On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:35:21 -0500, "Pam Gibbs" wrote:
I paid $1.50 medium size clump of water
hyacinthFor another $3.00 I got :
3 bunches of what they said is parrot's feather.
10 tiny waterhyacinths with thick new root growth.
3 large and several small pieces of water lettuce
Assorted snails attached "seaweed"
fairy moss.,

Turns red in the fall. I would confine it, when you want to take pictures
of your pond it tends to look very messy on the surface, imo.

5 floating plants with lily pad like leaves
So did I waste my $4.50?

Sounds like you got a steal. The floating plant with lily pad like leaves
may be floating heart or white/yellow snowflake, so google for those.

How do you plant parrot's feather and water hyacinth?

Both float. When I use to have it, I tucked the PF ends under a rock at the
edge.

I put all of it in a kiddie pool to keep for a while, mostly because I want
to get all the snails off.

Potassium Permanganate, dark purple, though the seaweed probably can't take
but a swish thru it. The rest should be floated in it for an hour or 2.
Seems to kill snails, or at least knock them back, doesn't seem to do in
the eggs unfortunately. If you have koi in your pond, you won't have
snails..... at least IN the pond. ;o) PP gets rid of other nasties that can
come on plants.

Our state agricultuaral extension service lists all of those plants as
noxious weeds

That's why I got rid of my PF, everyone was asking for it when they saw
mine, plus it doesn't always look that wonderful. The main thing is, be
responsible, don't let any of the plants float off into natural waterways.
~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)