carnivorous plant bog

[addy1]

Besides my pond bog, I have installed two carnivorous plant bogs. Carnivorous plants like acidic water, which our well is.

The one near the stream is a 300 gallon rubbermaid container.

The one in the front of our house is a 1000 gallon stock tank.

Both tanks I half filled with dirt rock mix, with the ability to drain excess water, if we have excessive rain the bogs can be drained if need be. The plants like wet feet dry crowns, periods of wet and dry.

After the install of the dirt, I placed left over liner on top of the dirt. That was covered with a 50/50 (well as close as possible 50/50 mix of peat moss and sand.

The plants have been growing in our sun room ,eating any bugs that showed up.

Mix of pitcher plants

A cobra pitcher plant, the pitcher looks like a cobras head with a forked tongue.

 

[addy1]

The bogs look empty, but as it warms the plants will fill in nicely.

Still need to fill in around the container, add some rocks, wood etc. but in progress just like my pond lol

 

[j.w]

Looks fantastic and you sure do a lot of hard work on this wonderful project of yours. I am proud of you and slapping you on the back...........way to go girl :fish:
Wish I was your neighbor so I could come and gaze at it all in person and watch you work :regular_waving_emot

 

[fishin4cars]

Neat project! Love the carnivourus plants! I have a hanging pitcher plant that lost most of it's pitchers but growing like crazy.

 

[sissy]

lol aren't ponds and anything to do with them always in progress of some sorts .Jw shame on you you would stand there and watch and not go help addy tisk tisk

 

[addy1]

come visit jw, I will even let you drive my tractor! I am hoping the cobras do well, they sale for a bunch of money on ebay lol, maybe I will start a business..........laughing

They like constant cool water flow and warm heads, so the cobra's are going into my pond bog, I am going to put them in a container with peat moss and sand, that allows the water to flow over the container. not as acidic as our well, but should do fine.

 

[j.w]

Thanks for the invite and if I'm ever heading up that way I'll let ya know.
So now all those bog pitcher plants will survive through your cold winters for sure? Cuz if they can survive there then I'm thinking they can really survive here also in a bog. I'm in zone 7 and we get lots of rain most all year except sometimes we do get a break from July to October if we are lucky. I'm gonna see if I can figure somewhere to put a bog near my pond. Not sure if I can but am thinking :banana:
I bet if your plants reproduce there would be people on here who would buy some or trade w/ you for something

 

[addy1]

They will do fine here jw! I put in a few cheap pitcher plants last fall, they are growing beautifully, they were rated for zone 7, here we are 6b-7ish. The bog froze hard we had no water flow all winter. Do drop occasionally to below freezing.

They bloom and put out the neatest pitchers and eat tons of bugs. I even have some sun dews in the bog.

 

[j.w]

Cool addy, and I wonder how they fare in wind.........we get some hard blowing winds here

 

[addy1]

So do we jw, just had 65mph a day or so ago, come through. They seems to be ok esp with being newly planted.

 

[j.w]

Ok thanks addy, I better get to studying to see if I can actually find the right place to fit one in. Then I can shop the sales and get this thing going

 

[addy1]

If I have some nice growth at end of season, can send you some. Right now they are all babies. i do know someone selling them, I can see if she still has some, not a bad price 5 per and very nice plants.

 

[j.w]

Thank you and that would be mighty nice of you that is if I ever get one built

 

[stroppy]

thats going to look so good in the summer addy :0)

 

[addy1]

Thanks, i will put some updated pictures lots later lol