I've got a water poppy and the leaves are yellowing and dying off. Same
for my duck weed if you can believe it! They're in a small metal
container, maybe 1.5 feet by 1.5 feet. There's also a water hyacynth
(yellowing), a fish and a snail. Same thing happened last year. Any help
please?

Thank you!

On 2005-07-03, Dustin Holmes wrote:
I've got a water poppy and the leaves are yellowing and dying off. Same
for my duck weed if you can believe it! They're in a small metal
container, maybe 1.5 feet by 1.5 feet. There's also a water hyacynth
(yellowing), a fish and a snail. Same thing happened last year. Any help
please?

Whenever I see any of my plants go yellow, it usually tells me that
there's not enough iron in the water. I dose PMDD with some iron daily,
but it's generally not enough to keep the levels up for good. So, keep
a seperate bottle of iron nutrients on hand to add!


--
Ross Vandegrift

"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37

Add a general fert like Miracle Grow etc about once every week or two.
You can spray it on the plant itself in diluted concentration(see label
instructions).

If you add too much and there is not much plant coverage or biomass,
you can get green water or you may hurt the fish if you over dose the
NH4.

I would think 1/4 teaspoon of the fert would do fine.

Regards,
Tom Barr