Re: Bog for Skunk Cabbage
Hello Sheila,
I am not an expert on bogs and bog plants, but I would guess you are close
enough to the requirements to call your spot a bog. Even some bogs around here dry
out toward the end of summer. If you can grow the Primula japonica successfully
you should be able to handle the Skunk Cabbage. Your primula will enjoy a bit more
nutrients than the skunk Cabbage's requirements.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael D. Cook <mikecook@PIPELINE.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 2:14 AM
Subject: [SG] Bog for Skunk Cabbage
> At 12:36 AM 8/27/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> > Do you have an existing bog?
>
> No bog, but I do have a mud hole that is basically like a very small marsh.
> It is composed of a bottom layer of sod and topped with decomposed plant
> matter (I call it that rather than 'compost' because there were no
> chemicals, fertilizers, 'compost-makers', etc. added...mostly it consists
> of former leaves). There is a very small amount of peat in the mix. Is
> that sufficient for skunk cabbage, or does it require a peat bog? Also,
> must the plants be kept in standing water, or is muddiness good enough?
> Typha spp. and Colocasia grow well there, for comparison.
>
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> Sheila Smith
> mikecook@pipeline.com
> Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
