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Comments (56)I just did the count thread and I really only have 2 roses! Seil, I had 60 something in pots for about 8 years and through some bad weather, my mother spraying Round-Up around them without asking or telling me (about 40 or more went to the landfill because i thought I had RRD), and neglect for various reasons, I am down to 30. I am determined not to let that happen again (losing roses because of neglect)...and my mother knows not to spray Round-up in my yard anymore....See MoreA new pot ghetto!
Comments (33)So many questions, Marianne! I'll take them in order. The doors are nothing but simple frames made with pressure treated 2x2 balusters which were on sale at Lowes. I added a 5th piece, which extends a few inches below the frame, and rests on the 2x4 support at the bottom corner of each opening. Here's a door in place: I couldn't figure out a way to attach the doors, without them getting in my way or the neighboring tree's way when I'm gettin in and out of the ghetto, so I made them to be fully removed. The tolerances are tight enough the doors fit snugly in their opinings, and I simply remove them and set them on top of the ghetto. Here's shot of the back of a door: After gluing and screwing the corners of the frame, I reinforced each corner with a galvanized L-bracket, and then clad the whole thing with 1//2" hardware fabric. It makes a sturdy door. Here's a closeup of the bottom corner with the extended leg: Shelving and light: I'll have to play it by ear, and stage plants which need more sun on the higher and outside shelves, while shade lovers get lower interior spots. The location is beside the water, so I'll get all morning sun reflected off the water. Then there's about 2 hours of afternoon sun on one end of the ghetto. The Pear Tree shading it is coming down this year, so the ghetto will be in full all day sun. I'll use burlap for shading any sections which need it. Watering: The entire ghetto will be plumbed with drip irrigation equipment, ranging from individual emitters for some pots, to small sprinklers for sections, and even mist heads for other sections. The 1/2" main line tubing will run through eye-bolts in the roof rafters, and 1/4" feeder lines will run down into the ghetto from there. I'll hook up a garden hose at one point, and water the whole thing at once. Drainage will be through the floor, which is 1/2" hardware fabric over the floor joists. I'll have to experiment a bit with highly placed plants draining onto lower plants. It shouldn't be a problem. This will probably become my new cold frame next winter. I made the interior walls smooth and free of obstructions, so I can cover them with heavy clear plastic for winter, and I may even invest in polycarbonate greenhouse sheets for that purpose in the future. I'll probably continue to use the old cold frame, but it will no longer be the primary WS location. I could dig it out and fill it with good garden soil, and make a semi-raised and covered bed out of it....See MorePot Users.......Let' Talk......
Comments (6)kaboehm: ...... Thanks again for the information about pot size. I'm on friendly terms with the owner of a local nursery, and he lets me have as many plastic, tub-sized pots as I need. They're probably between 3-5 gallons, straight-sided round, 12" diameter X 12" deep. I guess that's a good size to start with. I forgot to ask some questions: When eventually potting-up to a larger size container, should all old soil be washed away from the roots, and then, new soil mix be used? Are roots ever trimmed to induce root ramification, and to generate new feeder roots, or, should they NOT be pruned? Should soil be replaced every few years to keep the bulb invigorated? Like the pyramid idea of stacking pots. Clever use of space. Like a duplex house. Thanks for the help. Frank...See MoreLazy Woman's Pot Ghetto
Comments (7)Drippy, I'm betting you will be fine with the pots above ground because of this. Last fall I had about 10 WS containers that never got planted out before winter. Unusual for me, but being only a few months post op from spinal surgery, it was just impossible to get any more plants in the ground. I just could't bring myself to ask everyone that had helped me with my gardens all spring and summer to do any more than help clean up. Anyway, they where all perennials, columbines, foxglove, some coreopsis, and a few others. They where still in their WS containers too, cream cheese tubs, sour cream tubs and a container that cut up fruit had come in. I just put them on the inside of my chain link fenced yard area and left them. It was OK, hardy little things, WS, we'll see how really hardy you are, won't we. Gave them NO protection of any kind. OK, we had a warm fall, warm winter too. Even in the 70's in January, but just as one would expect things to warm up, I was burried in snow, 2 feet of the stuff and we had snow late into spring too. Low and behold, when it finally warmed up, the columbine where fine in their WS containers, and before I knew it they where full of buds and flowering in those containers. The coreopsis did the same thing. The foxglove where fine, gave most of the seedlings away at a spring swap and they bloomed this year for everyone. Low and behold, I just found a couple of those plants still sitting in those WS containers and I can't get them in the ground now either. More back problems. So there they sit along the edge of that fence and I will hope for the best. Bet they are fine and you will find yours fine too. Fran...See More- 6 years ago
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