Pickeral Weed

[BenignVanilla]

So this year someone, actually two someones, gave me some pickerel weed.
First of all, I love it. It's an awesome hearty plant. Last weekend, the
wife and I were cleaning up the pond, pruning, etc. When I pulled the
pickeral weed up, we found that it was massively overgrowing the container.
Once we got done cleaning, I was tired and just tossed the whole plant into
the pond on a shelf. Anyone ever done this? No pot...just raw plant sitting
in the pond?

BV.

[jammer]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 23:07:43 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
> wrote:

>So this year someone, actually two someones, gave me some pickerel weed.
>First of all, I love it. It's an awesome hearty plant. Last weekend, the
>wife and I were cleaning up the pond, pruning, etc. When I pulled the
>pickeral weed up, we found that it was massively overgrowing the container.
>Once we got done cleaning, I was tired and just tossed the whole plant into
>the pond on a shelf. Anyone ever done this? No pot...just raw plant sitting
>in the pond?
>
>BV.

I have creeping primrose tied with string and tied to a brick. You can
watch it grow, just about.... I also have bare root taro stuck in
another brick...grows fine. I also have parrot feather done as the
creeping primrose is and it grows like mad until the primrose chokes
it out.

[~ Windsong ~]

"BenignVanilla" > wrote in message
...
> So this year someone, actually two someones, gave me some pickerel weed.
> First of all, I love it. It's an awesome hearty plant. Last weekend, the
> wife and I were cleaning up the pond, pruning, etc. When I pulled the
> pickeral weed up, we found that it was massively overgrowing the
container.
> Once we got done cleaning, I was tired and just tossed the whole plant
into
> the pond on a shelf. Anyone ever done this? No pot...just raw plant
sitting
> in the pond?
==============
Yes. It rooted into some spilled gravel the koi dumped on the shelf and
thrived. :^)
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[joe]

Boy BV, you are brave. Pickeral weed has to be one of the more invasive
plants I've used. I guess if there was no way it could root in rock or
gravel you could control it.

Joe


BenignVanilla wrote:

> So this year someone, actually two someones, gave me some pickerel weed.
> First of all, I love it. It's an awesome hearty plant. Last weekend, the
> wife and I were cleaning up the pond, pruning, etc. When I pulled the
> pickeral weed up, we found that it was massively overgrowing the container.
> Once we got done cleaning, I was tired and just tossed the whole plant into
> the pond on a shelf. Anyone ever done this? No pot...just raw plant sitting
> in the pond?



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[Chagoi]

BenignVanilla wrote:
> So this year someone, actually two someones, gave me some pickerel weed.
> First of all, I love it. It's an awesome hearty plant. Last weekend, the
> wife and I were cleaning up the pond, pruning, etc. When I pulled the
> pickeral weed up, we found that it was massively overgrowing the container.
> Once we got done cleaning, I was tired and just tossed the whole plant into
> the pond on a shelf. Anyone ever done this? No pot...just raw plant sitting
> in the pond?
>
> BV.

Hey BV

I've got a picture of you next year with your PW.

http://www.ourkoipond.com/BV.htm

Remember this is a picture of what MIGHT BE (a ghost of pondtime
future?). Thus it hazyness.
(actually MS Photodraw does not treat any picture format other than it's
own .mix, favorably.)


Chagoi

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

LOL! Yes, that looks about right.

IMO, anything that can outgrow it's pot in one season shouldn't be turned
loose in the pond, a better pot (higher sides) is in order. ;o) ~ jan

>On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 15:10:51 -0500, Chagoi > wrote:

>Hey BV
>I've got a picture of you next year with your PW.
>
>http://www.ourkoipond.com/BV.htm

See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Defrosted~
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[BenignVanilla]

"Chagoi" > wrote in message
...
> BenignVanilla wrote:
> > So this year someone, actually two someones, gave me some pickerel weed.
> > First of all, I love it. It's an awesome hearty plant. Last weekend, the
> > wife and I were cleaning up the pond, pruning, etc. When I pulled the
> > pickeral weed up, we found that it was massively overgrowing the
container.
> > Once we got done cleaning, I was tired and just tossed the whole plant
into
> > the pond on a shelf. Anyone ever done this? No pot...just raw plant
sitting
> > in the pond?
> >
> > BV.
>
> Hey BV
>
> I've got a picture of you next year with your PW.
>
> http://www.ourkoipond.com/BV.htm
<snip>

OK, so come spring time, I am diving in to get that out.

BV.