I bought a horsetail reed which I love and put it in a floating pond plant
bucket. I used the soil that came with the plant and some generic garden
soil I had on hand...never thinking that this plant could end up upside down
with all the soil floating around in my pond after a huge storm we had last
night.
Unfortunately, the soil had perlite in it (miniscule balls of styrofoam)
which are now floating all over the pond, stuck in the roots of the floating
plants, etc.
I'm trying to get it out the best I can with my net, but it's almost like
trying to net air--it goes right back through the holes...I'll probably be
seeing pieces years from now, and I'm just hoping the fish know better than
to eat it or have iron cast stomachs in case they do!Kirsten