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Algae choking WH
HELP! All my WH have been choked to death by algae collecting on the
roots. The lettuce is still alive but not looking too good. The only part of the VF not affected is the watercress. I was washing the roots every day(what a pain) but forgot for three days.= rotten WH straight to compost. My water is clear .... some algae on sides ..... lots on roots????????? What can I do other than wash the roots every day? This is a new one on me. -- some photos of my little puddle http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1 |
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Algae choking WH
I use AlgaeFix in my pond to help to
help control the string algae. It works great, I've only done one treatment this spring and most of it is gone. Carole Zone 6 |
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Algae choking WH
I had that problem before. I trimmed all the roots. It took a while for
them to recover. I won't do that again. You could try dipping the roots in a diluted bleach solution. That should kill the algae. After relocating the WH, I would use a stick to poke and stir the roots. That would remove some trapped air from the roots. After a few times, the roots would stay down like before. Hank wrote: HELP! All my WH have been choked to death by algae collecting on the roots. The lettuce is still alive but not looking too good. The only part of the VF not affected is the watercress. I was washing the roots every day(what a pain) but forgot for three days.= rotten WH straight to compost. My water is clear .... some algae on sides ..... lots on roots????????? What can I do other than wash the roots every day? This is a new one on me. -- some photos of my little puddle http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1 |
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Algae choking WH
"Hank" wrote in message ... HELP! All my WH have been choked to death by algae collecting on the roots. The lettuce is still alive but not looking too good. The only part of the VF not affected is the watercress. I was washing the roots every day(what a pain) but forgot for three days.= rotten WH straight to compost. My water is clear .... some algae on sides ..... lots on roots????????? What can I do other than wash the roots every day? This is a new one on me. Hmm...I have not seen this before. What is your flow rate? Maybe the water is sitting too long? -- BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
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Algae choking WH
It's too late for the WH. Shaking the roots of the water lettuce seems
to dislodge the algae. I really try to avoid adding chemicals to the pond. BV, The flow rate is fast enough that I need a screen to keep the plants from taking a ride down the waterfall. I just got about 50 tiny tadpoles (or toadpoles) and put them in the VF. The little buggers seem to be stirring up the roots quite a bit. Maybe I'll be able to save the lettuce but be over-run with frogs or toads. With all them wigglers in there it looks like a slide from a sex-ed class. Thanks to all for your suggestions. -- some photos of my little puddle http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1 "Hank" wrote in message ... HELP! All my WH have been choked to death by algae collecting on the roots. The lettuce is still alive but not looking too good. The only part of the VF not affected is the watercress. I was washing the roots every day(what a pain) but forgot for three days.= rotten WH straight to compost. My water is clear .... some algae on sides ..... lots on roots????????? What can I do other than wash the roots every day? This is a new one on me. -- some photos of my little puddle http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1 |
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Algae choking WH
Hi Hank,
It's too late for the WH. Shaking the roots of the water lettuce seems to dislodge the algae. I really try to avoid adding chemicals to the pond. Algae boom most of the time are due to phosphorus. Do you remove old plant from your pond? This will give more space for new plant to grow and remove phosphorus from water. Regards, Wong |
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Algae choking WH
Another is high pH. At least that is what happens to me in the lilypond,
when I note the WH not doing well and the SA doing great, my pH is always way up. I acidified it yesterday, and things are already looking better. ~ jan It's too late for the WH. Shaking the roots of the water lettuce seems to dislodge the algae. I really try to avoid adding chemicals to the pond. Algae boom most of the time are due to phosphorus. Do you remove old plant from your pond? This will give more space for new plant to grow and remove phosphorus from water. Regards, Wong (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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