Sand Plunge Bed

[Martinr]

Of course Chris but at the standard depth I think their is margin in the stength and I'm sure they could do a beefed up version if necessary to cope using either heavier gauge structural members or more legs to a given length of staging

[Neil]

I already have the staging, Robinson's, which can take at least 50kg per 2.5 foot, so its only the plunge I need.  I have a lot my orchids in 13cm deep pots what depth of plunge would I need for that depth of pot?  And I would be running a heater cable in there as well.

[mark smyth]

My plunges are almost finished. Two are heated but still no electricity in the green house. One person didnt want to do it because the job was too small. The third is not headed.

[ArnoldT]

Looks good, Mark.

I added some sand to the plunge material so when a pot is removed the hole isleft forthe pot t obe returned too.

Gravel alone seemed to lose the shape to easily.

[mark smyth]

THanks. As you can see the first two photos show pots that are well spaced. When I have time I'll reduce the spaces so I can squeeze more in

[mark smyth]

The plunges are finished and I'm out of space.

I've used 13cm, 15cm and some c.20cm clay pots. The larger pots are for Galanthus, Merendera, Colchicum, Narcissus and orchids. Single bulbs are in the 13cm and smaller pots - cant remember the size of the smallest pots.

The Galanthus are all this year's acquisitions and will be planted out next summer which will free up space.

Next year I'm going to buy more 13cm pots and down size