On Nov 8, 4:30 pm, San Diego Joe wrote:
wrote:
the water celery is highly resistant too. I have not had a lot of lu
ck with
getting
water cress to root. Maybe I will try some in water in a container t
o get it
going
first. thanks. Ingrid

On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 16:07:32 EST, ~ jan wrote:
You know..... you might want to try water cress in your winter veggie
filter, it is very hardy down to freezing. In your warmed pond I bet i
t
would grow well.

I believe watercress is a 'day length' plant. Less sunshine and it dies
back.

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo.

All the plants in my pond are dormant now - all but the watercress.
It is looking beautiful! We've had frost and temps in the low
thirties but nothing lower so far. We even had a snow storm, that was
really unusual. Most of the leaves have fallen - just a few
struggling to hold on. That is rare for us the Japanese maple seems
to hold on forever, but not this year.
The watercress always seems to be the first plant in the Spring and
dies back in the heat here in Summer and then returns again in the
Fall. It works well to begin and end the water filtering for me.
Bonnie
NJ