On 07/04/2017 08:16, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 23:15:20 +0100, Vir Campestris
wrote:

On 06/04/2017 13:22, sarah0651 wrote:
I am a third year Applied Zoology student

So why on earth are you asking about pond plants?

Some of the questions don't give the chance for a correct answer.

Would you buy A B or C?

A is invasive & foreign. B is foreign. Would you still buy them?

In at least once case yes to A, no to B...

Andy

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+1

I found it frustratingly worded and inappropriate. As several have
said here, it's almost exclusively targetted at pond plants. The
number of people with ponds must be in the minority. It's unlikely
that any banned plant would be for sale in a responsible commercial
retail outlet, but might be seen on a plant stall at a village fete or
whatever. Very few people carry a list of prohibited plants around
with them, so are unlikely to know what's banned an what isn't. I
wouldn't knowingly buy a banned plant.

FWIW, I have a pond, and when setting it up in the first place some
ten years or so ago, I did buy Canadian pond weed, which grows well,
and every autumn/winter I lift out piles of the stuff which goes onto
the compost heap. It's an isolated pond, and there's no way any pond
plant could easily escape into a watercourse or whatever, except
perhaps on the ubiquitous but rather theoretical bird's feet!

I gave up as I would buy any of the plants as my ponds are already well
stocked. frightening that someone at that level of education cant
construct a sensible survey, the results from that one would be
completely meaningless

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Charlie Pridham
Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk