Anyone here use a liquid fertilizer in there pond?

What ? I have a recipe that works for my 300 gallons of aquarium water. I am
going to give it a try the pond and see how it does.
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 18:55:55 -0500, "Mickey" wrote:

I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

You can make your own with Muriate of Potash. ~ jan

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I just throw in one of those large plant spikes for evergreens. It is close
to water plant fertilizer that costs more. For potted plants I use the
small spikes for tomatoes....

"Mickey" wrote in message
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I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

I just throw in one of those large plant spikes for evergreens. It is close
to water plant fertilizer that costs more. For potted plants I use the
small spikes for tomatoes....

"Mickey" wrote in message
...
I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

No thank you. If there are any phosphate in there you are asking for an
algae bloom. The liquid stuff I make has nitrates, potassium, calcium, and
iron my aquarium plants love it and has not killed my fish.

"Ted" wrote in message
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I just throw in one of those large plant spikes for evergreens. It is
close
to water plant fertilizer that costs more. For potted plants I use the
small spikes for tomatoes....

"Mickey" wrote in message
...
I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the
plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

No thank you. If there are any phosphate in there you are asking for an
algae bloom. The liquid stuff I make has nitrates, potassium, calcium, and
iron my aquarium plants love it and has not killed my fish.

"Ted" wrote in message
...
I just throw in one of those large plant spikes for evergreens. It is
close
to water plant fertilizer that costs more. For potted plants I use the
small spikes for tomatoes....

"Mickey" wrote in message
...
I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ? My water
lettuce does not seem to be growing like expected. I also have a few
pieces
of duckweed that have not taken off to multiply into
3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so I figure something is missing the
plants
need. I guess I could pull out the test kits I use for the aquariums and
check it out.

"Mickey" writes:

I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ?

I just throw the dry ingredients into the filter and let the pond
mix it ;-)

I use potassium chloride, chelated iron and epsom salts.

"Mickey" writes:

I have the dry ingredients and make liquid fertilizer for my planted
aquariums. Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ?

I just throw the dry ingredients into the filter and let the pond
mix it ;-)

I use potassium chloride, chelated iron and epsom salts.

Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ?

I use granular potash and plant tabs. I sometimes pour water with
Miracle Grow in my perimeter plants. Doing this can cause algae
bloom, if done in excess.

Jim
Zone 8a - Dallas, Texas
Pond, Veggie Filter, Pond Maintenance & Pond Tour Pics:
http://community.webshots.com/user/dallas75248

Does anyone use liquid fertilizer for their ponds ?

I use granular potash and plant tabs. I sometimes pour water with
Miracle Grow in my perimeter plants. Doing this can cause algae
bloom, if done in excess.

Jim
Zone 8a - Dallas, Texas
Pond, Veggie Filter, Pond Maintenance & Pond Tour Pics:
http://community.webshots.com/user/dallas75248