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Fri, Apr 29, 11 at 15:54
| What's the difference between terms to describe non-dry soil. Word like "moist", "wet", "soggy", "bog" and "standing water"? And my favorite: "likes feet wet" which sounds like All Of The Above.
I ask because I'm hunting for perennials to put in a seasonally wet spot in my back yard. The soil runs the gamut of standing water to barely damp. I don't want to put the wrong plant in the wrong wet area. Yet descriptions of the soils that a plant tolerates seem conflicting. For example, one description of Joe Pye Weed says "likes moist soil". Another says it likes wet soil, yet another says it likes its feet wet, and the fourth says no standing water. Help! |
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- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Fri, Apr 29, 11 at 17:10
| Is there a swamp forum on GardenWeb? Swamp plants is what you are looking for. Now if you want to get rid of the swampy area, someone can help with that, too. |
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| Moist is not dry, holds together when made into a ball. Wet is more then moist, a little water in your hand when you make a ball. Soggy-"like corn flake left in the milk to long", you make a ball & water runs out of your hand & puddles on the floor/ground. Standing water- after a rain the water stands for 12- 48 hours. Standing water- a swamp- water is on top of the ground all the time, but no stream. Joe Pye weed will live in all the above. Wet feet means water every day or put near a water source of some kind, a dripping hose may be what you need. At least that is what we mean here in S.C. |
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| Dry soil is just that, dry. It has no moisture in it and most plants would die if planted in that kind of soil because they need an evenly moist soil to grow in. Most plants cannot get the nutrients they need form a soil with no moisture. Beyond that wet, soggy, boggy, swampy, standing water are fairly synonymous. Joe Pye Weed is a bog plant. |
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- Posted by twosandalz (My Page) on Mon, May 2, 11 at 22:14
| Thanks! With my new basic understanding of wet soil vocab I'll wander of to the bog forum and find some plants for my muck. |
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| Pitcher Plant is a good one, which I have growing wild on my land. Some Pitcher Plants, like Joe Pye Weed will grow in soil that are less then a Blog, but cool & well shaded. I have seen parakeet(hooded) pitch plant, grow in the grasses medium between the North & South bound Interstate highways. |
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