Hyacinth Experiment

After reading many ways to try and keep Water Hyacinth over winter I tried
the following:

1. Placed a plant in a quart jar in a sunny window. Kept water topped up.

2. Placed a plant in a floating tub under grow lights from 7am to 11pm.

3. Placed a plant in a net bag and sunk to the bottom of the pond. 4 feet.

Result. - They all died.

Too bad.

Heather

I tried to keep some alive in a small tank
in a south facing window, all I got was a lot
of algee.

BUT, Joe a member of the pons NG sent
me a box FULL of Hyacinths that arrived
today, it was like Christmas in April.
There were three gallon size zip lock bags
crammed full of plants.
Assuming they all live, I won't need to buy
any more.

THANKS JOE ! ! !

Ron


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C.R."Ron"Lawrence KC4YOY
Antique Radio Collector & Historian
NCI-5445

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You're welcome. Next spring I plan to be more on the ball. In San Diego the
hyacinth don't die over winter in my pond; they just get ratty looking.
Anyway, earlier in the year as I was cleaning up the pond I threw out a few
trash bags of hyacinth. Didn't even enter my little tiny pea brain that
someone else might want them.


Joe


On 4/28/04 3:41 PM, "Ron, KC4YOY" wrote:

BUT, Joe a member of the pons NG sent
me a box FULL of Hyacinths that arrived
today, it was like Christmas in April.
There were three gallon size zip lock bags
crammed full of plants.
Assuming they all live, I won't need to buy
any more.

THANKS JOE ! ! !



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You're welcome. Next spring I plan to be more on the ball. In San Diego the
hyacinth don't die over winter in my pond; they just get ratty looking.
Anyway, earlier in the year as I was cleaning up the pond I threw out a few
trash bags of hyacinth. Didn't even enter my little tiny pea brain that
someone else might want them.


Joe


On 4/28/04 3:41 PM, "Ron, KC4YOY" wrote:

BUT, Joe a member of the pons NG sent
me a box FULL of Hyacinths that arrived
today, it was like Christmas in April.
There were three gallon size zip lock bags
crammed full of plants.
Assuming they all live, I won't need to buy
any more.

THANKS JOE ! ! !



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I tried to keep some alive in a small tank
in a south facing window, all I got was a lot
of algee.

BUT, Joe a member of the pons NG sent
me a box FULL of Hyacinths that arrived
today, it was like Christmas in April.
There were three gallon size zip lock bags
crammed full of plants.
Assuming they all live, I won't need to buy
any more.

THANKS JOE ! ! !

Ron


-------------------------------------------------
C.R."Ron"Lawrence KC4YOY
Antique Radio Collector & Historian
NCI-5445

POBox 3015
Matthews, NC 28106-3015
704-289-1166 (home)

Radio Collection Web Page,
http://www.radioheaven.homestead.com
Clough-Brengle equipment web page
http://CloughBrengle.homestead.com
CC-AWA Web Page,
http://www.cc-awa.org

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:47:36 -0400, "Heather"
wrote:

After reading many ways to try and keep Water Hyacinth over winter I tried
the following:

1. Placed a plant in a quart jar in a sunny window. Kept water topped up.

2. Placed a plant in a floating tub under grow lights from 7am to 11pm.

3. Placed a plant in a net bag and sunk to the bottom of the pond. 4 feet.

Result. - They all died.

Too bad.

Heather





I kept some alive in an sweater box setting in a south-west facing
window. I had an aquarium heater, and covered the top with plastic
blister wrap.

The ones in the pond survived in better shape, tho.


--

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:47:36 -0400, "Heather"
wrote:

After reading many ways to try and keep Water Hyacinth over winter I tried
the following:

1. Placed a plant in a quart jar in a sunny window. Kept water topped up.

2. Placed a plant in a floating tub under grow lights from 7am to 11pm.

3. Placed a plant in a net bag and sunk to the bottom of the pond. 4 feet.

Result. - They all died.

Too bad.

Heather





I kept some alive in an sweater box setting in a south-west facing
window. I had an aquarium heater, and covered the top with plastic
blister wrap.

The ones in the pond survived in better shape, tho.


--

- Charles
-
-does not play well with others

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:47:36 -0400, "Heather"
wrote:

After reading many ways to try and keep Water Hyacinth over winter I
tried
the following:

1. Placed a plant in a quart jar in a sunny window. Kept water
topped up.

2. Placed a plant in a floating tub under grow lights from 7am to
11pm.

3. Placed a plant in a net bag and sunk to the bottom of the pond.
4 feet.

Result. - They all died.

Too bad.

Heather

LOL... When you sink them, if any of it is green, tear off the dead
parts and let it be. I sunk three and kept one tiny piece of one plant
and it is taking off.

Or, just go buy new ones

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:47:36 -0400, "Heather"
wrote:

After reading many ways to try and keep Water Hyacinth over winter I
tried
the following:

1. Placed a plant in a quart jar in a sunny window. Kept water
topped up.

2. Placed a plant in a floating tub under grow lights from 7am to
11pm.

3. Placed a plant in a net bag and sunk to the bottom of the pond.
4 feet.

Result. - They all died.

Too bad.

Heather

LOL... When you sink them, if any of it is green, tear off the dead
parts and let it be. I sunk three and kept one tiny piece of one plant
and it is taking off.

Or, just go buy new ones

"Heather" wrote in message
...
After reading many ways to try and keep Water Hyacinth over winter I tried
the following:
Result. - They all died.
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They're hard to keep over the winter but I have been successful. The best
way I found :

They need a very sunny window and algae kept off their roots by using
something the sun doesn't shine through. I wrapped aluminum foil around a
wide mouth old gallon pickle jar. This also keeps the water from getting
too warm. They need FERTILIZER all winter, but only enough to keep a
healthy green color. They need to be DEBUGGED constantly as they're mite
magnets. The mites suck the life out of them.

In my opinion... they're not worth the bother.
--
Carol....
"A closed mouth gathers no feet."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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