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Originally Posted by will_c
We have a mass of frog spawn, in various stages of development. Some has
produced tadpoles already. There are 3 or 4 large blobs, some under water,
some on the surface.
Can someone please give me some advice on protecting it from the cold
weather and frost that we are apparently about to be hit with?
I've been told that the tadpoles are likely to be OK as they'll swim deeper
to the warmer water, but that the spawn on the surface is vulnerable.
Would it help to cover the spawn? Or remove it in a bucket for a couple of
days?
Or should I just allow nature to make the life and death decisions? It just
seems a shame to let all those little creatures die if I can help them.
Thanks very much,
W
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I would let nature take its course. I was really upset last week when I went down to the allotment because there was frog spawn everywhere. There was some in the pond but there was blobs all over the grass. The frogs had obviously spawned in the puddles which had subsequently dried up. I picked some up in my gardening gloves and plopped it into the pond. Uck! Tadpoles swam all over the place but I decided as they would eat each other not to put any more into the pond and let nature take its course. Gardening Sue