Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Sue & Bob Hobden wrote:

"Nick wrote in message .
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| You do realise the Water Hyacinth is a tropical plant and won't stand
any
| frost.

For which people in the UK should probably be grateful :-)

Having seen the totally clogged up backwaters around Cochin (India), also
the Nile and other places at first hand I totally agree. Dreadful stuff as
far as boat traffic and water movement is concerned, but quite beautiful
when in flower, it also does a good job of filtering/cleaning the water.

Clearly they need more hippos :-)

Don't dugongs and manatees eat it as well? One could have a crack team
of all three disporting themselves while demolishing the plant matter.

regards
sarah


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