I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

I 'v used pond care from time to time, now we use tab.



"Mickey" wrote in message
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I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

I have Lillis I use the tablets for also. I am just trying to figure out how
to get the duckweed to grow well. I figure since all it has is floating
roots something is missing in the well water.
"REL" Rich wrote in message ...
I 'v used pond care from time to time, now we use tab.



"Mickey" wrote in message
...
I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the
plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

I use a liquid prep for aquariums from Petsmart at initial fill, or in the
spring after complete drain and refill. One bottle does about 500 gallons,
the size of my pond. otherwise, the converted fish waste from the biofilter
and some lilly tabs do the trick.

--
John M. Darnielle
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"Mickey" wrote in message
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I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 18:55:55 -0500, "Mickey" wrote:

I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

You can make your own with Muriate of Potash. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

What ? I have a recipe that works for my 300 gallons of aquarium water. I am
going to give it a try the pond and see how it does.
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 18:55:55 -0500, "Mickey" wrote:

I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

You can make your own with Muriate of Potash. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

I just throw in one of those large plant spikes for evergreens. It is close
to water plant fertilizer that costs more. For potted plants I use the
small spikes for tomatoes....

"Mickey" wrote in message
...
I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

No thank you. If there are any phosphate in there you are asking for an
algae bloom. The liquid stuff I make has nitrates, potassium, calcium, and
iron my aquarium plants love it and has not killed my fish.

"Ted" wrote in message
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I just throw in one of those large plant spikes for evergreens. It is
close
to water plant fertilizer that costs more. For potted plants I use the
small spikes for tomatoes....

"Mickey" wrote in message
...
I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the
plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

No thank you. If there are any phosphate in there you are asking for an
algae bloom. The liquid stuff I make has nitrates, potassium, calcium, and
iron my aquarium plants love it and has not killed my fish.

"Ted" wrote in message
...
I just throw in one of those large plant spikes for evergreens. It is
close
to water plant fertilizer that costs more. For potted plants I use the
small spikes for tomatoes....

"Mickey" wrote in message
...
I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the
plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

"Mickey" writes:

I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ?

I just throw the dry ingredients into the filter and let the pond
mix it ;-)

I use potassium chloride, chelated iron and epsom salts.

Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ?

I use granular potash and plant tabs. I sometimes pour water with
Miracle Grow in my perimeter plants. Doing this can cause algae
bloom, if done in excess.

Jim
Zone 8a - Dallas, Texas
Pond, Veggie Filter, Pond Maintenance & Pond Tour Pics:
http://community.webshots.com/user/dallas75248

Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ?

I use granular potash and plant tabs. I sometimes pour water with
Miracle Grow in my perimeter plants. Doing this can cause algae
bloom, if done in excess.

Jim
Zone 8a - Dallas, Texas
Pond, Veggie Filter, Pond Maintenance & Pond Tour Pics:
http://community.webshots.com/user/dallas75248