How to stop marginals nose diving into the deeper water

Although we have been enjoying some reasonable weather in the UK we are
having some windy stuff as well....the problem is that this is catching
my larger plants/reeds that are in planters causing the whole thing to
end up falling over and off their shelves and into the deeper regions of
the pond....

I bought some planting bags the other day that I was intending to use to
plant on the marginal shelves that I didn't get quite the right shape to
support a rigid planter....now I'm wondering if they could have an
application to stop the tumbling....

So my question is how does everyone else deal with the issue of
marginals in planters getting caught in the wind and taking a dive? and
if there are any suggestions over and above my current pick them up and
place them on their shelves again?

TIA
Gill

ha ha, I had the same problem and I finally just stopped putting plants on the shelves.... if you come up with a solution I will be interested to hear. Sorry I'm no help

Low, Flat, Heavy with rocks.

But the truth of it is that we don't have any potted marginals. Ther
aye all rooted in soil or in the pond.

Good luck.

Jim

rocks - very heavy rocks - in one case i bridge between the edge of the pond
and the planter - this means using a planter larger than you want for the
plant. u can also put bricks or rocks in the bottom of the planter...
donna
"Gill Passman" <> wrote in message
news:485c0611$0$78077$.. .
> Although we have been enjoying some reasonable weather in the UK we are
> having some windy stuff as well....the problem is that this is catching my
> larger plants/reeds that are in planters causing the whole thing to end up
> falling over and off their shelves and into the deeper regions of the
> pond....
>
> I bought some planting bags the other day that I was intending to use to
> plant on the marginal shelves that I didn't get quite the right shape to
> support a rigid planter....now I'm wondering if they could have an
> application to stop the tumbling....
>
> So my question is how does everyone else deal with the issue of marginals
> in planters getting caught in the wind and taking a dive? and if there are
> any suggestions over and above my current pick them up and place them on
> their shelves again?
>
> TIA
> Gill
>

Sailing plants ended up on the compost heap.
Iris island is in a large round planter, with some heavy
duty rocks in it and sits on a wide builder's brick column
that provides fishy condos. So grown over you can no
longer see any bits of the containers and everything is
nice and mossy green below.
I think jan bungie corded one of her plants to something
once...
k :-)

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:27:59 EDT, kathy <> wrote:

>I think jan bungie corded one of her plants to something
>once...
>k :-)

That's me, the bungee queen. And I'm not talking jumping off a bridge.

Currently wind isn't a problem, but when my plants get big enough and I
know a very big wind is going to hit I lay some of them over against the
side of the pond. Same direction the wind would blow them, but sometimes
not exactly where I'd like them to land.

On the other side of the pond, where they might head to the inside and
deeper water, I've started using plants like taros that are less likely to
catch the wind in that area. I do have one plant there that is attached to
the side by 2 bungee cords. Then I have a really big hibiscus that is not
only attached by bungee's but come fall when it can be 8' high I will put
in a large green stake next to the pond and attach something off it to the
main stem.

Oh.... and I use mostly those black mesh baskets so I have a good wide
bottom, and rocks. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

"Gill Passman" <> wrote in message
news:485c0611$0$78077$.. .
> Although we have been enjoying some reasonable weather in the UK we are
> having some windy stuff as well....the problem is that this is catching my
> larger plants/reeds that are in planters causing the whole thing to end up
> falling over and off their shelves and into the deeper regions of the
> pond....
>
> I bought some planting bags the other day that I was intending to use to
> plant on the marginal shelves that I didn't get quite the right shape to
> support a rigid planter....now I'm wondering if they could have an
> application to stop the tumbling....
>
> So my question is how does everyone else deal with the issue of marginals
> in planters getting caught in the wind and taking a dive? and if there are
> any suggestions over and above my current pick them up and place them on
> their shelves again?
>
> TIA
> Gill

Hi Gill

I use bricks around three sides, which usually keeps them OK but does rob
you of some space.
I was thinking of twine through the holes in the black plastic pots to the
surround, but I can't remember if your pond is raised or not ?

Peter

Yup, it can be surprising how tall and broad aquatic plants can grow,
many a pot of iris might be last seen merrily sailing like a yacht
across a pond to go join Davey Jones locker

Repotting to a wide heavy pot is an option, a three gallon size pot
should keep quite burly plants from moving around or setting sail

An effective option is companion pots in groups, where tall growing
plants have pots of low growing scrambling plants which can be allowed
to wander into the other pots, so the group of pots merge and tether
each other...

It takes a lot more force to blow a group of tethered pots about when
groupings of several tethered pots are holding down one tall plant.
Over time, as the roots continue to mass and merge below the water the
gravity of the mass is further increased

Regards, andy
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OK....the one that is the biggest problem at the moment is in a
"companion planter"....I've moved most of the plants into planters that
take groups of three.....I've put rocks on the top of the soil....I now
have rocks on the bottom of the pond....

I guess the answer is to move the one, still misbehaving planter to a
more sheltered part of the pond and look at the sack planters and
filling them with rocks and soil before attempting replanting that
specific area.....

Thanks to everyone for your responses
Gill

One thing I did do is put a brick in the bottom of the pot, then the plant, then smaller rocks on top. It seemed to weight it better so that it was bottom heavy, not top heavy...