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Building a Bog Garden in Zone 6a: Water Quality, Mulching, and Weed Management

A Missouri grower (Zone 6a) plans a small bog for Sarracenia, temperate Drosera, Dionaea. Pond water tests 55 TDS (rainfall-fed). Expert: bog garden will work – mulch for winter (if NY, MI, Canada succeed, so can MO). 55 TDS is borderline but rainfall flushes minerals. References basic bog plan (pitcherplant.com). Biggest challenge: weed control.

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