W. H. survived winter
 

Some of my water hyacinth survived the harsh winter with just a plastic
sheet over the pond. It got down to below 30 degrees also. they are
starting to send out new growth. Who else has this happening?

W. H. survived winter
 

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:03:38 -0500 (EST),
(Beak 21) wrote:

Some of my water hyacinth survived the harsh winter with just a plastic
sheet over the pond. It got down to below 30 degrees also. they are
starting to send out new growth. Who else has this happening?

Well, i don't, but you give me hope on actually having some this
year. Did you sink them or just leave them floating? Did the water
freeze?

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W. H. survived winter
 

i think this would bode ill. if water hyacinth starts being hardier in
winter then it will be illegal in more states. the reason it isn't illegal
in the northern states is that the winter temperatures kill it.
just my opinion...
mad
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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:20:34 -0600
Subject: W. H. survived winter

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:03:38 -0500 (EST),
(Beak 21) wrote:

Some of my water hyacinth survived the harsh winter with just a plastic
sheet over the pond. It got down to below 30 degrees also. they are
starting to send out new growth. Who else has this happening?

Well, i don't, but you give me hope on actually having some this
year. Did you sink them or just leave them floating? Did the water
freeze?

·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:-
¸.·´ .·´¨¨))
jammer
((¸¸.·´ ..·´
-:¦:- ((¸¸





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W. H. survived winter
 

Where are you located? Our winter got to 20 degrees, briefly (Jackson, MS).
The WH got no protection at all. We had ice about 1/2" thick for a few
days. The majority of the WH plants died. A significant number made it
through (~25%).

Last year we put plastic over our WH and had more like a 70% survival rate.
Maybe we will do that again next year to get a running start. We had
several hundred last year. It is a good way to start the season.

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"Beak 21" wrote in message
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Some of my water hyacinth survived the harsh winter with just a plastic
sheet over the pond. It got down to below 30 degrees also. they are
starting to send out new growth. Who else has this happening?

W. H. survived winter
 

You hit the nail on the head, mad. Last year during the Master Gardener
class on weeds the doctorate said if he had his way WH would already be on
the noxious aquatic plant list... course he's from the west side where it
could easily be over wintered by a careful pond person. He talks tomorrow
and we'll see if he has anything new to add. I just hope that if it gets on
the list that I know about it before it all dies so I can winter some over
inside for my personal use.

I have removed all the parrot's feather, but I keep anacharsis, both of
which are on our state's noxious weed list. ~ jan (Washington State)


On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:19:04 -0600, mad wrote:

i think this would bode ill. if water hyacinth starts being hardier in
winter then it will be illegal in more states. the reason it isn't illegal
in the northern states is that the winter temperatures kill it.
just my opinion...
mad


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W. H. survived winter
 

I just kept a 3.5 mil clear plastic sheet over it.

W. H. survived winter
 

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:33:59 -0800, ~ jan
wrote:

You hit the nail on the head, mad. Last year during the Master Gardener
class on weeds the doctorate said if he had his way WH would already be on
the noxious aquatic plant list... course he's from the west side where it
could easily be over wintered by a careful pond person. He talks tomorrow
and we'll see if he has anything new to add. I just hope that if it gets on
the list that I know about it before it all dies so I can winter some over
inside for my personal use.

I have removed all the parrot's feather, but I keep anacharsis, both of
which are on our state's noxious weed list. ~ jan (Washington State)

I sunk 3 hyacinths and i pulled one up 90% green. The rest are
compost. I have two little pieces of green ones i threw back in too. I
think i might actually get to see what one looks like in the summer. I
am not overwintering it again tho.
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jammer
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