hey brad thanks for the helpful info...i'm having a little trouble imagining what this would look like...it'd be great if you had a picture of diagram or something.

Hello Breederbrad
That looks like an excellent idea for my situation, but I have 1 question.
Can I use 5gal. pails with the bottoms cut out and buried
and filled with my own soilmix instead of pigwire in plastic?
Thanx canadiancowboy

Sounds like a great idea. The only thing I don't like is that the pig wire would be visible. I guess you could pile dirt up the sides of it to try to cover it up. What about just making a large mound without the pig wire, or would that just erode away? The plant roots might hold it the mound together.

all right ill try and answer everybodies questions
Daggapeople-you should use 5 to 10 pounds of lime,as most swamps are very acidic,and will have nutrient lockout,it also depends on the mix you use.
Eddyadak-it's called hog wire,you should'nt have to use rebar,stick the wire about 6to 7 inches in the swamp
814-you should re read the post,because it's all there dude,picture a 2.5ft high,2.5ft diameter planter
Canaidiancowboy-i suppose you could use 5gallon buckets,but ur not supposed to bury the buckets,they sit on top of the water,i have a friend that used a garbage can,but i would'nt want to haul 12 garbage cans out into the swamp
Greens-you can spraypaint the wire black or green or whatever,i would'nt use mounds because they would just erode away,never doen mounds with weed,but i have with tomatos,and the mounds just eroded,i had to keep putting more dirt.,hope this helps,it's really not that hard,just gotta put some effort in it.and the yeilds more then make up for you're hard work,so get the bugmasks on and get out there as soon as you can!
PEACE

Thanks Breederbrad
I think I`ll try a couple plants like that.I`ll keep everyone posted.
canadiancowboy.

my question is homie, where do i get the wire, and is this a good idea for a marsh, i have a few spots picked out near beaver damns on a small marshy stream. Thought this would be a good idea...a couple springs here and there too.

Did u have any problems with critters?(beaver,otter,mink,muskrat?..seems they would be all over the new smell??

They go out to a swampy area,chop the vegetation off the top of the soil,then they chop it up a little.

make a circle(tube,hoop)about 2,2.5feet in diameter,and stick it 6 inches down into the swamp.

go around the perimeter like 1.5 to 2 times, heavy duty black polyethelene

-2/3 of a 3.8 cubic foot bale of peat moss

-your soil( organic, 5 to 10 pounds of dolimitc lime )

you should end up with a 2.5foot diameter X2.5 foot high planter full of nutrient soil.

-keep the plant upright.
-the only hard part is lugging 3.8cubic ft bags of sunshine#4 in.
-the area can have a little bit of water standing.


don't hurt urself people!

Bump!

Just wanted to bump this one for any one scouting for next years grow. Lot's of great info and gives another alternative to hauling water to your grow.

I used a similar method by accident. I was growing in a bathtub on the edge of a swamp when a dramatic rise in water level occured. The bath tub was about two inches from being submerged meaning the soil was only 2 inches out of the water. I would have said that the plant would have drowned but it thrived instead. It muat have got all the oxygen it needed from the 2 inches of soil above the water line. Also as long as you are roaming around in the swamp check out the picture attached this is a plant that was planted and forgotten.