I have acquired some large outdoor pots that are normally used to plant trees
in. The two I plan on using for my bogs are 32 inches diameter, and about 34 inches
deep. They are about 2 inches thick (these things are very heavy!) and I think
are glazed teracota. One has some chipping inside. I was planing on using
some weather sealing paint to seal up the exposed clay. Then I was planning on
lining the pots with plastic to make sure nothing would leach into the CP soil.
I am going to bury the pots in the ground right up next to the South side of
my house in-line with some rose bushes. Below is a very quick (not pretty)
picture of my plans. The red are the rose bushes.
I am in Zone 5.
Here are my questions:
1. Is there anything wrong with my container choice?
2. Roses have a tendency be troubled by aphids, am I asking for an aphid
infestation in my CPs?
3. I don't want to start a war, but drain holes or no drain holes in the container(
and plastic liner)? If so, where, sides, bottom, ...?
4. Being right next to the basement wall of my house, how will that affect soil
temperature? Will I have a micro climate that is more zone 6 than zone 5?
5. I'm planning on mostly Sarracenias. S. flava and S. purpurea. But I am
interested in any CP that would be hardy to this set up. What are some other CPs I could use?
6. Any thing I'm may be missing?
Please let me know what you think are the ups and downs of this setup.
D. Buck.
in. The two I plan on using for my bogs are 32 inches diameter, and about 34 inches
deep. They are about 2 inches thick (these things are very heavy!) and I think
are glazed teracota. One has some chipping inside. I was planing on using
some weather sealing paint to seal up the exposed clay. Then I was planning on
lining the pots with plastic to make sure nothing would leach into the CP soil.
I am going to bury the pots in the ground right up next to the South side of
my house in-line with some rose bushes. Below is a very quick (not pretty)
picture of my plans. The red are the rose bushes.
I am in Zone 5.
Here are my questions:
1. Is there anything wrong with my container choice?
2. Roses have a tendency be troubled by aphids, am I asking for an aphid
infestation in my CPs?
3. I don't want to start a war, but drain holes or no drain holes in the container(
and plastic liner)? If so, where, sides, bottom, ...?
4. Being right next to the basement wall of my house, how will that affect soil
temperature? Will I have a micro climate that is more zone 6 than zone 5?
5. I'm planning on mostly Sarracenias. S. flava and S. purpurea. But I am
interested in any CP that would be hardy to this set up. What are some other CPs I could use?
6. Any thing I'm may be missing?
Please let me know what you think are the ups and downs of this setup.
D. Buck.