Garden pond need not necessarily be in the form of a pond. Amazing water garden, for example, is easy to construct a pair of beautiful vessels. If the garden little space, it is possible to manage simple to care for a mini-pond.
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Old barrel full of holes do not need to be cleaned and is lined with foil if it inserted a plastic container of appropriate size.
Choose for water minisadika only frost-resistant native plants that will be able to spend the winter outdoors.
Small containers with water it is easier to move from place to place, putting them on a platform with wheels.
Pond in a tub
If aquatic plants are grown in containers of different heights, you can make a whole collection of species -each of them prefer to grow at a certain depth. Wooden barrels, tubs and troughs are not afraid of frost, and relatively easy to move from place to place. Water does not damage the wood barrel, especially if it is made of oak, chestnut and larch. Old, used pails before filling with water should be thoroughly cleaned with the help of environmentally friendly detergent and large amounts of water or lined with plastic wrap. If the barrel was exposed Smolenov better it is lined with a thick, more strong and durable film of IIBX or butyl rubber: resin plants are harmful.
Then poured layer of gravel, sand, earth pond or simply pour the water so that the film lay tightly against the walls of the keg. Now it needs to be fixed on the top edge of the barrel - it is better with the help of a screw to the inner surface of a metal or wooden hoop with holes. Thereafter, the excess film trimmed with scissors or a knife.
In gardening shops, commercially available wooden barrels with a finished plastic insert.
Proper soil
The substrate is of great importance for the growth and development of plants. In no case can not use ordinary garden soil for ponds: it contains too many nutrients, which is fraught with intense algae growth. All the necessary conditions for the growth of aquatic plants gives the clay soil, very slowly releases the water contained therein nutrients. Sand and gravel contain no nutrients and are not suitable as a substrate for aquatic plants, because they find it difficult to gain a foothold here roots.
The roots of most bog and aquatic plants are placed very close to the ground surface, so the thickness of the clay layer in the barrel should not exceed 15 cm. However, different plants have different requirements for water depths, but because the thickness of the substrate layer will depend on the distance from the water surface, it should be located.
right place
Mini-pond is best to arrange in a sheltered from the wind, not cluttered furniture and belongings corner of the patio. Since the small containers with water warms up quickly, they must be in the sun no more than 6 hours a day. In a sunny spot they can be protected from the bright rays of high kadochnye bamboo plant type.
At midday on the barrel may be opened umbrella. It is best to opt for minipruda quiet corner of the patio, illuminated by the sun in the evening.
Planting and caring for water mini-garden
Various aquatic plants require different water depths, and accordingly containers of different diameters and depths. Keep in mind the distance between the plants: in a vessel with a diameter of 50-60 cm is usually planted no more than 3-4 plants. Water garden consisting of plants of one species may be less attractive than garden mixed plantings. Especially easy to care for frost-resistant containers and are their plants do not need no shelter, no clean up for the winter.
On hot sunny days, the water in the tub quickly evaporates. Regularly top up in it tap or clean rainwater. Dried plant parts must be removed; carefully trim them under water.
Collect the leaves with the water surface. When the plants begin to grow vigorously, it is necessary to remove them either partially or divide and seedlings so that the container does not look overgrown.
For 30 minutes, you can:
Mini pond depth of about 10 cm to fill the pond with soil, plants planted at the edges and filled with water.
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