not sure the length you need but could you use a sponge mop refill. Not sure if landscape fabric rolled up would wick water or not. Even purchasing a regular mop head (some are cotton some synthetic) cutting it up and braiding the strands to make a thicker longer wick may work. All the best, MIchael On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Robin Graham Bell <rgb2@cornell.edu> wrote: > Rimmer, I was just today trying to figure out how to drain a low spot in a > raised bed I built. The base of the box has chicken wire to keep out the > rodents & the ground has landscape cloth then 2 layers of black plastic to > keep out the mulberry tree roots. Mulberry tree providing essential shade > but roots are terribly invasive, so I don't want to put a hole in the > plastic. Now I can try to put in some wicks to do the job! Thank you, > sometimes the obvious is everything but. Any suggestions for large scale > wicks would be appreciated.....my 'box' is 8' x 4' x 8". > Robin Bell, Medford OR. > On Oct 20, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Rimmer deVries wrote: > > > Bob > > > > i heard at a bonsai show lecture, (method also used by Streptocarpus > growers ) > > > > that if you put a piece of yarn in the pot extending down you not only > keep the pot media moist by adding a wick to soak up water from below, but > it also lowers the water table in the pot. > > > > think- hydro communication with the media below. > > > > they recommend a yarn that does not rot, so not cotton but Orlon or some > other synthetic yard. > > > > Rimmer > > SE Mich > > USA Zone 4-5-6 depending on the winter. > > > > > >> On Oct 20, 2015, at 3:10 PM, penstemon <penstemon@Q.com> wrote: > >> > >> Putting screen in the bottom, which is, of course, the only way to > prevent the growing medium (in my case, perlite) from falling out, will > still create a perched water table, but hopefully far enough down in the > deep pots to prevent root rot. > >> Bob Nold > >> Denver, Colorado, USA > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >