Re: Re: Bog Water

dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Wed, 01 May 96 16:15 EDT

> From: "Phil Semanchuk" <semanchuk~pj@GLAXO.COM>
>
> This is important to me because I just moved into a house with a
> very soggy patch in the back yard. If I were to try to create a
> small bog there without using a plastic liner to prevent
> surface/subsurface water from running in, would my CPs die from
> nutrient poisoning?

Phil,

Try it please! You don't have to kill any CP to find out, just
try some Sphagnum moss. Dig a hole a couple feet wide, fill with
peat and top w/ the moss. If that doesn't die then you will be able
to plant Sarracenia and Drosera in it. Utrics will probably show up
on their own. :)

Dave Evans