Plants now falling over

[robje29]

Hi since i cleaned my pond out the plants in pots will now not stay stood up, they just fall over constantly, i tried weighting them down with gravel and small pebbles but the slightest puff of wind over they go
Any secret tricks for getting them to stand up?

Thx Rob

[Wild-Woman]

How about wedging the pots with sunken bricks?

[Kayleigh]

Use bigger pots or baskets and lots of gravel in them.

[robje29]

Hi, not sure about bricks as if they move they might damage the liner, thx for that idea though, repotting i guess is the way to go but it will have to wait as no garden centres near me currently stock aquatic soil.

Thx Rob

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by robje29

Hi, not sure about bricks as if they move they might damage the liner, thx for that idea though, repotting i guess is the way to go but it will have to wait as no garden centres near me currently stock aquatic soil.

Thx Rob

If you have clay soil you can use subsoil in place of the aquatic compost this will give weight also its not too high in nutrients.

[Billabong Karen]

Did you soak the pond soil thoroughly before putting it in the pots? Probably you need to re-pot, with stones in the bottom of the pots. The plants won't need too much soil, if you have some sand left over you can mix that in or put a layer of it bon top of the soil.

[robje29]

Did you soak the pond soil thoroughly before putting it in the pots? Probably you need to re-pot, with stones in the bottom of the pots. The plants won't need too much soil, if you have some sand left over you can mix that in or put a layer of it bon top of the soil.

The plants are the same that have been in the pond for the last year, they stood up no problems before, not sure why they see fit to fall over now.

Rob

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by robje29

The plants are the same that have been in the pond for the last year, they stood up no problems before, not sure why they see fit to fall over now.

Rob

I have got large stones lodging the baskets securely this works for mine.

[robje29]

I have got large stones lodging the baskets securely this works for mine.

Well off to collect some stones and wedge them pesky plants down.

On another note another clump of frogspawn laid last night in the shallow end of the pond now its full

Rob

[Billabong Karen]

Gosh hope the frogspawn will be ok with the cold weather rolling in...