"Judy Konopka" sez:
Colonize plants on exposed liner? That sounds interesting! What exactly are
you doing?

I was delighted to discover that even wet string algae, as long as it's
slightly slimey, sticks well to liner. Not much else seems to. So I put
it on in a thin layer and let it dry, and repeated a few more times. It
really does stick, even dry, pretty well and has good tensile strength too
so you can go some distance to the top edge. And then flowers and such
work their roots into it and are quite happy.

Since this simultaneously removes bio-mass from the pond (which is a "good"
thing), this killed several problems with one stone for me.

"Fringe Ryder" wrote in message
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"Judy Konopka" sez:
My pond is in full sun, so I've been getting a nice bloom of String
Algae.
I've discovered if I skim it up and put it on the rocks surround the
waterfall, I get a faux look of mossy rocks! It also makes the pond look
more like a natural setting.

I discovered, as PickMaster states below, that it turns white pretty
quickly when exposed to the elements. That's okay by me, I'm using it to
help colonize plants on exposed liner and such, but it is odd looking.