Hitherto, we have cheerfully offered our suggestions to people with yellow
plants. Now...

Why are our hyacinths yellow/green? We are open to suggestions.

Our hyacinths are looking yellow/green instead of their usual dark green and
they are not reproducing at their usual frantic rate.

The Ph, etc seems quite normal.

We have also had some plaster of paris dissolving to buffer.

We have tried adding potash (1 tbs/1000 gal) for the last 2 weeks without
any noticeable result.

We figured the fish would provide quite enough waste to nitrogenize the
plants.

Is it conceivable the plants are ahead of the fish for nitrogen?

We will pull a couple of hyacinths and put them in their own tub, with a bit
of fertilizer. If they green....

Any suggestions?

Jim

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Why are our hyacinths yellow/green?

Are your koi eating the roots? If so, this could be the cause.

Jim
Zone 8a - Dallas, Texas
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Good thought. The wh in the veggie filter are also yellow, so I don't
suspect the koi for them. I will check the roots of the ones in the pond.

Jim

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"Jim" wrote in message
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Why are our hyacinths yellow/green?

Are your koi eating the roots? If so, this could be the cause.

Jim
Zone 8a - Dallas, Texas
Pond, Veggie Filter, Pond Maintenance & Pond Tour Pics:
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Jim and Phyllis Hurley wrote:

Good thought. The wh in the veggie filter are also yellow, so I don't
suspect the koi for them. I will check the roots of the ones in the pond.

Jim


Jim,
My WH were looking a little yellow, added some potash, not much
improvement, just added so Epsom salt today, waiting to see if if helps

Not sure about the hardness of my water, need to buy more teststrips,
Ammonia .25
NitrIte .1
NitrAte ~ 80 (last year NitrAtes were 280+ and WH thrived)
pH 8.2

Try Google rec.ponds for threads on Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate).
Depending on your pH, GH, KH, some time you need a little Magnesium to
help the plants absorb the Potash. It seems that high Hardness levels
can cause a Magnesium deficiency.

/\/\ike
Chagoi
http://ourkoipond.com

When you think you have WH figured out, it changes.

Same here, problems with WH in the koi pond filter. I've pulled them out
and put them in some MirAcid for a week, not seeing much of an improvement.
Yet, the ones are green in the lily pond with its outrageous pH.... Which
reminds me, I need to go check to see if my water change yesterday helped
at all. ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Xref: kermit rec.ponds:152555

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:32:13 -0500, "Jim and Phyllis Hurley"
wrote:

Hitherto, we have cheerfully offered our suggestions to people with yellow
plants. Now...

Why are our hyacinths yellow/green? We are open to suggestions.

Our hyacinths are looking yellow/green instead of their usual dark green and
they are not reproducing at their usual frantic rate.

The Ph, etc seems quite normal.

We have also had some plaster of paris dissolving to buffer.

We have tried adding potash (1 tbs/1000 gal) for the last 2 weeks without
any noticeable result.

We figured the fish would provide quite enough waste to nitrogenize the
plants.

Is it conceivable the plants are ahead of the fish for nitrogen?

We will pull a couple of hyacinths and put them in their own tub, with a bit
of fertilizer. If they green....

Any suggestions?

Jim


Too much sun, perhaps.

We've been observing some at my house and the water garden shop, the
ones in a bit more shade look better.


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"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
...
Hitherto, we have cheerfully offered our suggestions to people with yellow
plants. Now...

Why are our hyacinths yellow/green? We are open to suggestions.
snip

I cannot vouch for the safeness of this, but I did try some miracle grow in
the VF last year. Seemed to help a bit, and had no effect on the fish that I
can tell.

BV.

On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:02:45 GMT, "Benign Vanilla"
wrote:


"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
.. .
Hitherto, we have cheerfully offered our suggestions to people with yellow
plants. Now...

Why are our hyacinths yellow/green? We are open to suggestions.
snip

I cannot vouch for the safeness of this, but I did try some miracle grow in
the VF last year. Seemed to help a bit, and had no effect on the fish that I
can tell.

BV.


VF?
VF...?
vf....?

(lightbulb) A-ha! Veggie Filter!

Another TLA figured out!


Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific..."

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

I cannot vouch for the safeness of this, but I did try some miracle grow
in
the VF last year. Seemed to help a bit, and had no effect on the fish that
I
can tell.

BV.


Hi,
Fertilizing plants in the veggie filter? Why?
L8R -_- how

"how" wrote in message
. ..
"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

I cannot vouch for the safeness of this, but I did try some miracle
grow
in
the VF last year. Seemed to help a bit, and had no effect on the fish
that
I
can tell.

BV.


Hi,
Fertilizing plants in the veggie filter? Why?

Experimentation for one, and to help them along as my filter is very much
oversized for my pond.

BV.

"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message ...
Hitherto, we have cheerfully offered our suggestions to people with yellow
plants. Now...

Why are our hyacinths yellow/green? We are open to suggestions.

Our hyacinths are looking yellow/green instead of their usual dark green and
they are not reproducing at their usual frantic rate.

The Ph, etc seems quite normal.

We have also had some plaster of paris dissolving to buffer.

We have tried adding potash (1 tbs/1000 gal) for the last 2 weeks without
any noticeable result.

We figured the fish would provide quite enough waste to nitrogenize the
plants.

Is it conceivable the plants are ahead of the fish for nitrogen?

We will pull a couple of hyacinths and put them in their own tub, with a bit
of fertilizer. If they green....

Any suggestions?

Jim

Well, you tried the Potash so that is not it. This happens to me too.
I think it is an iron deficiency I would add chelated iron from your
plant nursery store, it last three times longer than normal iron,
other wise smaller doses of normal iron for plants for a few days. Put
the iron in a bowl in your pond or right on top of some of your plants
because it stains cement and linings. Also it turns the water brownish
pink for a day or so an you may have to do a premature cleaning of
your filter. Another thing that I would do is go to Home Depot and get
a few Fruit Tree fertilizer spikes (their cheap), break um up and
throw them in, your plants will say thank you.

"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message ...
Hitherto, we have cheerfully offered our suggestions to people with yellow
plants. Now...

Why are our hyacinths yellow/green? We are open to suggestions.

Our hyacinths are looking yellow/green instead of their usual dark green and
they are not reproducing at their usual frantic rate.

The Ph, etc seems quite normal.

We have also had some plaster of paris dissolving to buffer.

We have tried adding potash (1 tbs/1000 gal) for the last 2 weeks without
any noticeable result.

We figured the fish would provide quite enough waste to nitrogenize the
plants.

Is it conceivable the plants are ahead of the fish for nitrogen?

We will pull a couple of hyacinths and put them in their own tub, with a bit
of fertilizer. If they green....

Any suggestions?

Jim

I forgot the dose of iron. I use a table spoon for every five hundred
gallons or so. I does not take much to turn your water a rose/brown
color.

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

I cannot vouch for the safeness of this, but I did try some miracle grow
in
the VF last year. Seemed to help a bit, and had no effect on the fish that
I
can tell.

BV.


Hi,
Fertilizing plants in the veggie filter? Why?
L8R -_- how

"how" wrote in message
. ..
"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
...

I cannot vouch for the safeness of this, but I did try some miracle
grow
in
the VF last year. Seemed to help a bit, and had no effect on the fish
that
I
can tell.

BV.


Hi,
Fertilizing plants in the veggie filter? Why?

Experimentation for one, and to help them along as my filter is very much
oversized for my pond.

BV.

The iron is in. Will report.

Jim

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"steve" wrote in message
om...
"Jim and Phyllis Hurley" wrote in message
...
Hitherto, we have cheerfully offered our suggestions to people with
yellow
plants. Now...

Why are our hyacinths yellow/green? We are open to suggestions.

Our hyacinths are looking yellow/green instead of their usual dark green
and
they are not reproducing at their usual frantic rate.

The Ph, etc seems quite normal.

We have also had some plaster of paris dissolving to buffer.

We have tried adding potash (1 tbs/1000 gal) for the last 2 weeks
without
any noticeable result.

We figured the fish would provide quite enough waste to nitrogenize the
plants.

Is it conceivable the plants are ahead of the fish for nitrogen?

We will pull a couple of hyacinths and put them in their own tub, with a
bit
of fertilizer. If they green....

Any suggestions?

Jim

Well, you tried the Potash so that is not it. This happens to me too.
I think it is an iron deficiency I would add chelated iron from your
plant nursery store, it last three times longer than normal iron,
other wise smaller doses of normal iron for plants for a few days. Put
the iron in a bowl in your pond or right on top of some of your plants
because it stains cement and linings. Also it turns the water brownish
pink for a day or so an you may have to do a premature cleaning of
your filter. Another thing that I would do is go to Home Depot and get
a few Fruit Tree fertilizer spikes (their cheap), break um up and
throw them in, your plants will say thank you.