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The Mud Pond
Yep its a new fish and ponding forum thats off to a good start and has
some very knowledgeable folks . Just stop on by and have a look see.......and no its not just about mud type ponds....... http://bigcheeseburger.com/forum/index.php ============================================== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked! |
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A perc test or percolation test is to test for draining ability nmot
water holding ability, even though a bad perc test may indicate the ability to hold water..Whata you need to do is get several soil samples from various depths and in the area your wanting to dig this pond. Use a post hole digger or pipe to get plugs, and then bag em up and have em tested by a soils lab for permeability......The closer you get to the actual depth your wanting for the pond the better........Even if its bad on the permeability scale of holding water yu can improve it greatly with an almost guarantee of it holding water with the addition of volclay ( sodium bentonite), which is dirt cheap to buy. The soils test will show you how much bentonite will need to be added to the existing soil to make it worth of holding water. Another thing is the water table, if its in the height of your ponds water, if it drops so can your ponds level...... ============================================== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked! ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ }(((((o |
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