Olafhenny
05-13-2012, 09:54 PM
Dispute settlement in a planter.
I had a small, but fairly deep pond. It was deep enough to winter water lilies, but because there
was no water circulating, it was not very functional. So I decided to convert it into a planter
for tropicals. 2 cubic yards of compost and top soil filled it up nicely with even enough to form a
mound on top.
Tropical plants, of course, do not do so well over winter here, so I decided to also include a yucca.
Now the yucca likes to have dry (-well dryish) feet and I wanted to plant it right next to philodendron
and wandering jew. Both really like to soak up the water. The sprinkler system does not distinguish.
So here is, what I did: I planted the yucca on a bit of a mound....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48796 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48796&ppuser=7269)
Then I took a piece of plastic and cut a nice round hole in it
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48799 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48799&ppuser=7269)
Did likewise with a piece of fly screen
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48798 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48798&ppuser=7269)
Gathered up the yucca and slip the hole of the plastic over it. Did the same with the fly screen and
shaped a bit of a swale
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48797 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48797&ppuser=7269)
Slipped some bits of old ground cloth or similar, between the plastic and the fly screen
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48801 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48801&ppuser=7269)
Trimmed off the excess. Covered the whole ting with a thin layer of soil
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48800 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48800&ppuser=7269)
And – viola, you have a functioning water exchange, - or so I hope. The wandering jew is the
purple thing in the lower left corner and the philodendron is in this photo half way between it and
the yucca
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48802 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48802&ppuser=7269)
Another perspective of the planter as it stands now. The far right corner is reserved for a quite
large basjoo pup, as soon as it has recovered enough from the winter blahs to stand on its own.
The plastic is there to prevent the water to seep in the soil, where it shouldn’t. The fly screen
is supposed to prevent the soil from sliding off the slick plastic and expose it. The bits of ground cloth
will accomodate the water to flow to where it should and unload near the philodendron and the
wandering jew.
I had a small, but fairly deep pond. It was deep enough to winter water lilies, but because there
was no water circulating, it was not very functional. So I decided to convert it into a planter
for tropicals. 2 cubic yards of compost and top soil filled it up nicely with even enough to form a
mound on top.
Tropical plants, of course, do not do so well over winter here, so I decided to also include a yucca.
Now the yucca likes to have dry (-well dryish) feet and I wanted to plant it right next to philodendron
and wandering jew. Both really like to soak up the water. The sprinkler system does not distinguish.
So here is, what I did: I planted the yucca on a bit of a mound....
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48796 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48796&ppuser=7269)
Then I took a piece of plastic and cut a nice round hole in it
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48799 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48799&ppuser=7269)
Did likewise with a piece of fly screen
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48798 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48798&ppuser=7269)
Gathered up the yucca and slip the hole of the plastic over it. Did the same with the fly screen and
shaped a bit of a swale
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48797 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48797&ppuser=7269)
Slipped some bits of old ground cloth or similar, between the plastic and the fly screen
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48801 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48801&ppuser=7269)
Trimmed off the excess. Covered the whole ting with a thin layer of soil
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48800 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48800&ppuser=7269)
And – viola, you have a functioning water exchange, - or so I hope. The wandering jew is the
purple thing in the lower left corner and the philodendron is in this photo half way between it and
the yucca
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48802 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=48802&ppuser=7269)
Another perspective of the planter as it stands now. The far right corner is reserved for a quite
large basjoo pup, as soon as it has recovered enough from the winter blahs to stand on its own.
The plastic is there to prevent the water to seep in the soil, where it shouldn’t. The fly screen
is supposed to prevent the soil from sliding off the slick plastic and expose it. The bits of ground cloth
will accomodate the water to flow to where it should and unload near the philodendron and the
wandering jew.