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Plants in the vegie filter and pond are not growing strongly. Water cress
leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. GH 60 mg/L KH 120 mg/L. Pond is 1000 gallons and has 5 koi and 6 goldfish. Day time temp is 17c. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Anyone suggest how to get the plants into growth. Many thanks. C. |
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How much direct sunlight?
lee wrote: Plants in the vegie filter and pond are not growing strongly. Water cress leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. GH 60 mg/L KH 120 mg/L. Pond is 1000 gallons and has 5 koi and 6 goldfish. Day time temp is 17c. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Anyone suggest how to get the plants into growth. Many thanks. C. |
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What is your flow rate through the area with the plants? How deep is the
water? Have you had success with them before or is this the first time you've done it? If your temperatures are a max of 62F (17C) then I would think it is still too cold to be getting much growth. We have had much warmer temps than that and my water hyacinth is just now getting a real start. "lee" wrote in message ... Plants in the vegie filter and pond are not growing strongly. Water cress leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. GH 60 mg/L KH 120 mg/L. Pond is 1000 gallons and has 5 koi and 6 goldfish. Day time temp is 17c. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Anyone suggest how to get the plants into growth. Many thanks. C. |
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wrote: Plants in the vegie filter and pond are not growing strongly. Water cress leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. GH 60 mg/L KH 120 mg/L. Pond is 1000 gallons and has 5 koi and 6 goldfish. Day time temp is 17c. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Anyone suggest how to get the plants into growth. Many thanks. C. Higher daytime temperature. What about sun exposure ? jay Fri May 28, 2004 |
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my plants arent doing anything either which is why I get flower baskets at this time.
I am in zone 5, here are pictures of plants from early to late in summer and fall http://puregold.aquaria.net/mypond/2003/8-2003B.htm Ingrid "lee" wrote: Plants in the vegie filter and pond are not growing strongly. Water cress leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. GH 60 mg/L KH 120 mg/L. Pond is 1000 gallons and has 5 koi and 6 goldfish. Day time temp is 17c. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Anyone suggest how to get the plants into growth. Many thanks. C. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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Hi,
"lee" wrote: Water cress leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Floating plant with very long root are nutrient deficiency symptoms. Small and yellow leaves are nitrogen deficiency symptoms. Nitrogen will start to reduce availability when PH are higher than 8.0. Fill a tub with your pod water, put in a few Water cress, lower the PH to between 6.5 and 7.5, wait a few days and see what is the result. Or add some nitrogen into the tub water. This is from what I read, not personal experience, please post the result here if you can, I will like to know it. Thanks, Wong -- Latitude: 06.10N Longitude: 102.17E Altitude: 5m |
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Thanks for your replies. The filter gets full sun and the flow rate is 500
gallons an hour. The filter is 12 inches deep and this is the second season of poor growth. "nswong" wrote in message ... Hi, "lee" wrote: Water cress leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Floating plant with very long root are nutrient deficiency symptoms. Small and yellow leaves are nitrogen deficiency symptoms. Nitrogen will start to reduce availability when PH are higher than 8.0. Fill a tub with your pod water, put in a few Water cress, lower the PH to between 6.5 and 7.5, wait a few days and see what is the result. Or add some nitrogen into the tub water. This is from what I read, not personal experience, please post the result here if you can, I will like to know it. Thanks, Wong -- Latitude: 06.10N Longitude: 102.17E Altitude: 5m |
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You could also try some of your plants in a separate tub/pond with some
plant fertilizer and a better ph. See if they pick up. The fish should be producing lots of fertilizer for you! Does algae thrive in your system? Phyllis -- ____________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Ask me about Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $120+ per child) at: jogathon.net "lee" wrote in message ... Plants in the vegie filter and pond are not growing strongly. Water cress leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. GH 60 mg/L KH 120 mg/L. Pond is 1000 gallons and has 5 koi and 6 goldfish. Day time temp is 17c. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Anyone suggest how to get the plants into growth. Many thanks. C. |
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"lee" wrote in message
... Thanks for your replies. The filter gets full sun and the flow rate is 500 gallons an hour. The filter is 12 inches deep and this is the second season of poor growth. Drop off the Key Lee, get yourself free ;) I would say theres to much flow, 500 gallons an hour sounds hefty, any chance of teeing off your flow so that flow is reduced somwhat? -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** |
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Do a search for planted aquarium links. I put a home made mix in mine which
is nick named PMDD. I use this on a well lit Aquarium regularly. I have also put it in my pond and it did not turn green. http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Fertilizer/pmdd-tim.html "lee" wrote in message ... Plants in the vegie filter and pond are not growing strongly. Water cress leaves are very small despite a good root system and plants in the pond show little growth. pH is 8.4. GH 60 mg/L KH 120 mg/L. Pond is 1000 gallons and has 5 koi and 6 goldfish. Day time temp is 17c. Feeding plants with potash and epsom salts has helped green up the leaves a little. Anyone suggest how to get the plants into growth. Many thanks. C. |
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Previous to these last two years was the veggie filter thriving? How large
is the pond you are pumping from? Usually you want to do the volume of the pond per hour. I have a 7'X7'X~2' pond that I was pumping at 1200gal/hr into the upper pond that is about 2.5'X2.5'X~2.5'... This I was pumping into a small barrel liner at a very slow rate (with a little filter pump that at most did 200gal/hr). The faster speed was a little rough on the plants but they still did well and the upper little barrel liner thrived to the point of becoming a solid mass of roots. Are you by any chance filtering the water before you pump it into the veggie filter? "Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message ... "lee" wrote in message ... Thanks for your replies. The filter gets full sun and the flow rate is 500 gallons an hour. The filter is 12 inches deep and this is the second season of poor growth. Drop off the Key Lee, get yourself free ;) I would say theres to much flow, 500 gallons an hour sounds hefty, any chance of teeing off your flow so that flow is reduced somwhat? -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** |
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