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20-08-2009, 04:51 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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| | | Wildlife Container Pond Size
Hi,
I am planning to build/buy a wildlife pond. I am planning on it being a container, what size is neccessary for amphibians and dragonflies? Thanks. And my garden faces north, does this matter? Anybody got any links to where I could buy one?
Last edited by TheSeagull; 20-08-2009 at 05:08 PM.
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20-08-2009, 07:44 PM
|  | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants.
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| | | Re: Wildlife Container Pond Size
I have one in a barrel if you look through my threads you will find lots on them but I don't want to bore WAB again...
I will post some links here for you when I find them..  |
22-08-2009, 04:31 PM
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| | | Re: Wildlife Container Pond Size
Thanks, where did you get the barrel from? |
22-08-2009, 04:53 PM
| | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants.
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| | | Re: Wildlife Container Pond Size
I got mine from the local garden centre for around £40.
youmight find this link helpful. Plants for next to my barrel pond
this mine from spring.  
Last edited by Kayleigh; 22-08-2009 at 04:56 PM.
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22-08-2009, 06:02 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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| | | Re: Wildlife Container Pond Size
Thanks, just a few more questions;
Is it necessary for them to be in a sunny position?
Is it feasible and wise to bury the barrel pond? |
22-08-2009, 06:26 PM
| | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants.
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| | | Re: Wildlife Container Pond Size
yes, to a sunny spot and if your going to bury it it might be cheeper to use a small liner..  |
22-08-2009, 06:42 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
Posts: 108
| | | Re: Wildlife Container Pond Size
So lets see if I have it right:
Dig the hole (if I decide to bury it)
Line the barrel
Put in aquatic compost
Fill the barrel with tap water
Wait a few days
Plant the plants (Native, oxygenating)
Wait for life.
I'm not sure if I'll get any amphibians though as the nearest place with them is about 2 miles away. Will I get any? I have never seen a frog or toad anywhere near here. And is it feasible to have White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba) in a barrel pond? Is there a dwarf cultivar/variety?
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22-08-2009, 07:41 PM
| | Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northants.
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| | | Re: Wildlife Container Pond Size
I have a small waterlily dwaf variety in mine I didnt plan for frogs to go in mine it just happened that way.
yep the rest is about right lots of oxygenating plants everything else will find its own way there.
the compost will come out of the plants you put in so I wouldn't add anymore.. |
22-08-2009, 07:43 PM
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| | | Re: Wildlife Container Pond Size
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh  I have a small waterlily dwaf variety in mine I didnt plan for frogs to go in mine it just happened that way.
yep the rest is about right lots of oxygenating plants everything else will find its own way there. | Does it matter if the water lily is native? I can't seem to find a dwarf version of Nymphaea alba |
22-08-2009, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TheSeagull Does it matter if the water lily is native? I can't seem to find a dwarf version of Nymphaea alba | No I think the native ones will be too big the dwarf one is fine for a small pond..
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