pond and swamp growing

Wick hydro pots and wire stands for growin in a grassy pond or swamp. Let them water themselves!

I just stared at the 2nd picture for 5 minutes trying to decide which way is up.

lol. it would be a pretty complex op. but i think it would be cool to try none the less. every time i go canoing i get visions of rowing to visit my plants. lol

I tried something like that... too much water.. better to go on the edge where it is dry

swampthing

That would be pretty cool to see a giant patch of marijuana growing on the water...

very good info. thanks, i like the concept.

ya. just wait for a flood.

i wonder how long of a wick water will wick up. this could be extremely useful. i know of an island i can grow on. if i ran a couple feet of wick i would never have to water. maybe if it was in conduit? any thoughts?

I'd love to watch the police swimming after those, hehe.

Check the water table height where you plan to grow. Many times it is within a foot of the surface. Thats why there is a pond, lake, river there. Probably wouldn't have to water there. Does anyone else use the island? VV

is it possible to run a wick from the pond right into your hole. i know of an island to but there is a lil boat near it, it looks like no one even uses it, its ben in the same spot for a couple years. nice lil boat tho

The conduit would probably help. It would probably help with evaporation. I know there are some really complicated physics involved if your trying to figure out how far the water water would travel and through the conduit and wick. I wiki'd capillary action and their is a formula for a capillary tube but it is pretty insane. You would have to figure the physics of the wick and the tube/conduit. anyone know and can explain how wicks physically work? I tried researching it and got nada really. It would probably help if the conduit wick is on an angle maybe? I would just do some experiments at home before you planted to see how far the wicks will take the water and at different angles of the wicks and wicks with conduit. maybe how far the wick goes down in the water would have an effect? you would have to do them outside and in the same air temps too to figure in evaporation.

So with Shamans "Good Soil and a Burlap Sac" would you use the wics, or not? I know he said that the sacs act as a wic sucking up the morning dew and rain and such. But do you think it would benefit the plant to have wics running through the burlap sac?

Also what kind of "wire" are you using to support the pots above water? I really liked Shamans idea about little log rafts, and I think I am going to go as far as pounding some stakes into the swamp to help keep the rafts in place, or maybe just laying the rafts between some dead trees in the swamp.

the burlap sacks wouldn't need wicks. I would use thick steel wire to make the pot holders. like the stuff they use in political signs. I don't weld but I would find someone to make them for me. shouldn't be hard. Try a small self owned fabrication shop might do it for you. just be nice.

something like the things that go around tomato plants might be ok to modify a little.

fredlnoakes said:

the burlap sacks wouldn't need wicks. I would use thick steel wire to make the pot holders. like the stuff they use in political signs. I don't weld but I would find someone to make them for me. shouldn't be hard. Try a small self owned fabrication shop might do it for you. just be nice.

Click to expand...

Try brazing instead, I had to braze a gun frame together last week and it's much easier and cheaper than welding. I used a flux coated bronze rod to join steel to steel, got it for $2 + $4 shipping off eBay. For heating the metals I used a simple propane torch, you can get the tank for about $3 at Wal-Mart and the torch for $20-$30 at most hardware stores. An Oxy-Acetylene torch is much faster but more expensive. You can also use really cheap butane torches

As Borat would say "Very Nice" I like the Brazing info, and thanks fred about the sacs not needing a wic. I am off to buy Burlap Sacs, The only place I can find them around here only 1.5' (18")x3' (32"). So I may have to make them 2 wide or do you think that is a decent size?

not tryin to be picky I actually hate math but 3 feet isn't a good way to describe a bag. is it 3 cubic feet? is that right? Ahh i hate math. that would be like for sand bags or somthin?

ohh i see 18 by 32 inches. lol