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#194707 - 03/22/08 09:42 AM bad drainage cheap solutions?
toposh toposh Twinkie the Kid Dream Gardener Registered: 12/11/07 Posts: 1157 Loc: florida	Hi yall I have a area by my back porch i have a hydrangea planted there and that area gets tons of water! and i never knew that it wold drian but its only been raining a sprinkle and already their is a huge puddle of water surrounding my hydrangea I do not want it to drown so what can i do? I know i could move it but i like where its at I was thiking like getting some pvc pipe and crating like a spout on top of the ground for the water to drain into and did the area and let the pipe go somewhere else into the yard? theirs no room for a rain barrle where its at... any help would be great! _________________________ We will never forget you, you will be forever in our hearts and mind I miss u already i will never forget the storys you used to tell me... rest in peace aunt mildred.
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#195350 - 03/24/08 04:39 AM Re: bad drainage cheap solutions? [Re: toposh]
kennyso kennyso The Man Dream Gardener Registered: 05/15/06 Posts: 2836 Loc: Ontario, Canada	You could put pipes to drain the soil away, but make sure the water drains somewhere where it won't be a nuisance. what you could do also is to dig up the hydrangea, then amend the soil with compost or something else to make it drain better. You could try digging deeper under the hole (double digging) and the water will drain further down. Another thing I can think of is to try planting some moisture loving plants there, and let them soak up the water. _________________________ Belladonna: In Italian, a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison My Website
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#195586 - 03/24/08 09:02 PM Re: bad drainage cheap solutions? [Re: kennyso]
Joclyn Joclyn Deep Purple Dream Gardener Registered: 07/18/05 Posts: 2099 Loc: philly	hydrangea are thirsty, thirsty, thirsty bushes!!! as long as the water isn't doing any damage to your house, i'd leave it be. _________________________ zone 6b
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#195716 - 03/25/08 04:48 PM Re: bad drainage cheap solutions? [Re: Joclyn]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40463 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	I was just going to post that Joclyn. I have 7 hydrangeas and I water the heck out of them. They love water. Yours should be just fine. _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#195803 - 03/26/08 04:56 AM Re: bad drainage cheap solutions? [Re: loz]
suzydaze suzydaze Daisy Dream Gardener Registered: 08/03/04 Posts: 2983 Loc: Arkansas	I put mine where they'd get rain run off, like they said they love the water and get droopy leafed if they don't get enough _________________________ I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/suzydaze/my%20yard/?albumview=slideshow
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#195927 - 03/26/08 03:34 PM Re: bad drainage cheap solutions? [Re: suzydaze]
toposh toposh Twinkie the Kid Dream Gardener Registered: 12/11/07 Posts: 1157 Loc: florida	wow thank you all!! i didnt know they liked water ill leave it where it uis until i have to dig it up to move it to our new house next month! thanks youz all buncghes! _________________________ We will never forget you, you will be forever in our hearts and mind I miss u already i will never forget the storys you used to tell me... rest in peace aunt mildred.
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