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"Bruce" writes:

Not sure how I could prevent it. Maybe I
will just have to live with it. I hoe out once a year. Don't know that a
bottom clean more often is practical. But I will think about that one.....


when the leaves start to fall, net the pond with fruit tree netting to keep
them out. I have a large oak in the neighbors yard that drops leaves and the
netting keeps most of them out. Otherwise you have oak tea and a really stinky
bottom. I know, I wasn't here last fall to net the pond and what a mess I
had/have this year. Never again.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
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