inherited a pond...

Well, I've been having a good twizzle today and got a lot out but there's still loads & loads of it. There are baskets under the water with what looks like lillies trying to grow out of them but they may have had it!

 

Twizzle some more. Looking after a pond is more than "dig a hole throw in a plastic sheet, fill it up leave it"
I am NOT saying that's what you said, I am saying that to have a pond it does need looking after, part of that looking after is cleaning out the "rubbish"

I have been known to use a pressure washer in my pool.

I have also just spent the best part of an hour pulling weeds out from around my small pool. (around it, not in it) I unfortunately noticed the trellis near the pool needs a lick of paint, so I will do that now.

 

we used to have a pond and the water stayed clear as long as there were fish in it and we did not let it silt up, if the water is to shallow then it warms up quick and all sorts of things will grow in it.

 

Barley straw is good costs about £ 5 for a 2pack( i use it in summer and it keeps it clear for months) at most good pet shops,i think the its a bit early to use at moment i dont think the water temps are high enough to release the chemicals from it? i could do with a twizzle stick lolimac i use my net but then have to root threw it to check for tadpoles to save not a nice job x

 

Mines the same,fish pond with pump clear of duck/silkweed but frog n newt pond with no pump diff story coated with the stuff,maybe i should put some fish in the frog pond? i do have frogs in both ponds but the duckweed hasnt been carried over from 1 to the other im babbling now

 

Barley Straw is good and cheap (not for blanket weed I think? but more for the green algae surface-floating muck I think ??) but it takes (from memory) 28 days to do its stuff, so don't be disheartened if nothing happens quickly, and in future years put it in 28 days before you need it (not quite as daft as it sounds, its the warm weather that brings the weed on, so mid March is about the right time to renew the Barley straw each year [again, from memory, I'm sure someone will correct me if I've misremembered]

 

What nutrients are we talking about cos im as baffled as walter what could be causing it,if i knew it would save me at least a fiver a yr x

 

Nitrogen

 

I put some in a month back but not much has happened which im not mithered about as it give the tadpoles cover,last yr i put it in later and it cleared like you say in about 5 week but it does come back

 

Yup, that's been my experience too Joolz - anticipating the weed by 5 weeks is the key! Perhaps I should start selling "Crystal Balls and Barley Straw Combos" on eBay?!!

 

Weve got bog part but ive only just put some oxygens in so see if that makes a diff this summer,gunneras sprouting now so itl be shaded in a month,might bang some more iris in aswell x
Walter if u need some pond plants give us a shout i can split mine n send u some fella