Barrel staves finally found a home!
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Comments (11)Time to hit the Sears cataglog, Black and Decker, or DeWalt tool listings. They all have what is called a Sawzall. A must tool. Either cord or cordless. Very usefull for cutting all kinds of things with metal or wood blades. Avoid China made, they don't last. I have three 55 gal drums that I think at one time had swimming pool chemicals in them. By the time I got them they had been emptied and it was several years ago and back then I rinsed them well and since have caught rainwater in them, added mosquito pellets and/or capped them and used the water when there is a lack of rain. Unless you are part gorilla I don't see how you could reach all the way down into a 55 gal container from the top but I would think if you have an open area far from plants etc, you could fill them and then siphon off the diluted chemical. Or lay them on their side and run a hose into them. They have a screw cap on top, don't they?My guess would be that you have diluted the chemical enough to be ok. Of course I'm from the old school where you did what you had to, not what was always politically or environmentally correct. One of my three containers had the top completely cut off and I catch garage runoff in it. I cut a small hole near the bottom and screwed in a small tap that I can turn on/off to let the water out. Gets a little scummy if I leave it too long but we get regular rain so I don't have to leave water in it too long....See MoreJeri... question about wine barrel/container roses?
Comments (12)The last one we have has a daphne in it - we got that daphne 23 years ago when we got married - all of the sources I looked at said that daphnes were very short lived - Ha! (tricked by paying attention to generic sources AGAIN!) The daphne has gotten big, and is going strong. This winter the barrel finally collapsed on one side, the plant sank over sideways a bit, but is still going strong months later - I think it must have rooted into the ground a long time ago. It is sort of hidden behind a Duchesse de Brabant, and so I just avert my eyes when I go by it, although I do look at the foliage to make sure it is still doing OK. Sometimes I just like to wait and see what happens - I am not a neat & tidy gardener at all. That's why I like old roses! Jackie...See More'Sagae' in the barrel
Comments (17)Someone here had a Sagae which busted the pot, it got so big, and someone who had a hose outlining the area where the plant was due to emerge, and IT WAS HUGE!! Love the aged barrel, I don't think you'll have to worry about removing it from the pot, it will just keep on growing and the pot won't hinder it. You'll look out your window one morning in early spring and see the staves laying like a flower around the big kahuna then just run out and build a new enclosure around where the old one stood....See MoreFound a supplier--Finally
Comments (8)Christian and Sam: I planted my 1st tomato (sweet 100) two weeks ago (mid-April), in my heavy clay mixed with hard-wood-chips & leaves & gypsum (did that before winter). Recently I put 2 cups of Tomato-Tone in a 2 feet x 2 feet hole. Got dark-green leaves and thick stems ... despite cold weather (below 40 degree). Mixing in wood-chips and leaves fluffed up my heavy clay, allowing more oxygen to roots .. but after a few years that will glue-up again .. I prefer coarse sand to fix my clay but it's more expensive. Very happy with the dark-green color in my tomato (usually pale in my heavy clay). Some info. on woodchips from Dr. Elaine Ingham (soil microbiologist): " Fungi When fungi counts are low, fungal foods need to be added to get fungal decomposition going. Fungal foods: humic acids, many fulvic acids, dry, brown leaf materials, wood chips, sawdust, paper, cardboard. A fungal inoculum could be used as well to get the fungi active. Sometimes by just adding humic acid that fungal biomass can be resuscitated." https://www.naturallygreen.us/blog/dr-elaine-ingham/...See Morepopmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
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