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| I didn't clean my pond in spring like I should have and then when I started to clean it out I found buds on my water lillies so I freaked and just let it be. Which, the water lillies are still budded and blooming, but I can't even see through my pond. The azolla is thick, the anacharis in the pond is thick and then the water lillies on top of it... The only other plant in there is a dwarf papyrus and fish wise its only gambusias (minnows), frogs (some big ones so big they've eaten every koi I've put in there) and snails...Soo... there's dirt and debris on the bottom... I don't know what to do where to start and if I should even bother this late in the year because I don't want to not get any blooms from my lillies. The water itself is crystal clear, the pond is just so overfilled with anacharis and azolla... I'd like to put some koi in there (I'm hoping if I get big ones the frogs won't eat them) Any advice appreciated! |
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- Posted by nancym1956 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 24, 10 at 9:13
| If the lilies are kept wet, like moving them to a tub of water, they should survive the disturbance, blossoms intact. I have received water lilies from sellers that had blossom buds on them,a nd when I planted them and put them in water, the blossoms did open, so I wouldn't worry too much about that if you keep them from drying out and avoid shocking them too much. You can thin out pretty much any plants at pretty much any time. Most are quite adaptable, and recover quickly. You might be able to get a lot of the debris off the bottom with a fine mesh pond or pool net. I personally don't like anacharis. I just don't like the look of it. However, if you put koi in there, the koi will likely eat it as they get bigger, so they will keep it thinned for you. Koi love "salads", LOL. If the bullfrogs are eating your young koi, either relocate the frogs or get bigger koi. I don't allow bullfrogs in my pond. They're native, so they can be relocated to lakes and wild ponds with no repercussion. |
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