- Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:53 pm
#317152
I started to make a mini bog from an old window box and was fully sure of what I was doing until halfway through I put a doubt in my own mind. I took lots of pics so I'll just post them here and maybe someone can tell me if what I've done is wrong
I had to cut it to make it smaller only because of where it will spend the winter. I live in zone 7 so maybe it's okay outside for most of the year but there's a high chance that I'll need to take it in at some stage. Last winter had more than a week at constant temp of -16C. If it gets very cold again it'll goto this window in the bathroom, the coldest place in the flat To be able to water from the bottom I decided to cut a 5cm pipe in a way that would allow water through easily and also provided a measure so I could easily see how much water is at the bottom. These plastic wings are 2cm from the bottom of the box. I stopped here because I remembered seeing someone make something similar but with a different watering system. It had an "L" pipe that ran along the bottom of the box with lots of holes so the bottom could be watered evenly. I plan to put a good layer of perlite on the bottom so water can quickly cover the bottom then get absorbed through the bottom, however now I remember that perlite floats and am afraid this whole thing could be a mistake. What do you think??
I had to cut it to make it smaller only because of where it will spend the winter. I live in zone 7 so maybe it's okay outside for most of the year but there's a high chance that I'll need to take it in at some stage. Last winter had more than a week at constant temp of -16C. If it gets very cold again it'll goto this window in the bathroom, the coldest place in the flat To be able to water from the bottom I decided to cut a 5cm pipe in a way that would allow water through easily and also provided a measure so I could easily see how much water is at the bottom. These plastic wings are 2cm from the bottom of the box. I stopped here because I remembered seeing someone make something similar but with a different watering system. It had an "L" pipe that ran along the bottom of the box with lots of holes so the bottom could be watered evenly. I plan to put a good layer of perlite on the bottom so water can quickly cover the bottom then get absorbed through the bottom, however now I remember that perlite floats and am afraid this whole thing could be a mistake. What do you think??