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Post by true424 on Aug 3, 2008 17:26:36 GMT -5
Just wondering, how do you guys keep the weeds out of your outdoor bogs? Spurge is just killing me this year. I have been weeding as I go (TG they are just mini bogs lol) but any other thoughts would be awesome!! Thanks all.
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Post by lloyd on Aug 3, 2008 22:12:34 GMT -5
I remember Jay had a really thick layer of pine needle mulch which must have really helped to keep the weeds down as well as keeping the moisture. Of course Jay is super neat so maybe he goes out when nobody is looking and pulls the weeds out.
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Post by brian on Aug 4, 2008 6:14:39 GMT -5
My biggest problem is grasses creeping in, I'll try mossy logs as a border. Can't pull the weeds out without taking sundews at the same time.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Aug 4, 2008 11:07:11 GMT -5
I found a great cure... just have a couple of successive and severe hailstorms knock the heck out of your garden... gets rid of quite a few of the weeds... doesn't leave much of your bog's inhabitants either though...
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Post by true424 on Aug 4, 2008 20:58:48 GMT -5
I found a great cure... just have a couple of successive and severe hailstorms knock the heck out of your garden... gets rid of quite a few of the weeds... doesn't leave much of your bog's inhabitants either though... Rick thanks for that thought but I think I will skip that solution lol. Lloyd I use the pine needles for the winter never thought about it for summer, but it makes logical sense (wow a duh on my side) Spurge may be still a problem though. I only have VFT's and Sarr's so far. Brian, I am dieing (sp?) to know what dews you have outside, I so want to put some in my little bogs, they are only the half barrel kind now but hoping to expand next year. Thanks guys!!!
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Post by brian on Aug 5, 2008 5:00:54 GMT -5
Drosera filiformis, rotundifolia and linearis. I've got some intermedia growing indoors that I plan to add this summer. I like filiformis the best, they are bigger and easier to find among the weeds. I see you're from California, what are winters like in your area?
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Post by true424 on Aug 5, 2008 11:19:38 GMT -5
Pretty mild, I am in the central valley, we get pretty warm in the summer, but if we get over a few days of freezing weather it is pretty rare. I am in the foothills s we get a tad more cold but not much, I think our coldest last year was about 29 F and that is just 1 or 3 days. We do get occasional hoar frosts but nothing major. My biggest worry would be the heat, 112 is not rare, but we have been in the 100's to high 90's for a couple of weeks now. Our humidity has been up this year though( a rarity). Do you mulch during the summer? If so what with? Can you mulch with Dews? Sorry I am full of questions. I really would love to grow some of my dews outside though. Thanks Kelly
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Post by mabudon on Aug 5, 2008 13:11:05 GMT -5
No mulch in the summer, tho again Jay has a "carpet" of mulch that surrounds all of his specimens with little "clearings" for the low plants You could do the same to keep the sun off the medium but it probably would not matter too much, Jay does it to keep moisture in the ground I would imagine but mainly to make it look nice. It has been near 100 and spikes to 110 sometimes here, no casualties, I wouldn't worry about it- so long as it's humid- remember where Sarrs grow, it gets GOOD and hot throughout most of their range so high temps will NOT be a problem I would figure you could grow pretty much all temperate 'dews BUT D.linearis, it likes a real short season with a long BRUTAL winter. I would even think you could get away with D.filiformis var tracyii but you'd have to test that one, they SURe don't survive up here as for growing stuff outside, you can always put your indoor stuff out in trays, I like to do that to get them all pumped up and well fed while it's possible. Not sure what all you could get away with- I would go so far as to say you could probably grow Cephs year-round outside tho, if you have acess to them you might give that a shot, I do believe it'd work Hope that helps
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Post by true424 on Aug 6, 2008 16:03:43 GMT -5
Thanks And yes it really does, I think I will get brave and start letting them go outside for a bit to harden them off and see how they react. If it looks good then I will plant them in my newes bog barrel. Keep your fingers crossed!!! I would really hate to lose any. Thanks again Kelly
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Post by mabudon on Aug 8, 2008 8:54:43 GMT -5
you could alsp try to start some seeds out there, then you'd not have to worry about hardening them
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