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Duck weed and frogs
"Sacha" wrote after... , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote Any chance that frogs and/or tadpoles eat duckweed?! It's taken me years to get rid of the stuff on our pond, had to buy a skimmer (Oase SwimSkim) in the end and that has worked so far. Never seen any of our fish eat it, indeed when they gulp down a mouthful of pellets and accidentally get some Duckweed too they spit it out. Maybe it's not carp that eat it. Thanks, Bob. I'll look that up but probably not to be used until after the tads have hopped it?! We have all sorts in our ponds, some carp, some goldfish, some goodness knows what. All seem happy and are breeding, so something must be right. But the wildlife pond need the skimmer most so I'll look at that once the spawn has hatched. It will need cleaning out at least daily at first, then after it's removed the visible duckweed and other floating stuff you can extend the clean out period. There is always duckweed hiding in places to take over again. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Duck weed and frogs
On 7/3/09 08:13, in article , "Bob Hobden"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote after... , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote Any chance that frogs and/or tadpoles eat duckweed?! It's taken me years to get rid of the stuff on our pond, had to buy a skimmer (Oase SwimSkim) in the end and that has worked so far. Never seen any of our fish eat it, indeed when they gulp down a mouthful of pellets and accidentally get some Duckweed too they spit it out. Maybe it's not carp that eat it. Thanks, Bob. I'll look that up but probably not to be used until after the tads have hopped it?! We have all sorts in our ponds, some carp, some goldfish, some goodness knows what. All seem happy and are breeding, so something must be right. But the wildlife pond need the skimmer most so I'll look at that once the spawn has hatched. It will need cleaning out at least daily at first, then after it's removed the visible duckweed and other floating stuff you can extend the clean out period. There is always duckweed hiding in places to take over again. As far as I can see, one flake of duckweed rapidly becomes thousands. It's terrible stuff for spreading. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online |
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On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Sacha wrote
On 7/3/09 08:13, in article , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote after... , "Bob Hobden" wrote: "Sacha" wrote Any chance that frogs and/or tadpoles eat duckweed?! It's taken me years to get rid of the stuff on our pond, had to buy a skimmer (Oase SwimSkim) in the end and that has worked so far. Never seen any of our fish eat it, indeed when they gulp down a mouthful of pellets and accidentally get some Duckweed too they spit it out. Maybe it's not carp that eat it. Thanks, Bob. I'll look that up but probably not to be used until after the tads have hopped it?! We have all sorts in our ponds, some carp, some goldfish, some goodness knows what. All seem happy and are breeding, so something must be right. But the wildlife pond need the skimmer most so I'll look at that once the spawn has hatched. It will need cleaning out at least daily at first, then after it's removed the visible duckweed and other floating stuff you can extend the clean out period. There is always duckweed hiding in places to take over again. As far as I can see, one flake of duckweed rapidly becomes thousands. It's terrible stuff for spreading. We're stumped then, because we could only clear it when we are in France, which is three or four times a year. I see the problem has even made it to today's Grauniad. But they have nothing much to say and no easy solution either: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...d-gardens-lia- leendertze -- Kate B PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne dot org dot uk if you want to reply personally |
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Duck weed and frogs
On 7/3/09 16:06, in article , "Kate
Brown" wrote: On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Sacha wrote snip As far as I can see, one flake of duckweed rapidly becomes thousands. It's terrible stuff for spreading. We're stumped then, because we could only clear it when we are in France, which is three or four times a year. I see the problem has even made it to today's Grauniad. But they have nothing much to say and no easy solution either: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...d-gardens-lia- leendertze Thanks, Kate. That article made me feel a bit better because it does imply that it has a couple of benefits! ;-) There's a strong wind blowing today, so perhaps this will be my chance to gather up any that blows into a corner. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online |
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