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Pond Full of Elodea Crispa.

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  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    How can something be invasive when it's in a landlocked pond?  Unless you decide to get rid of the surplus by dumping it in river.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That’s my thinking as well Jo. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    At this point I have just looked at the stuff in the pond and found what I think it is from a website so it could be called something else.

    Thanks for all the advice

    I will reduce the amount in the pond use a sieve and then I can see to the bottom .
    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Jus to lay it on the edge, everything will crawl back in when it’s ready.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    When we have eejits dumping terrapins and mitten crabs in rivers, I don't think they'd give a second thought to dumping plants in them too.
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Not to mention the animal rights lot that thought it was in everybody’s interests to let the wild boar and all the mink out from Holsworthy. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    It seems there are various plants called 'water hyacinth'.




  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923
    its not in your back garden pond its a problem, its out in the wilds blocking ditches and filling natural ponds swamping everything else, think Japanese knotweed, but underwater.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Dovefromabove said:
    At this time of year it grows like crazy.  OH has been taking some out every week ever since the warm spell started ... check it for pond snail and newt eggs etc before you leave it on the side for 24 hours to let any critters make their way back into the pond.  
    In my post above I was referring to oxygenating weed in general ... we have native hornwort in our pond and it's growing like crazy in the warm weather. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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