Re: CULT: Bog Gardens and Mosquitoes
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Bog Gardens and Mosquitoes
- From: r* <t*@catskill.net>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 19:42:40 -0600 (MDT)
> Seriously, how do you control mosquitoes in a situation like this?
but I expect the cattails will reclaim
> it over time.
> > Also, JIs can survive being underwater during the winter. It took them a
> very long time to get going this spring, but they are still there, and
> getting ready to bloom.
>
> Kay Cangemi
> Cangemi@mhv.net
> New York, USDA zone 5
Hi Kay--
A good solution to mosquitos is frogs and toads. And as for cat-tails,
they are very invasive and take over sooner than you think. Even though
a friend of mine has a bog garden and no pond, he has frogs. He nor I
have a mosquito problem.
I just planted four LAs in the pond and the rest in the bog garden.
I'll know next year how they survive. I was told NOT to plant JIs in
the pond because they don't like the ice. Maybe I should try a couple
just on the inside edge and see what happens (I hate to lose them)but I
am in a slightly colder zone than you are.
Rima terra@catskill.net
upstate NY zone 4
