My pond has a 2 ft shelf around 50% of the edge. There are places the koi
can't or don't often get to. The depth of the ledge ranges from 5" to 18".
The water flow takes the excess duck weed into deeper area where it gets
eaten.


"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
...
I beg to differ! My ponds are over ran by duckweed! Impossible to see
the
pond and the fish. Yes I have some big Koi, and some little ones. But
the
duckweed won that war!

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like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

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"rob" wrote in message
rs.com...
I have duck weed in the pond and settling pool. It is growing well with
the
cool weather and provides a great dietary supplement for the Koi and
painted
turtles. Koi are like goats .... nothing can possibly grow too much
They keep eating the roots off the WH.

Rob from Ottawa


"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
Pond is a little bare this year due to the cooler weather. The Water
Hyacinth are surviving, but not flourishing. So I wanted to introduce
some
other quick growing cover to help with the Algae and provide shade, as
well
as a nosh for the GF.

I've read good and bad about Duckweed. I've got a 500 gal pond with 9
GF,
will Duckweed take over or will the GF ravage it? Should I grow it in
a
tub
and add as required? Do I need to coral it in one area to prevent
competition with the Lillies and WH?

Advice appreciated. I'm in southern Ontario BTW.

You can have Azollo too if you want it.

LOL! No thanks, been there done that, makes one's surface looks messy and
if one has a skimmer.... well you know where the azollo and anything that
floats is. ;o)

Conclusion, if you want the critters to eat the duckweed, cut back on the
chow. ) ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

They will get that chance the next 2 weeks. We are on vacation back east,
so I asked my neighbors to check my water level and call me if to gets low
or if the pumps stop working. My Brother lives around the corner, being a
porg I can count on him to mind the ponds if anything goes wrong!

Back to the topic, I don't want anyone feeding the Koi while I'm gone. So
they get to eat duckweed for 2 weeks.

--
_______________________________________
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
You can have Azollo too if you want it.

LOL! No thanks, been there done that, makes one's surface looks messy and
if one has a skimmer.... well you know where the azollo and anything that
floats is. ;o)

Conclusion, if you want the critters to eat the duckweed, cut back on the
chow. ) ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

So rampant duckweed would be a good thing in your case.

But speaking of going out of town. DH said, now what would have happened if
we were gone or OOT and the power went out and K30's didn't in her
neighborhood? So now the computers are rigged up to call his cell phone and
notify him if the power goes out. Oooooh my! ;o) ~ jan

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 06:04:26 GMT, "Just Me \"Koi\"" wrote:

They will get that chance the next 2 weeks. We are on vacation back east,
so I asked my neighbors to check my water level and call me if to gets low
or if the pumps stop working. My Brother lives around the corner, being a
porg I can count on him to mind the ponds if anything goes wrong!

Back to the topic, I don't want anyone feeding the Koi while I'm gone. So
they get to eat duckweed for 2 weeks.

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

The only way I can keep duckweed is in my lotus pot on my deck with only
hatchling GF in it - any I put in the pond is gone in a couple of hours -
both GF and Koi love it. When I get some , I put it in the lotus pot and
scoop a handful or 2 out as a treat for my fish as it multiplies
Gale :~)
"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
Pond is a little bare this year due to the cooler weather. The Water
Hyacinth are surviving, but not flourishing. So I wanted to introduce some
other quick growing cover to help with the Algae and provide shade, as
well
as a nosh for the GF.

I've read good and bad about Duckweed. I've got a 500 gal pond with 9 GF,
will Duckweed take over or will the GF ravage it? Should I grow it in a
tub
and add as required? Do I need to coral it in one area to prevent
competition with the Lillies and WH?

Advice appreciated. I'm in southern Ontario BTW.

Bill Stock wrote:

Sounds like I need to grow it in a tub. I did not realize GF think of
Duckweed as Potato Chips.


Oh, the GF eat that stuff like an addiction! All of my duckweed is gone, I
tried replenishing it, but the GF are faster then I am.

Maybe you got a bad batch of WH. Mine(I live in Brampton) are doing
beautifully, multiplying faster than I can handle, though no flowers yet,
which is probably a little too early in our neck of the woods considering
the weather we've had.

I have duck weed in the pond and settling pool. It is growing well with the
cool weather and provides a great dietary supplement for the Koi and painted
turtles. Koi are like goats .... nothing can possibly grow too much
They keep eating the roots off the WH.

Rob from Ottawa


"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
Pond is a little bare this year due to the cooler weather. The Water
Hyacinth are surviving, but not flourishing. So I wanted to introduce some
other quick growing cover to help with the Algae and provide shade, as
well
as a nosh for the GF.

I've read good and bad about Duckweed. I've got a 500 gal pond with 9 GF,
will Duckweed take over or will the GF ravage it? Should I grow it in a
tub
and add as required? Do I need to coral it in one area to prevent
competition with the Lillies and WH?

Advice appreciated. I'm in southern Ontario BTW.

My pond has a 2 ft shelf around 50% of the edge. There are places the koi
can't or don't often get to. The depth of the ledge ranges from 5" to 18".
The water flow takes the excess duck weed into deeper area where it gets
eaten.


"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
...
I beg to differ! My ponds are over ran by duckweed! Impossible to see
the
pond and the fish. Yes I have some big Koi, and some little ones. But
the
duckweed won that war!

--
_______________________________________
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino

"rob" wrote in message
rs.com...
I have duck weed in the pond and settling pool. It is growing well with
the
cool weather and provides a great dietary supplement for the Koi and
painted
turtles. Koi are like goats .... nothing can possibly grow too much
They keep eating the roots off the WH.

Rob from Ottawa


"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
Pond is a little bare this year due to the cooler weather. The Water
Hyacinth are surviving, but not flourishing. So I wanted to introduce
some
other quick growing cover to help with the Algae and provide shade, as
well
as a nosh for the GF.

I've read good and bad about Duckweed. I've got a 500 gal pond with 9
GF,
will Duckweed take over or will the GF ravage it? Should I grow it in
a
tub
and add as required? Do I need to coral it in one area to prevent
competition with the Lillies and WH?

Advice appreciated. I'm in southern Ontario BTW.

You can have Azollo too if you want it.

LOL! No thanks, been there done that, makes one's surface looks messy and
if one has a skimmer.... well you know where the azollo and anything that
floats is. ;o)

Conclusion, if you want the critters to eat the duckweed, cut back on the
chow. ) ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)