Hello gardening friends! Thanks for tagging along with us as we tackled our fear of gardening this week. Today we are setting aside for a good old fashioned question and answer time. I am here to answer your gardening questions. It can be anything! I want to hear from you!!! So, let’s get started, what questions do you have?
What’s a good way to detect the location of a (possible) leak in a water feature? I recently drained, cleaned and refilled my moat/ril and the level dropped faster than evaporation would likely cause and now it’s kind of stopped and stayed at roughly half full, so my guess is a leak in a side wall above the current water level. Liner is sprayed on truck bed liner stuff (Kevin).
HI Susan The best way to check for a leak is to fill the moat and don’t run the pump or filter. See if the level drops. If it stays the same it could be a leak in the piping. The spray on liner is virtually bullet proof. Most problems with that type of liner are from the edges pulling down or water going over the edge. Check to see if the pump has leaks around it. If the level drops and stays the same with no pump running there is a leak (or fold or edge drooping) above that line.
Some tips on bulb or plant splitting would be cool.
Plant or bulb division is one of the best ways to get more plants in your garden or have plants to barter with other gardeners. I remember as a child a neighbor who always had iris bulbs in a box at the end of her driveway to give away to anyone who would take them. Many perennials can be split with a sharp spade or fork. They often benefit from the division by blooming better. Bulbs can be divided either in the spring or the fall depending on type. Lily bulbs can have little offshoots under the ground that can be moved away from the mother and live and bloom on their own. Dahlias will also have small bulblets that be broken off and planted away from the mother. Garden clubs are a fun way to give away the divisions from your garden often as sales to fund projects in the community.