so the spot i would like to grow is by a creek. the water is around 7 ph wise it isnt swampy persay but it is muddy what kind of advice can you give me for growing there flooding wont be an issue. but what else could i take into accont. and i want them to be mostly self sufficent cause i wont be able to go down every week so i figured pots wouldnt work cause they would dry out to much?
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veggiegardener
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For decades, a friend grew in swampy areas. He'd float 30 gallon peat pots inside inner tubes with the bottom few inches in the water. He'd tie them off to the willows, all around.
If moisture is sufficient but the water shallow enough, you could use the same pots, or smart pots to take advantage of the moisture.
Think about this:
Use the large peat pots but fill them only far enough so the bottom of the plant's root ball barely reaches moisture, and the plant is fully exposed.
As the plant grows, remove the lower leaves(not stems) and apply rooting gel before further filling the pot with soil.
You can do this several times as the plant grows, adding a few inches at a time, insuring the plant gets water while maximizing its root mass.
Always saturate any soil you add to insure good contact with the plant stems, to aid root development.
Even though the plants are getting moisture from below, drench the soil, any time you visit your garden.
If moisture is sufficient but the water shallow enough, you could use the same pots, or smart pots to take advantage of the moisture.
Think about this:
Use the large peat pots but fill them only far enough so the bottom of the plant's root ball barely reaches moisture, and the plant is fully exposed.
As the plant grows, remove the lower leaves(not stems) and apply rooting gel before further filling the pot with soil.
You can do this several times as the plant grows, adding a few inches at a time, insuring the plant gets water while maximizing its root mass.
Always saturate any soil you add to insure good contact with the plant stems, to aid root development.
Even though the plants are getting moisture from below, drench the soil, any time you visit your garden.
phatptrck1
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+rep, even though ill personally probably never do this haha. new information is never a bad thing.
veggiegardener
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Use what you can, and forget the rest.
Spukoo4U
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you can use some irrigation tubing and divert the water further away to build yourself a damn for water supply but oh yeah forgot you them to be self sufficiant....use the river some tubing and make sure you soil doesent retain mass amounts of water so you can implement a drip system for say!