Barley straw extract is perfectly natural and is fine in wildlife ponds - it works well in ours while the oxygenating plants are getting going - it's only a month old.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've got a problem with blanket weed in my raised pond and cannot find anything to get rid of it. Tried the barley straw, didn't work. Have tried 2 different products ( sprinkle in the water type ) and neither has made any impact on its growth.
Try watercress Hartleyhare. Just buy a bag from the supermarket and chuck it in. It feeds on the nutrients that the weed likes. Easy to pull out if it gets a bit big.
Is your pond shallow? That can contribute as the water heats up more quickly.
Pam
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Barley straw extract is perfectly natural and is fine in wildlife ponds - it works well in ours while the oxygenating plants are getting going - it's only a month old.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
That's looking brilliant Dovefromabove!
I spend so much time just sitting gazing into it - a great time waster
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I bet!
Are your plants in planters? They are looking good I need my planters to be more disguised.
I've got a problem with blanket weed in my raised pond and cannot find anything to get rid of it. Tried the barley straw, didn't work. Have tried 2 different products ( sprinkle in the water type ) and neither has made any impact on its growth.
Some lovely ponds on here
Dove - your pond is looking really good and mature. I love the reflection of your tree in the water.
My naughty shetland just finishing off the miniature bullrushes. I hope the dragonflies can find something else to climb up!
The first bud on the waterlily. I hope Robbie doesn't get a taste for them.
My Exmoor got into one of the ponds on the smallholding and ate almost all the bullrushes - it seemed to send him totally loopy for several hours
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Try watercress Hartleyhare. Just buy a bag from the supermarket and chuck it in. It feeds on the nutrients that the weed likes. Easy to pull out if it gets a bit big.
Is your pond shallow? That can contribute as the water heats up more quickly.
Pam
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...