basically, it is an area where plants are grown with their roots directly in the
water ... the plants remove the wastes. Some people use a large shallow area to
grow water hyacinths and water lettuce.
my filter is above the pond, http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/2000/details.htm
I put a combination of plants in baskets (which dont really contribute to the
filtering) and those set in bare root.
http://weloveteaching.com/mypond/changes/changes2.htm
the filter is at a right angle and the silt and mulm falls out of the stream of water
when it hits the roots of the plants. I only clean the filter in fall when I take
the plants out to move them inside. in areas with no winter the filter continues
year around. maybe trimming the filter plants as they get too big.
Ingrid

wrote:
What is a veggie filter"?


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