Water Hyacinth (Part 2)

FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18
inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before...

Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the
nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80
gallons of pond...) The algae does make a really nice mulch around the
plants around the pond, though...

--Bryan (who's doing his part in keeping the pond-posts in the pond
group... )


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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:12:16 GMT, BB
wrote:

FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18
inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before...

Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the
nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80
gallons of pond...) The algae does make a really nice mulch around the
plants around the pond, though...

--Bryan (who's doing his part in keeping the pond-posts in the pond
group... )


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"BB" wrote in message
. 125.201...
FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18
inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before...

Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the
nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80
gallons of pond...) The algae does make a really nice mulch around the
plants around the pond, though...

--Bryan (who's doing his part in keeping the pond-posts in the pond
group... )
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They will start immediately. As for starving out the algae, that would
mainly depend on how nutrient rich your little pond is when you add them.
Do a few 30 to 50% water changes to make it easier and faster for the WH to
remove what's produced by the critters, and to soak up whatever nutrients
are left.

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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:05:00 -0500, "Koi-Lo" ¤?¤@ö½.Õ..Õ¢ wrote:

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"BB" wrote in message
.125.201...
FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18
inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before...

Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the
nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80
gallons of pond...) The algae does make a really nice mulch around the
plants around the pond, though...

--Bryan (who's doing his part in keeping the pond-posts in the pond
group... )
===========================================
They will start immediately. As for starving out the algae, that would
mainly depend on how nutrient rich your little pond is when you add them.
Do a few 30 to 50% water changes to make it easier and faster for the WH to
remove what's produced by the critters, and to soak up whatever nutrients
are left.


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"BB" wrote in message
. 125.201...
FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18
inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before...

Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the
nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80
gallons of pond...) The algae does make a really nice mulch around the
plants around the pond, though...

I've never seen them that big, you must live in a warmer climate. You don't
mention how much coverage you have, but at 18", one plant should just about
do your whole pond. Mine are doing quite well, I've had to add nutrients
twice already. Mine suck about 10 ppm of Nitrate out of the pond (500 g) in
about a week. I had a terrible problem finding them last year too, so the
Algae got a head start. I kept some inside this winter and had to throw out
a few buckets recently.

I had a terrible probelm with String Algae last summer, it was practically
September before I got it under control. The Algae was sucking all the
nutrients out of the water and the WH were sickly. Once I started adding
nutrients the WH slowly recovered and covered the surface. I don't suggest
you add nutrients, unless you know where your water quality is. The shade
the WH provide is probably just as big a factor as the nutrients they
remove.

Do your roots look healthy? If not, the limiting nutrient will affect the
ability of your WH to remove Nitrtates/Phosphates.

Dumbass probably does not even have WH.......probably TARO or a clump
of frogbit
........it does not even get close to that size in the hot southern
states.


On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:23:10 -0400, "Bill Stock"
wrote:


"BB" wrote in message
.125.201...
FINALLY got my hands on some WH a bit ago. Darn things are a good 18
inches across!! I ain't never seen 'em that big before...

Anyway, how long before the three I got start really sucking up the
nutrients that are currently feeding my algae? (It's only about 70-80
gallons of pond...) The algae does make a really nice mulch around the
plants around the pond, though...

I've never seen them that big, you must live in a warmer climate. You don't
mention how much coverage you have, but at 18", one plant should just about
do your whole pond. Mine are doing quite well, I've had to add nutrients
twice already. Mine suck about 10 ppm of Nitrate out of the pond (500 g) in
about a week. I had a terrible problem finding them last year too, so the
Algae got a head start. I kept some inside this winter and had to throw out
a few buckets recently.

I had a terrible probelm with String Algae last summer, it was practically
September before I got it under control. The Algae was sucking all the
nutrients out of the water and the WH were sickly. Once I started adding
nutrients the WH slowly recovered and covered the surface. I don't suggest
you add nutrients, unless you know where your water quality is. The shade
the WH provide is probably just as big a factor as the nutrients they
remove.

Do your roots look healthy? If not, the limiting nutrient will affect the
ability of your WH to remove Nitrtates/Phosphates.



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Hi..

I've never seen them that big, you must live in a warmer
climate.

Mine died in spring: I suppose it was too cold outdoors.

But I've never seen a 18" WH, too.

I had a terrible probelm with String Algae last summer, it
was practically September before I got it under control.
The Algae was sucking all the nutrients out of the water
and the WH were sickly. Once I started adding nutrients
the WH slowly recovered and covered the surface.

Had similar trouble with water lettuce. In may I cleaned and
refilled one summer pond with a mixture of tap water and
rain water. The water lettuce I had troublesome
overwintered at the souterrain window didn't start growing
and were in danger to die while the hair algae multiplied.
But some flower fertiliser saved that critical situation..
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Marco

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:26:42 +0200, Marco Schwarz wrote:

But I've never seen a 18" WH, too.

If it is crowded it will easily grow up rather than out. I'm wondering if
that is why BB's is so large. Leggy, rather than an 18" clump? ~ jan
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~ janj wrote in
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But I've never seen a 18" WH, too.

If it is crowded it will easily grow up rather than out. I'm wondering
if that is why BB's is so large. Leggy, rather than an 18" clump? ~

They're leggy. The little bulbs at the base of the leaves are *REALLY*
stretched out and the leaves themselves are pretty darn big, too. A little
smaller than my fist. (Of course, since you don't know how bit my fist is,
that's a useless measurement. ) Each WH plant has only about 5-6
leaves on it. With another on the way, I might add.

--Bryan (who now wants a bigger pond and almost got a free, used hot tub
offa Craig's list for it....)


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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:52:53 GMT, BB
wrote:

~ janj wrote in
:

But I've never seen a 18" WH, too.

If it is crowded it will easily grow up rather than out. I'm wondering
if that is why BB's is so large. Leggy, rather than an 18" clump? ~

They're leggy. The little bulbs at the base of the leaves are *REALLY*
stretched out and the leaves themselves are pretty darn big, too. A little
smaller than my fist. (Of course, since you don't know how bit my fist is,
that's a useless measurement. ) Each WH plant has only about 5-6
leaves on it. With another on the way, I might add.

--Bryan (who now wants a bigger pond and almost got a free, used hot tub
offa Craig's list for it....)


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