If you need a plant shelf......make you one

[addy1]

Can't even see it that well! Great job!

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

Week one.....plants on the far side of the pond are standing up again..... as far as the experiment goes...

the New Guinea Impatience And the fern looks better than it was in the ground..... the other plant was something that Sarah bought.... a hanging basket....you could never water it enough.....water it one day the next looked like it was dying

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

Also added some Creeping Jenny to the Impatience.....that stuff loves water.....planted a bit next to the waterfall and its crawling everywhere now

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Looks great Jimmy, Your pond is beautiful!

I see you used pvc for the plant stand frame but what is the shelf made of? Just wondering if it will hold up under water long term.

 

[addy1]

Really love the job!

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

Looks great Jimmy, Your pond is beautiful!

I see you used pvc for the plant stand frame but what is the shelf made of? Just wondering if it will hold up under water long term.

Supposed to be stainless steel.....shelving from Lowes...... in any case pretty cheap..... $ 14.00 for 8’ of it

 

[Tula]

How do you keep it from tipping over? I'd love something like this, but my pond's bottom slopes.

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

How do you keep it from tipping over? I'd love something like this, but my pond's bottom slopes.

I filled the base and the frame with aquarium gravel. Also drilled holes in it to allow water in

 

[addy1]

That makes it nice and heavy and stable.

 

[Tula]

Great idea, the combination of water and gravel must make it very sturdy!

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

If I had it to do over I would have bought a $4:00 bag of playground sand...... aquarium gravel ain’t cheap

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

Week 2 of the experiment.......For those of you that were thinking about New Guinea Impatience, don’t bother..... although they like a lot of water, they don’t want full water. The Opps Bin from Lowes fern is loving it, lots of new growth. So I put a Painted Fern that we had to give it a try..... also rounded up all the surviving Hyacinth and water cabbage to try to keep them away from the Koi.

 

[Jimmy Gibson]

Could someone tell me the name of this type of Fern..... very invasive, it would take over a garden if you didn’t keep it in check...... also it doesn’t like being in the water..... didn’t last a week

 

[Tula]

I've got impatients growing at the edge of the pond and in crevices of waterfall. Not sure about your fern.

 

[snoozer]

looks like bracken fern