Water Hyacinth
 

I want to get a good start on my pond this summer. Can anyone tell me at
what temp. it has to be to put in water hyacinth. they worked real well
last summer when i built my pond at keeping the water clear,so I want to
put them in as soon as I can I'm in zone 5. Also I have some frogs when
can I do my spring cleannng so I don't wake them up to soon. thanks


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Water Hyacinth
 

They can in fact survive a light freeze. (Ours do. In fact, we leave them
out all winter...tho the pond does not ice over.) They will sit still til
things begin to warm up seriously. I would wait until near the last frost
to put them out.

We strip the dead leaves off the plants at the start of the year.

Good luck.

Jim
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I want to get a good start on my pond this summer. Can anyone tell me at
what temp. it has to be to put in water hyacinth. they worked real well
last summer when i built my pond at keeping the water clear,so I want to
put them in as soon as I can I'm in zone 5. Also I have some frogs when
can I do my spring cleannng so I don't wake them up to soon. thanks


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Water Hyacinth
 

REBEL JOE wrote:
I want to get a good start on my pond this summer. Can anyone tell me at
what temp. it has to be to put in water hyacinth. they worked real well
last summer when i built my pond at keeping the water clear,so I want to
put them in as soon as I can I'm in zone 5. Also I have some frogs when
can I do my spring cleannng so I don't wake them up to soon. thanks


http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND


Water hyacinth is a tropical plant and you must wait until
there is no chance of frost. I have gotten around that
problem by throwing a piece of plastic over the plants if
there is a frost warning - you must remember to remove the
plastic during the daytime. This way I can put the plants
in as soon as they are available.


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Water Hyacinth
 

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:14:09 -0600, "Phyllis and Jim Hurley"
wrote:

They can in fact survive a light freeze. (Ours do. In fact, we leave them
out all winter...tho the pond does not ice over.) They will sit still til
things begin to warm up seriously. I would wait until near the last frost
to put them out.

We strip the dead leaves off the plants at the start of the year.

Good luck.

Jim

I looked under the screens into my pond today. (zone 7dallas) My
hyacinths are dead and appear to be rotting. I still won't pull them
out because they are tied to something i sank and i don't want to
disturb my fish. (The cold ones who hate my guts about now) But i can
see they are gonzo......on the other hand, my primrose and water
celery (i think) are green and doing fine. When spring really hits, i
am going to be in a panic to find tadpoles and plants.

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Water Hyacinth
 

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:19:13 -0500 (EST), (REBEL
JOE) wrote:

I want to get a good start on my pond this summer. Can anyone tell me at
what temp. it has to be to put in water hyacinth.

You can put them in when the ice thaws, but they don't grow until the
water temperature reaches about 70 degrees. I see no reason to put
them in sooner if they aren't doing a job for you.

Regards,

Hal

Water Hyacinth
 

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 11:19:13 -0500 (EST), (REBEL JOE)
wrote:

I want to get a good start on my pond this summer. Can anyone tell me at
what temp. it has to be to put in water hyacinth. they worked real well
last summer when i built my pond at keeping the water clear,so I want to
put them in as soon as I can I'm in zone 5. Also I have some frogs when
can I do my spring cleannng so I don't wake them up to soon. thanks

In Zone 7a we wait till April, and then like Bonnie, cover with plastic as
needed. Though they can take frost I bet that's when they've been harden
off some, not when they've just arrived from sunny S.Ca. I know here those
who didn't protect them, if they didn't die out right, set them back. ~ jan

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