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Blanket weed as/is a veggie filter plant
Jim was up looking at our anacharis veggie filter and lamenting the thick layer of stringy blanketweed forming above the anacharis (still water, sun, nutrients). He pulled some off to see if the anacharis was survuvung. It was! No blanketweed under the thick top layer. Then it dawned on him. The blanketweed is grabbing lots of nutrients AND shading the anacharis. It is just ugly. So Jim pulled off a soccer ball sized mass of blanket weed. The anacharis shows well. All that blanket weed is nutrient for our garden plants. The koi seem to eat the blanketweed in our large pond. So why not let the blanket weed thrive in the anacharis veggie filter? The celery and parrots feather and hyacinth veggie filters will do thier root thing. So, now we have a string algae/blanketweed farm. Anybody see a drawback beyond aesthetics? P -- ______________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net ______________________________________________ |
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Blanket weed as/is a veggie filter plant
Phyllis and Jim Hurley wrote: Jim was up looking at our anacharis veggie filter and lamenting the thick layer of stringy blanketweed forming above the anacharis (still water, sun, nutrients). He pulled some off to see if the anacharis was survuvung. It was! No blanketweed under the thick top layer. Then it dawned on him. The blanketweed is grabbing lots of nutrients AND shading the anacharis. It is just ugly. So Jim pulled off a soccer ball sized mass of blanket weed. The anacharis shows well. All that blanket weed is nutrient for our garden plants. The koi seem to eat the blanketweed in our large pond. So why not let the blanket weed thrive in the anacharis veggie filter? The celery and parrots feather and hyacinth veggie filters will do thier root thing. So, now we have a string algae/blanketweed farm. Anybody see a drawback beyond aesthetics? P dont see why not I grow string algae as a filter medium and for Koi kibble in fact last year I had no string algae and you should have seen the reaction I got when I asked for it at the LFS ;-) personaly I think it looks kinda neat waving in the currents of ;the pond. much better than peas soup :-) -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico If it can't be fixed with bailing wire or duct tape its not worth fixing see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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Blanket weed as/is a veggie filter plant
Hi John,
Maybe I need to put a small koi or some goldies in the anacharis veggie filter! But then, the koi wouldn't stay small! J -- ______________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net ______________________________________________ "John Rutz" wrote in message ... Phyllis and Jim Hurley wrote: Jim was up looking at our anacharis veggie filter and lamenting the thick layer of stringy blanketweed forming above the anacharis (still water, sun, nutrients). He pulled some off to see if the anacharis was survuvung. It was! No blanketweed under the thick top layer. Then it dawned on him. The blanketweed is grabbing lots of nutrients AND shading the anacharis. It is just ugly. So Jim pulled off a soccer ball sized mass of blanket weed. The anacharis shows well. All that blanket weed is nutrient for our garden plants. The koi seem to eat the blanketweed in our large pond. So why not let the blanket weed thrive in the anacharis veggie filter? The celery and parrots feather and hyacinth veggie filters will do thier root thing. So, now we have a string algae/blanketweed farm. Anybody see a drawback beyond aesthetics? P dont see why not I grow string algae as a filter medium and for Koi kibble in fact last year I had no string algae and you should have seen the reaction I got when I asked for it at the LFS ;-) personaly I think it looks kinda neat waving in the currents of ;the pond. much better than peas soup :-) -- John Rutz Z5 New Mexico If it can't be fixed with bailing wire or duct tape its not worth fixing see my pond at: http://www.fuerjefe.com |
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