Hi folks,

I need some suggestions for a small pond I inherited with the house in
Northern NJ. It is roughtly 5x4 with severly rounded corners (to the
point that it is neither circular nor square), about 3' deep at the
center. There are no shelves for marginal plants. It has a about 7'
high waterfall. Currently I have the waterfall turned off as I need to
fix some leaks but the water gets pumped up into a bio filter at the
top and dumped back into the pond from a tube.
I have been battling pea soup syndrome for 3 years and am determined
to fix it the right way :-) I am planning to add under water and
floating plants and also some tadpoles, *maybe* a couple of small
fish. I added some anachris from my fish tank last week. I plan to get
another underwater plant this week. My big concern is to cover the
water surface as the sun beats down on the pond for a good part of the
day. I would *love* to add an hardy lilly but am having second
thoughts due to the waterfall. So am looking for some
recommendations.

TIA.

Raj

Water hyacinth and water lettuce will
cover a pond in no time flat once the
weather stays nice and warm.

Of course getting the stuff depends on where
you are. Since they are undesireable plants in the south getting ahold of some
is getting harder and harder. Up north we put in ours in May. One plant will
make about 10 plants in a season, ymmv.


kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)

"Raj" wrote in message
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Hi folks,

I need some suggestions for a small pond I inherited with the house in
Northern NJ. It is roughtly 5x4 with severly rounded corners (to the
point that it is neither circular nor square), about 3' deep at the
center. There are no shelves for marginal plants. It has a about 7'
high waterfall. Currently I have the waterfall turned off as I need to
fix some leaks but the water gets pumped up into a bio filter at the
top and dumped back into the pond from a tube.
I have been battling pea soup syndrome for 3 years and am determined
to fix it the right way :-) I am planning to add under water and
floating plants and also some tadpoles, *maybe* a couple of small
fish. I added some anachris from my fish tank last week. I plan to get
another underwater plant this week. My big concern is to cover the
water surface as the sun beats down on the pond for a good part of the
day. I would *love* to add an hardy lilly but am having second
thoughts due to the waterfall. So am looking for some
recommendations.

Sounds like the perfect Lotus garden to me.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Ah Yes!! Go for a Lotus Pond. Couple ( no more than 2)
of goldfish and you'll love the effect.

Nedra in Missouri

Lotus Pond:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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"Raj" wrote in message
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Hi folks,

I need some suggestions for a small pond I inherited with the house in
Northern NJ. It is roughtly 5x4 with severly rounded corners (to the
point that it is neither circular nor square), about 3' deep at the
center. There are no shelves for marginal plants. It has a about 7'
high waterfall. Currently I have the waterfall turned off as I need to
fix some leaks but the water gets pumped up into a bio filter at the
top and dumped back into the pond from a tube.
I have been battling pea soup syndrome for 3 years and am determined
to fix it the right way :-) I am planning to add under water and
floating plants and also some tadpoles, *maybe* a couple of small
fish. I added some anachris from my fish tank last week. I plan to get
another underwater plant this week. My big concern is to cover the
water surface as the sun beats down on the pond for a good part of the
day. I would *love* to add an hardy lilly but am having second
thoughts due to the waterfall. So am looking for some
recommendations.

Sounds like the perfect Lotus garden to me.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"Nedra" wrote in message ink.net...
Ah Yes!! Go for a Lotus Pond. Couple ( no more than 2)
of goldfish and you'll love the effect.

Nedra in Missouri

Lotus Pond:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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Sounds like the perfect Lotus garden to me.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com




That's funny, Nedra and BV.
I was leafing thru a catalog this evening and and me and my wife both
said 'why don't we consider a lotus instead of a lilly?' :-)
So is it safe to assume that lotus is not bothered by moving water
like lilly? I have never planted lotus (although my grandpa had some
beautiful lotus in two ponds) so any tips and hints for zone 5 are
much appreciated. I guess for my pond size a dwarf lotus would be
better suited than a large lotus, right? Any recommendation on
*which* lotus? I mean a name - 'white doll', 'chawan basu', etc ...

Thanks again.

Raj

Opps .. forgot about the 7 foot waterfall. Lotus do like calm
water. Let me think about this - -

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Raj" wrote in message
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"Nedra" wrote in message
ink.net...
Ah Yes!! Go for a Lotus Pond. Couple ( no more than 2)
of goldfish and you'll love the effect.

Nedra in Missouri

Lotus Pond:
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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=== snip ===
Sounds like the perfect Lotus garden to me.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com




That's funny, Nedra and BV.
I was leafing thru a catalog this evening and and me and my wife both
said 'why don't we consider a lotus instead of a lilly?' :-)
So is it safe to assume that lotus is not bothered by moving water
like lilly? I have never planted lotus (although my grandpa had some
beautiful lotus in two ponds) so any tips and hints for zone 5 are
much appreciated. I guess for my pond size a dwarf lotus would be
better suited than a large lotus, right? Any recommendation on
*which* lotus? I mean a name - 'white doll', 'chawan basu', etc ...

Thanks again.

Raj