WAS Anderson deep propagation flats; Now lowering the water table in pots
Michael Homick (Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:07:59 PDT)

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
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