Oh yes indeed, Kathy - I have a wonderful veggie filter. It is crammed
full of WH,
water celery and huge yellow iris. Winter care is basically just remove the
WH after the first frost.
Irises stay in the filter as does the water celery. They (iris) need to be
divided this year for sure.
I keep the filter
full of water all winter long. It does get iced up and an air stone keeps a
nice sized hole
open. This year I'll probably vac it out. I'm sure it needs it. Can't
think of anything else
I do.

Nedra

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Nedra, I can't remember but do you run a veggie filter? And if you do what
kinds of plants to you use in it? What winter care do you give it?

kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

I just looked up the zone map and boy oh boy am I ever wrong. We have a zone
4 up around
northern Missouri - then, zone 5 cuts in and is south - way south of
Highway 70. Anyway Zone
6 is the lower portion of the state... then zone 7 is the bottom most. If
you want to see this here's
what I do... just Google Zone Map. lololol - sorry I don't have the link.

Nedra

"Nedra" wrote in message
ink.net...
Hi Kathy and Dave ....
It's me - Nedra. I live a bit south of St. Louis but I'm somewhat
familiar
with outstate Missouri.
My zone here is 6 - I think Dave may be zone 5 or zone 6... depending ;-)
The Zone maps cut the state in two - Basically along Highway 70.
The bootheel it so far south it is in zone 7.
HTH

Nedra

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote Thanks Kathy.....I live in central Missouri whatever zone
that is


I paged Nedra in the header, she lives in Missouri. I tend to think of
Missouri
as part of the steamy south but from reading Nedra's posts over the
years
I was
surprised to find it can get rather wintery!
Water hyacinth is a great veggie filter plant because of its nice long
roots,
they gather up muck and use up the nutrients.
You can find out if they are illegal in your state by searching
'Missouri, noxious aquatic plants'. What states are concerned about is
ponders
dumping their excess plants in natural waterways or ponders who live on
a
floodplain and their plants all get washed away.
Other good filter plants are water celery, watercress, water mint.
Others
will
chime in.

Hi Dave,
Some of your questions' answers will be better answered if we knew
what
area of
the country you live in and what your garden zone is.

Here in zone 7, SE WA, arid, I'd plant moss in the spring and I use
water
hyacinth in my veggie filter and watercress in my waterfall.
Some plants are actively discouraged and outright illegal in some
parts
of
the
country (SE USA and water hyacinth come to mind).
In the winter I don't heat my pond. I usually use an air pump and
bubbler
to
keep a hole open in the ice or a stock tank heater.



kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

I just looked up the zone map and boy oh boy am I ever wrong. We have a zone
4 up around
northern Missouri - then, zone 5 cuts in and is south - way south of
Highway 70. Anyway Zone
6 is the lower portion of the state... then zone 7 is the bottom most. If
you want to see this here's
what I do... just Google Zone Map. lololol - sorry I don't have the link.

Nedra

"Nedra" wrote in message
ink.net...
Hi Kathy and Dave ....
It's me - Nedra. I live a bit south of St. Louis but I'm somewhat
familiar
with outstate Missouri.
My zone here is 6 - I think Dave may be zone 5 or zone 6... depending ;-)
The Zone maps cut the state in two - Basically along Highway 70.
The bootheel it so far south it is in zone 7.
HTH

Nedra

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote Thanks Kathy.....I live in central Missouri whatever zone
that is


I paged Nedra in the header, she lives in Missouri. I tend to think of
Missouri
as part of the steamy south but from reading Nedra's posts over the
years
I was
surprised to find it can get rather wintery!
Water hyacinth is a great veggie filter plant because of its nice long
roots,
they gather up muck and use up the nutrients.
You can find out if they are illegal in your state by searching
'Missouri, noxious aquatic plants'. What states are concerned about is
ponders
dumping their excess plants in natural waterways or ponders who live on
a
floodplain and their plants all get washed away.
Other good filter plants are water celery, watercress, water mint.
Others
will
chime in.

Hi Dave,
Some of your questions' answers will be better answered if we knew
what
area of
the country you live in and what your garden zone is.

Here in zone 7, SE WA, arid, I'd plant moss in the spring and I use
water
hyacinth in my veggie filter and watercress in my waterfall.
Some plants are actively discouraged and outright illegal in some
parts
of
the
country (SE USA and water hyacinth come to mind).
In the winter I don't heat my pond. I usually use an air pump and
bubbler
to
keep a hole open in the ice or a stock tank heater.



kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

Thanks Nedra, that's a great answer
for the original poster's question.
Surprising that you all have a zone 4!
Never thought of Missouri being that
cold!


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:21:04 GMT, "Wilson"
wrote:

Setting up my pond right now

My pond will have a small top pond
acting as a veggie filter....what is the best plant for that? (no fish in top pond)

Hah! That's what they all say. I have at least three fry in there
right now. I wonder if they rode the filter pump (Definite E ticket!)
or if fertile eggs got pumped up there?
--
Crashj
--
Crashj

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:21:04 GMT, "Wilson"
wrote:

Setting up my pond right now

My pond will have a small top pond
acting as a veggie filter....what is the best plant for that? (no fish in top pond)

Hah! That's what they all say. I have at least three fry in there
right now. I wonder if they rode the filter pump (Definite E ticket!)
or if fertile eggs got pumped up there?
--
Crashj
--
Crashj

On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 04:21:04 GMT, "Wilson"
wrote:

Setting up my pond right now

My pond will have a small top pond
acting as a veggie filter....what is the best plant for that? (no fish in top pond)

Hah! That's what they all say. I have at least three fry in there
right now. I wonder if they rode the filter pump (Definite E ticket!)
or if fertile eggs got pumped up there?
--
Crashj
--
Crashj