Pond Covered In Weed

[The one 8,577]

I dont know i think too much weed could wrap round there legs , while putting drains in to the wee splash at our farm he took a bucketful of weed out the middle and it seems to work well theres always a pair or two of ducks on it

[Blakloks 5]

Guys heres a picture of the;pond and of the weed that is in it

[gonetoearth 5,144]

If it is excessive weed and it's the floating slimy stuff, then grab a pair of waders and a pool net and get the majority of it out. I believe Monty Don (who I personally find irritating) has done a tv programme on it recently. Worth watching. Then take a small amount of straw (theres quite a specific measurement for pond size, again, google it) and bundle it together. Throw this in the pond. The decomposing will slightly alter the pH but it is enough to prevent the weed growing back. You could always put feeders out with pellets and grit. This will encourage ducks and other birds in (free lunch after all!). Hope you start to see some bud.

. Great informed advise.

[cammy12 176]

me personally would take some weed out but not all, if the pond has an abundance of taddys and insect life then i dont see a prob for ducks if anything the banks look a little steep for ducks to guddle at edges.

using barley straw now am no scientist but am sure thats for algae and not weed could be wrong tho.

[Bunny Boiler 177]

me personally would take some weed out but not all, if the pond has an abundance of taddys and insect life then i dont see a prob for ducks if anything the banks look a little steep for ducks to guddle at edges.

using barley straw now am no scientist but am sure thats for algae and not weed could be wrong tho.

Anything that requires a specific pH it will work with. If it grows, and you don't want it to and KNOW it needs a specific pH, then add barley straw. Will alter the pH to affect the plant that needs a niche, and not your common plants. If you wanna get really professional, you can add salts to send the pH the other way, but this is done after taking a pH test of the current water (decomposing straw makes it acidic, adding certain salt makes it more alkali).

 

Hope this helps.

BB