RE: Hypertufa
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- Subject: RE: Hypertufa
- From: s*
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 07:34:43 -0700
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Hi Dennis,
There are quite afew great articles on the internet about hypertufa
containers that they make. The one I plan on using makes theirs using
Styrofoam as the base. The Alpine Society uses them all the time for rare
bulbs that come from Turkey and such., all of which need good drainage. I'm
going to try them on my dwarfs and mix them with small hens and chicks and
sedum.
Cindy Rivera
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 18:32:00 -0500
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
Subject: CULT: hypertufa
I keep seeing more & more gardening programs on TV featuring
hypertufa troughs & containers. Has anyone here used them to grow
irises?
The land at my new house is quite flat, and rather boring, really,
with no hills or any elevated areas to provide for naturally good
drainage. I was thinking of somehow using hypertufa bricks or pots
or something to create raised beds for some of my irises. They look
neat, but I don't know how expensive it will be, or how durable
hypertufa would be through our winters.
I would love to get some advice before I start down that road.
--
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/
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