To Duckweed or not to Duckweed

I beg to differ! My ponds are over ran by duckweed! Impossible to see the
pond and the fish. Yes I have some big Koi, and some little ones. But the
duckweed won that war!

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"rob" wrote in message
rs.com...
I have duck weed in the pond and settling pool. It is growing well with
the
cool weather and provides a great dietary supplement for the Koi and
painted
turtles. Koi are like goats .... nothing can possibly grow too much
They keep eating the roots off the WH.

Rob from Ottawa


"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
Pond is a little bare this year due to the cooler weather. The Water
Hyacinth are surviving, but not flourishing. So I wanted to introduce
some
other quick growing cover to help with the Algae and provide shade, as
well
as a nosh for the GF.

I've read good and bad about Duckweed. I've got a 500 gal pond with 9
GF,
will Duckweed take over or will the GF ravage it? Should I grow it in a
tub
and add as required? Do I need to coral it in one area to prevent
competition with the Lillies and WH?

Advice appreciated. I'm in southern Ontario BTW.

Anyone in Southern California in need of duck weed can have ALL they want
for free! Same for pennyworth, parrot's feather, oxygenating grasses, and
of course many other plants too many to name.

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"Karen Mullen" wrote in message
...
In article , "Bill Stock"
writes:

I've got a 500 gal pond with 9 GF,
will Duckweed take over or will the GF ravage it?

I can't keep duckweed in my pond the fish, mostly gf, eat every last bit
of it.
they also devour all the leaves off my clover plant too, so I had to move
it
to the filter

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
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JMK, are you sure you have duckweed and not azolla? Duck weed is bright
shiny green, Azolla is dark dull green looks soft, like a fern, and turns
red in fall. I know koi or goldfish don't care for azolla.... or perhaps
your's are just well fed? ~ jan

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:32:57 GMT, "Just Me \"Koi\"" wrote:

Anyone in Southern California in need of duck weed can have ALL they want
for free! Same for pennyworth, parrot's feather, oxygenating grasses, and
of course many other plants too many to name.

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

In article , "Just Me \"Koi\""
writes:

Anyone in Southern California in need of duck weed can have ALL they want
for free! Same for pennyworth, parrot's feather, oxygenating grasses, and
of course many other plants too many to name.


When I lived in Houston, TX I had the same problem, the plants didn't die over
winter, just died back a bit. Here in Ohio it's another story, WH, WL, PF,
anacharis, duckweed all need to be replace each year.

Karen
Zone 5
Ashland, OH
http://hometown.aol.com/kmam1/MyPond/MyPond.html
My Art Studio at
http://members.aol.com/kmmstudios/K....M.Studios.html
for email remove the extra extention

I know the difference. I have both. I have Azollo in a different
container. You can have Azollo too if you want it. I probably will never
put azollo in my pond again as the roots just shed and get into everything.

I think the well feed theory may be the reason my duckweed are not
endangered.

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_______________________________________
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

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"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
JMK, are you sure you have duckweed and not azolla? Duck weed is bright
shiny green, Azolla is dark dull green looks soft, like a fern, and turns
red in fall. I know koi or goldfish don't care for azolla.... or perhaps
your's are just well fed? ~ jan

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:32:57 GMT, "Just Me \"Koi\""
wrote:

Anyone in Southern California in need of duck weed can have ALL they want
for free! Same for pennyworth, parrot's feather, oxygenating grasses,
and
of course many other plants too many to name.

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

My pond has a 2 ft shelf around 50% of the edge. There are places the koi
can't or don't often get to. The depth of the ledge ranges from 5" to 18".
The water flow takes the excess duck weed into deeper area where it gets
eaten.


"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
...
I beg to differ! My ponds are over ran by duckweed! Impossible to see
the
pond and the fish. Yes I have some big Koi, and some little ones. But
the
duckweed won that war!

--
_______________________________________
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino

"rob" wrote in message
rs.com...
I have duck weed in the pond and settling pool. It is growing well with
the
cool weather and provides a great dietary supplement for the Koi and
painted
turtles. Koi are like goats .... nothing can possibly grow too much
They keep eating the roots off the WH.

Rob from Ottawa


"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
Pond is a little bare this year due to the cooler weather. The Water
Hyacinth are surviving, but not flourishing. So I wanted to introduce
some
other quick growing cover to help with the Algae and provide shade, as
well
as a nosh for the GF.

I've read good and bad about Duckweed. I've got a 500 gal pond with 9
GF,
will Duckweed take over or will the GF ravage it? Should I grow it in
a
tub
and add as required? Do I need to coral it in one area to prevent
competition with the Lillies and WH?

Advice appreciated. I'm in southern Ontario BTW.

You can have Azollo too if you want it.

LOL! No thanks, been there done that, makes one's surface looks messy and
if one has a skimmer.... well you know where the azollo and anything that
floats is. ;o)

Conclusion, if you want the critters to eat the duckweed, cut back on the
chow. ) ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

"Bill Stock" wrote in message
...
Pond is a little bare this year due to the cooler weather. The Water
Hyacinth are surviving, but not flourishing. So I wanted to introduce some
other quick growing cover to help with the Algae and provide shade, as
well
as a nosh for the GF.

I've read good and bad about Duckweed. I've got a 500 gal pond with 9 GF,
will Duckweed take over or will the GF ravage it? Should I grow it in a
tub
and add as required? Do I need to coral it in one area to prevent
competition with the Lillies and WH?

Advice appreciated. I'm in southern Ontario BTW.

OK, I added the Duckweed this morning and by this afternoon it was half
gone. Although I only had about one cup left, after the Coons got done
playing in the Duckweed tub.

They will get that chance the next 2 weeks. We are on vacation back east,
so I asked my neighbors to check my water level and call me if to gets low
or if the pumps stop working. My Brother lives around the corner, being a
porg I can count on him to mind the ponds if anything goes wrong!

Back to the topic, I don't want anyone feeding the Koi while I'm gone. So
they get to eat duckweed for 2 weeks.

--
_______________________________________
"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."

http://community.webshots.com/user/godwino

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
You can have Azollo too if you want it.

LOL! No thanks, been there done that, makes one's surface looks messy and
if one has a skimmer.... well you know where the azollo and anything that
floats is. ;o)

Conclusion, if you want the critters to eat the duckweed, cut back on the
chow. ) ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

So rampant duckweed would be a good thing in your case.

But speaking of going out of town. DH said, now what would have happened if
we were gone or OOT and the power went out and K30's didn't in her
neighborhood? So now the computers are rigged up to call his cell phone and
notify him if the power goes out. Oooooh my! ;o) ~ jan

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 06:04:26 GMT, "Just Me \"Koi\"" wrote:

They will get that chance the next 2 weeks. We are on vacation back east,
so I asked my neighbors to check my water level and call me if to gets low
or if the pumps stop working. My Brother lives around the corner, being a
porg I can count on him to mind the ponds if anything goes wrong!

Back to the topic, I don't want anyone feeding the Koi while I'm gone. So
they get to eat duckweed for 2 weeks.

(Do you know where your water quality is?)