Steeevoe Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 We currently have a bog garden that is getting over grown so we are going to do an overhaul on it! Currently has mud from elsewhere in the garden and the bog graden is directly connected with our pond. Would we be able to put CPs in the bog and survive if the soil where to be changed to peat/ living sphagnum with pearlite and sand? Please advise on other substitues. Would nutrient levels be to high as it is directly connected with our pond? ~ there is no algae growing in the pond at the minute Note: I'm hoping to grow a range of sarracenia and native plants in the bog Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 How is the pond filled, rainwater or tapwater? Does it contain fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeevoe Posted October 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Its filled with rainwater, May have a few grass carp if they have survived the hot sumer drought Plant life is prolific in the pond itself (non-carnivorous) Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeevoe Posted November 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Cn anyone help please. Has anyone tried this before?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Try with a few plants that you don't mind losing. I tried S. purpurea in a pond a few years ago. The results were not good probably due to a combination of excess nutrients and poor water quality. The plant never recovered. But that was my pond and yours will be different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeevoe Posted November 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 I'll give it a go and see what happens! Thanks Aidan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umpeixe Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 hey, if comon plants grow, carnivore plants are going to die, right?, aquatic plants (mines at least), love water with nutrients and minerals, and they frow good!, but i think maybe a cp dont. its just my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeevoe Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Mmm. Ok, I will test my pond for nutrient levels (at school lol) to see if they are not too high, if they aren't I will try and grow some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umpeixe Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Good luck!, and if the good luck dont work, maybe you can put them not in the pond, but in sides of the pond in a small pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeevoe Posted November 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 HeHe, Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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