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This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and
struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk Not surprisingly ducks do! My mum bought herself 4 and they lived on an island on her pond, did a grand job of eradicating Duckweed and also the lawns and flower beds, now rehomed she has decided to live with the duck weed! That's the trouble with bio control, sometimes you are reminded of that song " There was an old woman who swallowed a fly"!! -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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On 10/05/2013 12:43, Charlie Pridham wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk Not surprisingly ducks do! My mum bought herself 4 and they lived on an island on her pond, did a grand job of eradicating Duckweed and also the lawns and flower beds, now rehomed she has decided to live with the duck weed! That's the trouble with bio control, sometimes you are reminded of that song " There was an old woman who swallowed a fly"!! I just *hate* the bit where she swallows a spider :~/ -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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On 10/05/2013 12:29, Sacha wrote:
This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html Hi Sacha, Before I go much further I have to declare an interest in this product. Please may I ask, out of professional interest, how did you find this product? Did you find it searching the web or via other means? Thank you! -- Wendy Tinley SE Sheffield 4 miles west of junction 30 M1 |
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On May 10, 12:43*pm, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message ... This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk Not surprisingly ducks do! My mum bought herself 4 and they lived on an island on her pond, did a grand job of eradicating Duckweed and also the lawns and flower beds, now rehomed she has decided to live with the duck weed! That's the trouble with bio control, sometimes you are reminded of that song " There was an old woman who swallowed a fly"!! -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvshttp://www.roselandhouse.co.uk We used to have miniature ducks in the garden. They kept the pond clean and ate all the slugs and didn't damage the lawn. Once they had gone the lawn was covered in white slugs every morning. Jonathan |
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"Sacha" wrote ... This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html I think they use Dyofix Pond Black or something similar in Cow Pond in the Great Park Windsor, it's a large lily pond (lake) and the black water really sets off the waterlilies which cover it. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK |
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On 2013-05-10 12:43:30 +0100, Charlie Pridham said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk Not surprisingly ducks do! My mum bought herself 4 and they lived on an island on her pond, did a grand job of eradicating Duckweed and also the lawns and flower beds, now rehomed she has decided to live with the duck weed! That's the trouble with bio control, sometimes you are reminded of that song " There was an old woman who swallowed a fly"!! We had Call ducks on the 'wildlife pond' who took off, never to be seen again. If I suggested ducks to Ray now....well!! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-05-10 13:36:12 +0100, Wendy Tinley said:
On 10/05/2013 12:29, Sacha wrote: This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html Hi Sacha, Before I go much further I have to declare an interest in this product. Please may I ask, out of professional interest, how did you find this product? Did you find it searching the web or via other means? Thank you! It was mentioned on Twitter, possibly by someone who uses the dye for a reflective pool. Can you tell us if any of the products have an effect on duckweed? Quite apart from that particular pest, people here often post about cloudiness or weed in their ponds. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 2013-05-10 18:11:33 +0100, Bob Hobden said:
"Sacha" wrote ... This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html I think they use Dyofix Pond Black or something similar in Cow Pond in the Great Park Windsor, it's a large lily pond (lake) and the black water really sets off the waterlilies which cover it. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK The person I saw writing about it has a reflective pool and uses it for that. The range is interesting. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On Fri, 10 May 2013 18:11:33 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote ... This may be interesting to those who have algae in their ponds and struggle to contain it. I've only just heard of it and it's nothing to do with us! Unfortunately, it doesn't look as if it controls duckweed! http://www.dyofix.co.uk/index.html I think they use Dyofix Pond Black or something similar in Cow Pond in the Great Park Windsor, it's a large lily pond (lake) and the black water really sets off the waterlilies which cover it. End of 2011 information was posted around the New Forest area that if residents and visitors came across black coloured ponds they shouldn't be too concerned. This was in connection with controlling Pygmyweed. This is a link to an article on the Hampshire Wildlife Trust site which described it. http://www.hiwwt.org.uk/news.php/545...ng-ponds-black No mention of a commercial brand, just that was a food dye. G.Harman |
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On 10/05/2013 18:47, Sacha wrote:
Hi Sacha, Before I go much further I have to declare an interest in this product. Please may I ask, out of professional interest, how did you find this product? Did you find it searching the web or via other means? Thank you! It was mentioned on Twitter, possibly by someone who uses the dye for a reflective pool. Can you tell us if any of the products have an effect on duckweed? Quite apart from that particular pest, people here often post about cloudiness or weed in their ponds. Hi Sacha, I've forwarded the discussion to one of the directors, Peter Watson. He's not replied so he could be on holiday. He's a really approachable man and will give info about the product. My interest is that I'm a supplier to their company, not that I work for them. Best regards, -- Wendy Tinley SE Sheffield 4 miles west of junction 30 M1 |
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On 2013-05-13 13:47:16 +0100, Wendy Tinley said:
On 10/05/2013 18:47, Sacha wrote: Hi Sacha, Before I go much further I have to declare an interest in this product. Please may I ask, out of professional interest, how did you find this product? Did you find it searching the web or via other means? Thank you! It was mentioned on Twitter, possibly by someone who uses the dye for a reflective pool. Can you tell us if any of the products have an effect on duckweed? Quite apart from that particular pest, people here often post about cloudiness or weed in their ponds. Hi Sacha, I've forwarded the discussion to one of the directors, Peter Watson. He's not replied so he could be on holiday. He's a really approachable man and will give info about the product. My interest is that I'm a supplier to their company, not that I work for them. Best regards Thanks, Wendy. If it has an effect on the dreaded duckweed, we'll certainly be customers and I'm sure there would be a few others, too! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 13/05/2013 16:00, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-05-13 13:47:16 +0100, Wendy Tinley said: On 10/05/2013 18:47, Sacha wrote: It was mentioned on Twitter, possibly by someone who uses the dye for a reflective pool. Can you tell us if any of the products have an effect on duckweed? Quite apart from that particular pest, people here often post about cloudiness or weed in their ponds. Hi Sacha, I've forwarded the discussion to one of the directors, Peter Watson. He's not replied so he could be on holiday. He's a really approachable man and will give info about the product. My interest is that I'm a supplier to their company, not that I work for them. Best regards Thanks, Wendy. If it has an effect on the dreaded duckweed, we'll certainly be customers and I'm sure there would be a few others, too! Hi Sacha, Received a reply to day from Peter Watson. In answer to your query about duckweed; Peter wrote: -------------------- 'Duckweed winters at the bottom of ponds and only grows when enough sunlight is available for photosynthesis to occur. Using DyoFix from early springtime will prevent a lot of light reaching the wintering weeds and may prevent growth.' 'As duckweed is a free floating weed, once it has reached the surface DyoFix cannot prevent growth. The only remedy is manual removal once it has floated to the top.' ------------------------- There is a letter from a customer on their website that mentions duckweed. (http://www.dyofix.co.uk/pond-blue-news.html) The customer wrote: (funny penultimate paragraph about his Labrador! :) -------------------- Having moved into an old cottage a couple of years ago the time came to deal with the vile smelling 30m x 30m x 5m natural pond! Said pond had just about every type of algae you could possibly imagine and as an added bonus had a faulty septic tank discharging untreated liquid into it for 5 years previously. It doesn't take much imagination to visualise this green, stinking nightmare. Anyway, we replaced the septic tank, cleared the algae manually from a dinghy and then with great scepticism put the barley straw boom across the pond. Unbelievably 2 months later the pond was clear. The problem now was to keep it clear, enter Dyofix Pond Blue. Having been around for several decades and bought umpteen products that promise the earth and deliver nothing I chucked the appropriate quantity of concentrate into the pond and looked forward to the return of the duckweed and algae. Guess what, this product really does work, the pond looks absolutely brilliant, clean, clear, slightly blue and has nothing growing on it apart from ducks and moorhens! Fantastic product would seriously recommend it and will be purchasing some more shortly. Just as an added bonus the staff are friendly and helpful, another rarity these days. The only drawback and this was my fault, was not keeping the dog out of the way when dispensing the concentrate and so had a slightly blue Labrador for a couple of days until we took him to the seaside! In sixty years I have never written this sort of letter to any company so you can see how pleased I am with the product. -------------------------------------------------- So the answer seems to be to manually clear the duckweed and then use Dyofix Pond Blue/Black/Shadow to inhibit growth by stopping the components of sunlight feeding new growth. Do call them for more information on 0113 256 4251 if you need it - I just design their website. :) Hope that helps! -- Wendy Tinley SE Sheffield 4 miles west of junction 30 M1 |
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"Wendy Tinley" wrote in message
... On 13/05/2013 16:00, Sacha wrote: On 2013-05-13 13:47:16 +0100, Wendy Tinley said: On 10/05/2013 18:47, Sacha wrote: It was mentioned on Twitter, possibly by someone who uses the dye for a reflective pool. Can you tell us if any of the products have an effect on duckweed? Quite apart from that particular pest, people here often post about cloudiness or weed in their ponds. Hi Sacha, I've forwarded the discussion to one of the directors, Peter Watson. He's not replied so he could be on holiday. He's a really approachable man and will give info about the product. My interest is that I'm a supplier to their company, not that I work for them. Best regards Thanks, Wendy. If it has an effect on the dreaded duckweed, we'll certainly be customers and I'm sure there would be a few others, too! Hi Sacha, Received a reply to day from Peter Watson. In answer to your query about duckweed; Peter wrote: -------------------- 'Duckweed winters at the bottom of ponds and only grows when enough sunlight is available for photosynthesis to occur. Using DyoFix from early springtime will prevent a lot of light reaching the wintering weeds and may prevent growth.' 'As duckweed is a free floating weed, once it has reached the surface DyoFix cannot prevent growth. The only remedy is manual removal once it has floated to the top.' ------------------------- There is a letter from a customer on their website that mentions duckweed. (http://www.dyofix.co.uk/pond-blue-news.html) The only way to eradicate Duckweed is with one of these products that skim off any floating debris. Even so it will take some time to complete the job as the duckweed gets caught in other plants but you would notice a difference within a very short period. You would also have to clear out the captured duckweed quite often. especially at first, after that once a day is OK. Clearing the surface of the pond of all floating debris makes a huge difference to the look of a pond. http://www.pondpumpsdirect.com/Oase-...s/c-1-324-330/ -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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The only way to eradicate Duckweed is with one of these products that skim off any floating debris. Even so it will take some time to complete the job as the duckweed gets caught in other plants but you would notice a difference within a very short period. You would also have to clear out the captured duckweed quite often. especially at first, after that once a day is OK. Clearing the surface of the pond of all floating debris makes a huge difference to the look of a pond. http://www.pondpumpsdirect.com/Oase-...s/c-1-324-330/ But if you cook the stuff and find you like it then it will dissapera over night. Sods Law Try googling for Duckweed cooking |
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