Hi all

I have a vegetable filter and a pond with no UV - i now have a very green
pond - this is the first time (move in three summers ago) - its a 500 gallon
pond

I have been told that i should grow water cress in the filter - can anybody
advise on type and where i can can get some - and if it will work? Location
= NW England

Pk

"Paul Kelly" wrote in message
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Hi all

I have a vegetable filter and a pond with no UV - i now have a very green
pond - this is the first time (move in three summers ago) - its a 500
gallon
pond

I have been told that i should grow water cress in the filter - can
anybody
advise on type and where i can can get some - and if it will work?
Location
= NW England

I get mine at the supermarket, and just tuck the bunches in under a rock.
Mine has not proliferated though. It appears to be getting eaten. I highly
recommend something with more dense roots like Water Hyacinth, Water Iris,
Frogbit, Water Lettuce, etc.

BV.

I've had my grocer order me a case of watercress at a time (10 big bunches).

I've grown it in the veggie part of my filter by sticking the stems through
light grid (looks like baby ice cube trays with no bottoms, found at hardware
centres). It grew like crazy. The experiment ended when the labradors attempted
to walk on water.
Right now it grows across out low wide waterfall.
The roots just spread out and it is very easy to rip it up and feed it to the
fish. They will eat whatever I throw in overnight.
It winters over, frozen solid and has even survived a week of 100+F temps when
we had to turn the waterfall off.
Amazing stuff :-)


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html

"K30a" wrote in message
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I've had my grocer order me a case of watercress at a time (10 big
bunches).

I've grown it in the veggie part of my filter by sticking the stems
through
light grid (looks like baby ice cube trays with no bottoms, found at
hardware
centres). It grew like crazy. The experiment ended when the labradors
attempted
to walk on water.
Right now it grows across out low wide waterfall.
The roots just spread out and it is very easy to rip it up and feed it to
the
fish. They will eat whatever I throw in overnight.
It winters over, frozen solid and has even survived a week of 100+F temps
when
we had to turn the waterfall off.
Amazing stuff :-)

Mine has not grown much, but I forgot about its ability to overwinter. I
expect next season I will use a mass quantity of it to jupmstart the VF. On
a side note, my SO doesn't know it yet, but while she is gone all day
Saturday, I am going to IKea. I plan to build some shelves, add some
rubbermaids, a grow light, etc. in my office. I hope to keep a sample of all
plants in my office all winter. Hmm, maybe I can experiment with Lotus from
seeds too?

BV.

BV wrote some shelves, add some
rubbermaids, a grow light, etc. in my office. I hope to keep a sample of all
plants in my office all winter

You are truly porged. ;-)
One thing I learned the first year I tried to overwinter plants in my youngest
son's aquarium is to debug the plants before you bring them in. We ended up
with aphids everywhere!


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html