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new plants, what to do with them?
I visited a local farm supply store today and they had a few water plants
left in a nasty tub outside. I paid $1.50 for a medium size clump of water hyacinth which looks fairly healthy. For another $3.00 I got : 3 bunches of what they said is parrot's feather. One bunch is mostly green, but verry straggly stems about three feet long with long roots on one end and tiny new roots along the stems.. The other two bunches are shorter, mostly brown with green tips, mostly black roots with a couple of new white ones and small new roots along the stems. 10 tiny waterhyacinths with thick new root growth. 3 large and several small pieces of water lettuce with variable root condition. Assorted snails attached to the plants along with something green and feathery that looks like the "seaweed" my children used to collect from the swimming area at our local state park. There's a lot of this stuff, with very very fine foliage. Some tiny green stuff that I think from looking at pictures is probably fairy moss., but they said fairy moss would be red. I asked the folks at the farm store if it was duck weed and they said they don't sell duck weed (sort of offended by that question they were, made me feel plumb ungrateful) 5 floating plants with lily pad like leaves that are about the size of a penny, almost heart shaped. I thought the floating heart was larger? It's not penny wort, I have some of that and it looks different. So did I waste my $4.50? I really wanted something besides water lilies and pickeral weed.. How do you plant parrot's feather and water hyacinth? I have a couple of Helen Nash books, and one of them talks about lead strips in connection with planting parrot's feather. It also talks about potting the water hyacinth. I have seen posts here I think that say just to drop them in the pond. Personally I prefer the BV method but will it work for these plants? I'm new at this and don't want to make a major mess. What about the fairy moss? Some places say the fish eat it, some say the fish don't touch it? Should it be confined to a ring? I put all of it in a kiddie pool to keep for a while, mostly because I want to get all the snails off. I had those in an aquarium before--one snail plus one month equals a million snails and ruined plant life. What else should I do with the plants before adding them to the pond? Our state agricultuaral extension service lists all of those plants as noxious weeds and gives instructions on how to kill them. I want to keep them alive, but I don't want them to take over the pond either. Which ones are worst? Comments and advice appreciated! |
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new plants, what to do with them?
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:35:21 -0500, "Pam Gibbs" wrote:
I paid $1.50 medium size clump of water hyacinthFor another $3.00 I got : 3 bunches of what they said is parrot's feather. 10 tiny waterhyacinths with thick new root growth. 3 large and several small pieces of water lettuce Assorted snails attached "seaweed" fairy moss., Turns red in the fall. I would confine it, when you want to take pictures of your pond it tends to look very messy on the surface, imo. 5 floating plants with lily pad like leaves So did I waste my $4.50? Sounds like you got a steal. The floating plant with lily pad like leaves may be floating heart or white/yellow snowflake, so google for those. How do you plant parrot's feather and water hyacinth? Both float. When I use to have it, I tucked the PF ends under a rock at the edge. I put all of it in a kiddie pool to keep for a while, mostly because I want to get all the snails off. Potassium Permanganate, dark purple, though the seaweed probably can't take but a swish thru it. The rest should be floated in it for an hour or 2. Seems to kill snails, or at least knock them back, doesn't seem to do in the eggs unfortunately. If you have koi in your pond, you won't have snails..... at least IN the pond. ;o) PP gets rid of other nasties that can come on plants. Our state agricultuaral extension service lists all of those plants as noxious weeds That's why I got rid of my PF, everyone was asking for it when they saw mine, plus it doesn't always look that wonderful. The main thing is, be responsible, don't let any of the plants float off into natural waterways. ~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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