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Water Hyacinth (Part 2)
"BB" wrote in message . 125.201... FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18 inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before... Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80 gallons of pond...) The algae does make a really nice mulch around the plants around the pond, though... I've never seen them that big, you must live in a warmer climate. You don't mention how much coverage you have, but at 18", one plant should just about do your whole pond. Mine are doing quite well, I've had to add nutrients twice already. Mine suck about 10 ppm of Nitrate out of the pond (500 g) in about a week. I had a terrible problem finding them last year too, so the Algae got a head start. I kept some inside this winter and had to throw out a few buckets recently. I had a terrible probelm with String Algae last summer, it was practically September before I got it under control. The Algae was sucking all the nutrients out of the water and the WH were sickly. Once I started adding nutrients the WH slowly recovered and covered the surface. I don't suggest you add nutrients, unless you know where your water quality is. The shade the WH provide is probably just as big a factor as the nutrients they remove. Do your roots look healthy? If not, the limiting nutrient will affect the ability of your WH to remove Nitrtates/Phosphates. |
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Water Hyacinth (Part 2)
Dumbass probably does not even have WH.......probably TARO or a clump of frogbit ........it does not even get close to that size in the hot southern states. On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:23:10 -0400, "Bill Stock" wrote: "BB" wrote in message .125.201... FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18 inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before... Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80 gallons of pond...) The algae does make a really nice mulch around the plants around the pond, though... I've never seen them that big, you must live in a warmer climate. You don't mention how much coverage you have, but at 18", one plant should just about do your whole pond. Mine are doing quite well, I've had to add nutrients twice already. Mine suck about 10 ppm of Nitrate out of the pond (500 g) in about a week. I had a terrible problem finding them last year too, so the Algae got a head start. I kept some inside this winter and had to throw out a few buckets recently. I had a terrible probelm with String Algae last summer, it was practically September before I got it under control. The Algae was sucking all the nutrients out of the water and the WH were sickly. Once I started adding nutrients the WH slowly recovered and covered the surface. I don't suggest you add nutrients, unless you know where your water quality is. The shade the WH provide is probably just as big a factor as the nutrients they remove. Do your roots look healthy? If not, the limiting nutrient will affect the ability of your WH to remove Nitrtates/Phosphates. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Hi..
I've never seen them that big, you must live in a warmer climate. Mine died in spring: I suppose it was too cold outdoors. But I've never seen a 18" WH, too. I had a terrible probelm with String Algae last summer, it was practically September before I got it under control. The Algae was sucking all the nutrients out of the water and the WH were sickly. Once I started adding nutrients the WH slowly recovered and covered the surface. Had similar trouble with water lettuce. In may I cleaned and refilled one summer pond with a mixture of tap water and rain water. The water lettuce I had troublesome overwintered at the souterrain window didn't start growing and were in danger to die while the hair algae multiplied. But some flower fertiliser saved that critical situation.. -- cu Marco |
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:26:42 +0200, Marco Schwarz wrote:
But I've never seen a 18" WH, too. If it is crowded it will easily grow up rather than out. I'm wondering if that is why BB's is so large. Leggy, rather than an 18" clump? ~ jan ----------------- (Do you know where your water quality is?) Also ponding troll free at: http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium |
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~ janj wrote in
: But I've never seen a 18" WH, too. If it is crowded it will easily grow up rather than out. I'm wondering if that is why BB's is so large. Leggy, rather than an 18" clump? ~ They're leggy. The little bulbs at the base of the leaves are *REALLY* stretched out and the leaves themselves are pretty darn big, too. A little smaller than my fist. (Of course, since you don't know how bit my fist is, that's a useless measurement. ) Each WH plant has only about 5-6 leaves on it. With another on the way, I might add. --Bryan (who now wants a bigger pond and almost got a free, used hot tub offa Craig's list for it....) -- ************************************************** ********** * Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. * * Through the Trees? | Reply if you want. E-mail * * Take it out! | address changes frequently * * (Damn Viruses!) | to foil spambots. * ************************************************** ********** |
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I still say your a liar.
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:52:53 GMT, BB wrote: ~ janj wrote in : But I've never seen a 18" WH, too. If it is crowded it will easily grow up rather than out. I'm wondering if that is why BB's is so large. Leggy, rather than an 18" clump? ~ They're leggy. The little bulbs at the base of the leaves are *REALLY* stretched out and the leaves themselves are pretty darn big, too. A little smaller than my fist. (Of course, since you don't know how bit my fist is, that's a useless measurement. ) Each WH plant has only about 5-6 leaves on it. With another on the way, I might add. --Bryan (who now wants a bigger pond and almost got a free, used hot tub offa Craig's list for it....) -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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