hi, sometime in the near future id like to try a 16 sq metre vegetable garden using wicking garden beds but first i want to start with growing a few papaya trees using big pots/containers that are sealed at the bottom and are connected by pipes to transport the water and keep the water level at about 3cm the height of the pot would be about 35cm my concern is after some time the roots would make their way to the bottom of the pot where the water is. would the contact with this very wet soil that is always there damage the plant? a bit like waterlogged. i know that some plants dont like too much water
Hi Jikwan, Not knowing much about papaya, I found this bit in the wikipedia article: "It prefers sandy, well-drained soil, as standing water will kill the plant within 24 hours." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya
hi, 9 wow thats serious. the reason i want everything contained in wicking beds including the fruit is to minimize fertilizer wastage lets say i pour some compost tea over the plant and it sinks down evenly and if there are roots thry will absorb the tea where there are no roots the tea keeps sinking down unused then it rains and that unused tea gets pushed down even further and further till all those particles end up deep down where no roots go and eventually gets washed into groundwater caverns,wasted the same with cow manure----a lot of it will miss the roots too
HI JIKWAN according to reply of ADMIN.That is true papaya dint like waterloged it kill them quickly.one thing by growing papaya,gardener will cut half of the main root(see how long of root) then papaya gonna change to bisexual.just follow this website it could be easy to understand. https://sgstrawberries.com/2016/06/13/dwarfing-a-papaya/
hey chamni, first time i even heard of the concept. i might even try it. whats interesting is when you do any work on the plant/transferring to new pot etc is the time when its done. do this work within a few weeks and everything will be ok but do it after a few months will cause delay in growth or worse im definately not going to seal the bottom. instead, i plan to make one hole for drainage at the base of pot and it will drain into a horizontal pipe and my precious nutrient-rich fluid gets transported to a collector container where i can re use thewater you might think that im a bit too much concerned about wastage........... im attempting to devise a super economical, efficient system where in places where its mostly desert can use my system. their problem is they have no fertilizer scources the wicking container saves water too
make thing economical that great,reuse is greather. Let try and maintain you work,hope you success. there are the system called "irrigation clay pot" where suitable for desert place that you can search in the website. good luck
i did take a look and it makes sense and im sure it works it would take up a lot of valuable space in a wicking bed a pot inside a pot? its going to take p too much space and also the added expense my design so far is to use 3 gallon square tins. the tins prevoiously held cooking oil so i have to put them on a hot fire to burn the epoxy BPA inner lining cut the top off and put a piece of white plastic sheet on it with a hole for the stem of the plant to come through some small amount of rainwater could get in put a hole in the bottom and a vertical pipe would be connected to a horizontal pipe and then directed to a tank when the tank is full the water will be pumped to an elevated tank rainwater doesnt get in very little evaporation zero waste of water and fertilizer particles the leaves can be sprayed manualy or by sprinkler the pyramid base will be 6x6 metres a lot of cans! i can get them free pyramid frame i use plastic water pipe--very cheap its taking shape