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- From: "Fran Gustman" <fgustman@juno.com>
- To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: RE: [gwl-g] Container gardening
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:07:57 -0400
Plant ground covers in the dirt so that you no longer get splashing.
Fran
Fran Gustman
Boston, zone 6
Editor, HortResources Newsletter, hortresources.org
Editor, Ecological Landscaper, www.ecolandscaping.org
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[mailto:gwl-g-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Ellen Zachos
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:04 AM
To: gardenwriters-on-gardening
Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening
Well dirt and gardening DO go together...but what about mulching
between the flagstones, with either gravel or bark?
Ellen Zachos
On Apr 17, 2005, at 10:58 AM, Nancy Stedman wrote:
> Okay, I have a question that's so basic it's almost embarrassing.
> Every summer the pots on my "terrace" (fieldstones with dirt between
> the spaces) get splattered with hard-to-remove dirt, even those
> elevated on pot feet. Mulching the plants helps a little, but not
> much. This year I've bought a relatively expensive Lunaform pot, and
> don't want to risk getting it dirty. Suggestions? I was thinking of
> putting plastic, like you get from the dry cleaners, under the pots,
> then trying to camouflage it. (I sometimes put sandwich bags under
> small pots of plants that need a lot of water, like alocasias, to fend
> off slugs, and that's been relatively effective at both preventing
> slug damage and keeping dirt away.) But plastic on the ground seems
> kind of unpleasant. I can't put cement in the spaces between the
> fieldstones because the house is a rental and, well, it would be a
> big, expensive ordeal.
> My garden is so shady in the summer that my collection of containers
> in the back becomes the main event.
> TIA,
> Nancy Stedman, NYC
>
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[gwl-g] Container gardening,
Nancy Stedman, 04/17/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Container gardening,
Ellen Zachos, 04/17/2005
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RE: [gwl-g] Container gardening,
Fran Gustman, 04/17/2005
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RE: [gwl-g] Container gardening,
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