brown (or gold-ish) fibrous material you see in the nursery baskets is called coir-mats, coir moss, or cocoa-fibre liners. There is a new type on the market now made from a special type of New Zealand spaghnum moss that "is a natural sponge that can hold up to 20 times its weight in water". This material comes in pot-shaped sizes, rolls of flat material, or bags of loose material. It is called "Angel Moss". The claims are that this doesn't dry out like the coir liners or regular spaghnum moss lined baskets, thus using less water. And you don't have to worry about soil spilling out planting holes that you make a bit too big because supposedly it swells up when watered. There was an article on this material in the Container Gardens magazine I just picked up. I haven't had time yet to find other sources for it but the one source that was listed in the magazine is below. I found it too expensive for my tastes... something like $16 for a 14" pot liner... and the roll is over $100. I thought the coir or cocoa liners were being sold at Home Depot (or Wal-Mart), but I'm not sure. You can search on the net to find who sells these probably. Some of the wire baskets sold come with a black plastic liner which you could make using just a trash bag. After all... once they are planted up nicely they usually don't even show. But I would definitely lean toward the method you are already using before I would pay that much for one liner. Another thought... from the 1976 OrthoBook "Container and Hanging Gardens" book: ... they made column planters out of 2" wire-mesh fencing (with wooden bottoms) and lined them with indoor/outdoor carpet or a material "carpet mulch inlain with bark chunks" (which was made by Terra-Tex Corp in Nashua, NH... but I couldn't find them when I did a search...probably out of business). When you think about it (and as the other posts showed) you could get creative with what you use as a liner. Could be carpet, burlap, fabric, etc etc etc. Then I start wondering...could you possibly form your own liners out of paper-pulp and peat moss or spaghnum moss... on the idea of paper mache... molded over a bowl the proper size. Then there is also the idea that you could weave willow whips or basket making material or raffia through your wire container. Hmmmm... brings up a lot of ideas and possibilities. Here is a link that might be useful: Angel Moss Liners...See MoreMost unique potting or mount
Comments (31)Me, too! In fact, the more I thought about everything last night, the more I wondered whether the roots of my $4 clearance table Dendrobium were in jeopardy being in the ceramic jar it came in, tightly packed with moss, and no drainage holes. I'm glad I checked... the roots were not happy! I unpacked the poor thing, cleaned it up, dusted the root area with a wee bit of Captan, and re-planted it in a larger pot with orchid bark. It's too dry here for mounts, but tightly packed moss in a ceramic jar won't cut it, either! I don't post too often, but I do read... and I'm learning a lot! Thanks to everyone who shares! More mount photos, please!...See MorePlease Add MORE 'My Favorite Gardening Tips'
Comments (91)Outsmarting the tree rats (squirrels) around my house is a full time job. This past spring I hit on a new idea. When I plant a container I invert an empty wire hanging basket over the container and the plant gets sun and can be watered but the squirrels can't dig in it. Another idea: I bring in a lot of plants to "over winter" under lights in my garage. I have so many that it is hard to reach my hand under the lights (4 shop lights) to the middle for watering. So I bought a pump sprayer with a long wand and it works great! In late winter I add a little liquid Dawn detergent, few drops, to each gallon of water and not only does the soil get wet easier but the worms that are waiting to hatch into distructive pets just don't hatch. Don't know what it costs me to run those four shop lights all winter but I don't care. It is a small price to pay to be able to "garden" every weekend in the garage. Many people have mentioned that they mark their outdoor plants with a "permanent Sharpie". In my experience there isn't a "permanent Sharpie", they all fade and quickly too. A grease pencil/china marker or expensive "no fade" garden center marker are the only markers I have found that won't disappoint you by fading. Eight years ago I decided to learn about gardening so I tapped into my local library. I checked out nearly every book they had on gardening and learned so much. The Gardenweb forums are also a wealth of information and entertainment. There is always something new to learn and I appreciate all of you who take the time to write in your ideas. One last idea from me...I keep a small notebook on my computer table and jot down any idea I find that's new and I will want to try. Little pieces of paper get lost but I always know where my notebook is and also use it when I order "on line" so I will remember the name of the company and the order date. Tina or Trowelgal...See MoreA Living Wall of Epiphytes?
Comments (44)Hi The pic shows about half of it . I used sheet styrofoan siliconed to the CBS wall. . The goal was to look like a natural 'seep wall such as seen in tropical mountains rather than tree trunks . The great advantage to the "stuff' is that the entire 7x10 foot wall weighs less than a pound reinforcement is not necessary. water was pumped from aquarium and released over the length of the "wall" at the bottom was a catch area where it overflowed into the tank.. The big failure to the setup was growth. the plants covered the wall withinn two months and the epis. started eating into the foam diverted the water flow . had I been smart would have put a sheet of plastic over the styrofoam and put the stuff on top of that.lol If I were to do it over again would use "high expanding" stuff rather than high density .carving and fancy paint jobs were useless as every square inch was covered by plants lol Would not have foamed over plastic pots to create "pockets" but would have carved them in where needed The plants particularly the epis grew beautifully in the stuff potting materials unneeded. One other point , would more carefully plan the planting layout as many plants were quickly covered by others , Also would have used miniature types and kept the planting area MUCH smaller and added sections as it developed.. needed aLOT more planning than I gave it !!! gary...See MoreRelated Professionals
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