Thread: 15 inch deep enough for winte in Michigan?
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Old 28-11-2007, 06:14 PM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
Derek Broughton Derek Broughton is offline
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Default 15 inch deep enough for winte in Michigan?
wrote:

the ice must be thick to support it across the pond and yes, the pond must
be pretty
deep. this is used in zone 4 and colder, like in Sweden IIRC. Ingrid


I lived in zones 5 & 6 - the ice gets plenty thick enough. Especially if
you don't have snow (and if you _have_ snow, you don't usually have a
problem with a 15" pond freezing solid.
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derek

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