Getting plants from natural ponds

Would it be safe to pull lilypads, grasses etc from wild ponds or could
that introduce diseases etc?

I wouldn't do it. Especially if you have Koi. Nothing worse than thinking
you saved $40 in getting the plants free from wild, but then create more
problems for yourself costing in to the hundreds and yet your fish still
die?

Getting plants from most of the folks here maybe safer because we tend to
keep our ponds disease free as much as possible!

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"Michael Shaffer" wrote in message
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Would it be safe to pull lilypads, grasses etc from wild ponds or could
that introduce diseases etc?

If it is on your own property, just clean em up and pot em up. Otherwise leave the
plants alone. Ingrid

Michael Shaffer wrote:

Would it be safe to pull lilypads, grasses etc from wild ponds or could
that introduce diseases etc?



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And never wade in to ponds to collect plants where beavers make their homes.
Giardia limbia, a pathogenic intestinal parasite, can be transmitted or
deposited with the feces of beaver
and
Another health concern, though much less common, is Blastomycosis
dermatitidis (or Gilchrist's Disease). Individuals who have had recent contact
with old beaver lodges and dams may be exposed to blastomycosis, a
pneumonia-like disease that arises from the inhalation of fungal spores into
the lungs. The spore-producing fungi reside in soils, decaying foliage, and
vegetation, but the spores they produce cannot become airborne unless the soil
or decaying material has been disturbed.


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Not only that some areas it is illegal to remove plants from the wild ! hate
to pay a big fine and then still have to buy plants !

Michael Shaffer wrote:
Would it be safe to pull lilypads, grasses etc from wild ponds or could
that introduce diseases etc?


no, since its illegal unless you own the pond. fines
avg.$500.00 per plant across the country. also, if
you grab a protected plant, felony and jail.




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Michael:

I have a friend who owns a huge natural pond filled with four colors of lily
plus other things. Therefore legality is not an issue.

Any plants moved from her pond to mine have done really well. Some Cinnamon
fern brought from our back woods have thrived while a plant purchased at the
garden center was much smaller and died. We have had no problems with our
fish as a result. However since they are mostly feeder comets I don't have
a huge outlay in expense for my fish. Still don't want to loose them.

Heather



"Michael Shaffer" wrote in message
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Would it be safe to pull lilypads, grasses etc from wild ponds or could
that introduce diseases etc?