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clay/dirt bottom?
What about using clay/sand in the bottom of the pond over the liner
and planting pond plants directly in the mud. No pots and lots of places for water creatures to live. It would be muddy water after a rain, but it should settle back down and be clear...right? I couldn't have a lot of water movement or it would never be clear. 1/2 of the pond (deep end) could be just liner and the other 1/2 of the pond could have clay. This way I could have some filtration and movement at the deep end with out stiring up the shallower end too much. Any thoughts on this? Thanks for letting me think out loud Tracey |
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clay/dirt bottom?
You might be able to do that with washed sand or gravel and still see
the fish. Goldfish and koi are bottom feeders and will stir the bottom if it will move. Mine take anything smaller than egg size stones out of the lily pots, so they can dig the dirt out of the pots. Lily pot dirt changes the color of the water. Regards, Hal On 29 Nov 2003 18:34:19 -0800, (Tracey) wrote: What about using clay/sand in the bottom of the pond over the liner and planting pond plants directly in the mud. No pots and lots of places for water creatures to live. It would be muddy water after a rain, but it should settle back down and be clear...right? I couldn't have a lot of water movement or it would never be clear. 1/2 of the pond (deep end) could be just liner and the other 1/2 of the pond could have clay. This way I could have some filtration and movement at the deep end with out stiring up the shallower end too much. Any thoughts on this? |
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clay/dirt bottom?
If you don't want to deal with pots, just anchor the plants with a cement
block or rock. Bad bacterias love clay/sand on the bottoms of a pond. The reason why many of us recommend pots/baskets (even plants anchored by rocks in the pot/basket) is because these pond plants grow like weeds. To give you an idea after 3 months my pond looked like it had been there a very long time. It is much easier to divide a plant out of the water, and in my case, up on a work table. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website On 29 Nov 2003 18:34:19 -0800, (Tracey) wrote: What about using clay/sand in the bottom of the pond over the liner and planting pond plants directly in the mud. No pots and lots of places for water creatures to live. It would be muddy water after a rain, but it should settle back down and be clear...right? I couldn't have a lot of water movement or it would never be clear. 1/2 of the pond (deep end) could be just liner and the other 1/2 of the pond could have clay. This way I could have some filtration and movement at the deep end with out stiring up the shallower end too much. Any thoughts on this? Thanks for letting me think out loud Tracey |
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clay/dirt bottom?
I wanted to make the edges of the pond natural looking (plants on the
edge growing into the water). As for fish stiring things up...I was thinking of going fishless ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote in message . .. If you don't want to deal with pots, just anchor the plants with a cement block or rock. Bad bacterias love clay/sand on the bottoms of a pond. The reason why many of us recommend pots/baskets (even plants anchored by rocks in the pot/basket) is because these pond plants grow like weeds. To give you an idea after 3 months my pond looked like it had been there a very long time. It is much easier to divide a plant out of the water, and in my case, up on a work table. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website On 29 Nov 2003 18:34:19 -0800, (Tracey) wrote: What about using clay/sand in the bottom of the pond over the liner and planting pond plants directly in the mud. No pots and lots of places for water creatures to live. It would be muddy water after a rain, but it should settle back down and be clear...right? I couldn't have a lot of water movement or it would never be clear. 1/2 of the pond (deep end) could be just liner and the other 1/2 of the pond could have clay. This way I could have some filtration and movement at the deep end with out stiring up the shallower end too much. Any thoughts on this? Thanks for letting me think out loud Tracey |
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clay/dirt bottom?
I still wouldn't plant them in dirt/clay at all. Just wedge them amongst
the rocks. Plenty of dirt will blow in on its own. (Well at least it does here, wetter areas would get less. ;o) ~ jan On 2 Dec 2003 16:09:32 -0800, (Tracey) wrote: I wanted to make the edges of the pond natural looking (plants on the edge growing into the water). As for fish stiring things up...I was thinking of going fishless ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote in message . .. If you don't want to deal with pots, just anchor the plants with a cement block or rock. Bad bacterias love clay/sand on the bottoms of a pond. The reason why many of us recommend pots/baskets (even plants anchored by rocks in the pot/basket) is because these pond plants grow like weeds. To give you an idea after 3 months my pond looked like it had been there a very long time. It is much easier to divide a plant out of the water, and in my case, up on a work table. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website On 29 Nov 2003 18:34:19 -0800, (Tracey) wrote: What about using clay/sand in the bottom of the pond over the liner and planting pond plants directly in the mud. No pots and lots of places for water creatures to live. It would be muddy water after a rain, but it should settle back down and be clear...right? I couldn't have a lot of water movement or it would never be clear. 1/2 of the pond (deep end) could be just liner and the other 1/2 of the pond could have clay. This way I could have some filtration and movement at the deep end with out stiring up the shallower end too much. Any thoughts on this? Thanks for letting me think out loud Tracey See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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