Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:09:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Nicholas Plummer <nplummer@duke.edu> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1809$foo@default> Subject: re: Bog container water table
Joe Martinez wrote:
> Do you have to use anything to plug the holes so that
> soil doesn't escape?
Nope, hasn't been a problem. I have only drilled one or two in each bog. The
flow through the holes is slow enough that the soil is not dislodged.
and Brett Lymn wrote:
>
> silly question then - why not link the minibog to another water
> reservoir via a pipe at the bottom of both? that way you can maintain
> a better water table in the bog. You could even have all your bogs
> linked to the one reservoir - water one and water all.
That sounds like a good idea. I may try it next time I build a bog. The
current system seems to work fairly well, though. The plants do not seem
to mind the fluctuating water table, and I wonder if it might actually be
good for them. Currently, their roots experience flooding followed by
partial drying, so they are not in standing water all the time.
Nick
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