Water Gardening in Containers and How to Build an Instant Container Water Pond

I'm Doug Green from http://www.water-gardens-information.com and this simple water gardening in container technique can be used with any sized pot for some instant container gardening. Total time to construct it was less than a half hour once I found all the bits and pieces I wanted to use. The main thing I learned was to really, really make sure the bottom hole was cleaned and plugged up with my glue gun. I didn't get enough of a lip around the hole on the inside of the pot so it drips a bit (drops about 4 inches every 2-3 days which is more than simple evaporation)

I also used whatever I had around to make sure the garden plants were at the right level for their health and good growth. The soil was dug from the garden (no artificial soils here as the white perlite bits float around and look quite ugly) because pond plants tend to prefer a heavier clay soil that helps hold them from floating to the surface out of the flower pot.

In the fall, I'll take the plants out, plant them in the garden to ensure they're well insulated (a mulch over top) and allow them to overwinter outside. Next spring, I'll dig them back up, repot them and plunk them in the water garden.

I do intend to take all the water out of the pot (getting the bulk of it out with a siphon because there's a lot of weight there) and then store it in the garage for the winter. Leaving the pot outside would be an invitation to having a lot of pot pieces in the spring after the frozen water had left its mark.

Water gardening in containers like this doesn't restrict you too much to plant choices. I didn't order a dwarf water lily this spring but I will next year for sure. You can grow just about anything you have room for in your chosen pot size.

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• water
• gardening
• containers
• flowers
• diy
• pond
• organic
• pot
• green

[wmkk808]

cool

[minxski]

Such a great idea, thanks for sharing it