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Steve King
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Hi - a little off topic, but maybe someone can help.
My brother has moved to a former farm house and there is a farm pond in the garden. The pond is around 30'long, 16' wide, the depth varies all over the place, but it is around 4?' at its deepest point.
The surface is covered with a red leafed plant - it looks a bit like a succulent plant you would have on your rockery. The weed is so dense that there is no water visible!
My brother and I spent around 4 hours scooping out 20 wheelbarrows full of the stuff out. That made a lot of difference - there were several weed free areas and the weed itself was a lot thinner.
A couple of weeks later, the wretched weed has grown back thicker than ever.
As far as we know there are no fish in the pond, but it is rich in newts and dragon fly larvae. We don't want to wreck the ecology of the pond, but we'd like it to look more like a pond and less like a red quagmire!
I'm thinking along the lines of removing more of the weed and then partly draining the pond and refilling with fresh water as I reckon the water must be full of nutrients.
Any ideas anyone??
My brother has moved to a former farm house and there is a farm pond in the garden. The pond is around 30'long, 16' wide, the depth varies all over the place, but it is around 4?' at its deepest point.
The surface is covered with a red leafed plant - it looks a bit like a succulent plant you would have on your rockery. The weed is so dense that there is no water visible!
My brother and I spent around 4 hours scooping out 20 wheelbarrows full of the stuff out. That made a lot of difference - there were several weed free areas and the weed itself was a lot thinner.
A couple of weeks later, the wretched weed has grown back thicker than ever.
As far as we know there are no fish in the pond, but it is rich in newts and dragon fly larvae. We don't want to wreck the ecology of the pond, but we'd like it to look more like a pond and less like a red quagmire!
I'm thinking along the lines of removing more of the weed and then partly draining the pond and refilling with fresh water as I reckon the water must be full of nutrients.
Any ideas anyone??