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Aug 23, 2016 12:20 PM CST
Name: Ken
East S.F. Bay Area (Zone 9a)
Region: California
Thanks for the replies. It's getting about 6 hours of direct exposure, sometime soon I'll move it to the south side of the house in order to maintain that, and that's where it'll stay. There, it will get sun from sunrise until at least 5 pm.

I made a swing past CC on Memorial Day, but they were closed. Still, the view through the fence was amazing. I'm definitely going back for a walk-through.

What I'm still not clear about is the amount of water they should be sitting in. Mine is in a 1/2" saucer which practically dries out every day (surface of the mix is always wet) but everything I've read indicates the crown should be less than two inches above the water level. So, if I have a 6" tall bog tray, 4" of water in a deep saucer would be fine? Is that kind of high water level more of a strict necessity or a strategy to reduce maintenance? How much standing water would be too much?

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