Would this work for growing in a swamp?

I haven't explored all the woods around here yet but right now I will probably a few plants out in the swamp. Alright so I plan on digging a big hole and putting a giant trash bag in and then fill it up with whatever type of soil I use. Then I can build something to keep the water from drowning my plants.

Only one way to find out. I say give it a go. Sounds legit though

Would probably work, but use a couple trash bags so there is less of a chance of it being punctured or torn by a rock or something in the hole

Roots need oxygen. Try using a fabric bag. Just a guess, never done it.

Okay, so your putting the plant in a bag, and growing it out in the water?
This must be an idea Darwin warned us about.

i know a guy who grows in swamps . . .very knowledgeable outdoor grower

it can be done, think trash cans . . . .that reach the ground . . like 35 gallons or more

Trash bags work both ways: They keep water in and they keep water out. How are you going to deal with the problem of excessive rain? I'd try to use gravity to your advantage by finding or creating a high point in the swamp.

Do some reading on Aztec farming techniques. They grew crops in a lake.

i dragged a wooden pallet out in to a swamp and put pots on the pallet.
not sure how it worked as i put them out in spring and by mid summer the swamp had grown in so much i couldnt find them again! haha!
BUT the set up did hold up and the pots were very secure.
(screwed the pots to the pallets to make sure they were sturdy)

hope it helps...

Shroomhead420 said:

I haven't explored all the woods around here yet but right now I will probably a few plants out in the swamp. Alright so I plan on digging a big hole and putting a giant trash bag in and then fill it up with whatever type of soil I use. Then I can build something to keep the water from drowning my plants.

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I've been searching for a swamp to grow in with no luck. YOu should try swamp tubes. Do a search ...answer to all of your problems.

2d9s said:

i dragged a wooden pallet out in to a swamp and put pots on the pallet.
not sure how it worked as i put them out in spring and by mid summer the swamp had grown in so much i couldnt find them again! haha!
BUT the set up did hold up and the pots were very secure.
(screwed the pots to the pallets to make sure they were sturdy) View attachment 2456046

hope it helps...

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Thanks guys I will try your ideas also and just mess around to see what are the best. And that sucks you lost your plants man lol

ever think about just making the pot float some how and just tieing a rope to the tree?

i might be high but for some reason this sounds like it would work, with some duct tape of course.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300829498568?hlp=false
or one of these covered in canvas
http://www.toysplash.com/Product/NeonFrostedInflatableTubes

of course tests in the bathtub would have to be done first.

Sorry but duct taping a plant to tree and letting float around in a swamp is just plain stupid
Problem with swamps is water level control. It usually starts high in the spring and is dried out by fall depending on rainfall and type of swamp. We'd put our buckets up on stumps and logs and lower them as the season moves on. End up digging huge water holes in the swamp floor it would dry out so much. Plus keep in mind buckets need to be watered at least weekly. We were there every 5 days watering/feeding. It was a ton of work slugging bales of Promix into a swamp up to your balls in mud. Ah the good ol days

this is how we do it in the swamp-tables first ,then when sexed the swamp will be dry enough to put in barrells with the bottoms cut out and set in the ground a ft. (the swamp we use is a floating swamp so always got water under the plant 2 ft down )

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That is a lot of plants.

I have to grow some in a swamp this year....been trying to figure out how to make a homemade. Raft. Wick the pots to the swamp.

HTP said:

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That is a lot of plants.

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this is how we grow them when the swamps dry up , they will anchor themselves down and get water when needed ,this same spot was under water may june and half of july but the tables work great then move them in the ground .these where grown in 10 gallon grow bags and where done mid sept

polyarcturus said:

ever think about just making the pot float some how and just tieing a rope to the tree?

i might be high but for some reason this sounds like it would work, with some duct tape of course.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300829498568?hlp=false
or one of these covered in canvas
http://www.toysplash.com/Product/NeonFrostedInflatableTubes

of course tests in the bathtub would have to be done first.

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Glad U posted this, I once tried growing too close to a swamp...insects stripped plants down to the stalk within 48 hours.

Buckets or whatever up in trees is the way to go.

Always had an issue with budd rot growing in the swamp, mine is fed by a spring year round.. Had to find some dry land had a pretty ill set up tho I'll snap a pic once the rain lets up.... I ruined enough shoes that I went barefoot out there, that really sucked the end of oct.

getawaymountain said:

this is how we do it in the swamp-tables first ,then when sexed the swamp will be dry enough to put in barrells with the bottoms cut out and set in the ground a ft. (the swamp we use is a floating swamp so always got water under the plant 2 ft down ) View attachment 2456729View attachment 2456731View attachment 2456730

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Damn!! If I had that many I would be so paranoid lol.