- Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:47 pm
#232927
Due to an ever expanding collection and not enough space on the deck that gets full sun all day, I went ahead and built a recirculating water table for the outdoor plants. The main source of inspiration came from a well put together build thread (http://sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/ ... able-build) and some other sources. To keep this short the table is 6' x 4', it is lined with pond liner that was cut down to fit, the center drain is 1", and the reservoir is a 40 gallon LDPE stock tank. The drain has a thread PVC adapter (or whatever it is called) to keep the water level at a constant 2", and if it is removed the water level drops to roughly 1/2". I intentionally built this table larger than necessary to fit plants that are acclimating to full sun and lots of Sarracenia seedlings that will go in there next year.
I plan on adding a section with a second, small, pond pump submerged in the top part to grow Darlingtonia californica with water flowing through the media. Thankfully I did not have to add much water to the table (only 10 gallons), the large amount of rain we got the past few days filled it with 4-5" of water in the top portion. Everything was set up for an easy tear-down in the winter. There is probably more that I will do to this, but it is pretty much done.
Carnivorous Plant Water Table by Adam B., on Flickr
Water Table Return Pipe by Adam B., on Flickr
Water Table Holding Tank by Adam B., on Flickr
Excuse the sad looking plants, there was some large hail the other day that did a good amount of damage to a lot of my plants.
Water Table by Adam B., on Flickr
I plan on adding a section with a second, small, pond pump submerged in the top part to grow Darlingtonia californica with water flowing through the media. Thankfully I did not have to add much water to the table (only 10 gallons), the large amount of rain we got the past few days filled it with 4-5" of water in the top portion. Everything was set up for an easy tear-down in the winter. There is probably more that I will do to this, but it is pretty much done.
Carnivorous Plant Water Table by Adam B., on Flickr
Water Table Return Pipe by Adam B., on Flickr
Water Table Holding Tank by Adam B., on Flickr
Excuse the sad looking plants, there was some large hail the other day that did a good amount of damage to a lot of my plants.
Water Table by Adam B., on Flickr