I've a lovely crop of blanket weed in the wild pond I created during the
Winter. Is it detrimental, if so can I just rake it out, also is it any
use putting it on the compost heap?

In message <4elju4F1eqvbeU1 [at] individual.net>, Broadback
<wen [at] towill.plus.com> writes
>I've a lovely crop of blanket weed in the wild pond I created during
>the Winter. Is it detrimental, if so can I just rake it out, also is
>it any use putting it on the compost heap?
It looks a mess . If you have a pump, it is likely to block it. Yes,
you can put it on the compost heap. I don't know how quickly it rots
down. Or you can put it in the earth - I used to do that until my dog
started eating it.
--
June Hughes

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 16:53:33 +0100, June Hughes wrote
(in article <s+Ms$WC9TahEFwkS [at] theacct.demon.co.uk>):

> In message <4elju4F1eqvbeU1 [at] individual.net>, Broadback
> <wen [at] towill.plus.com> writes
>> I've a lovely crop of blanket weed in the wild pond I created during
>> the Winter. Is it detrimental, if so can I just rake it out, also is
>> it any use putting it on the compost heap?
> It looks a mess . If you have a pump, it is likely to block it. Yes,
> you can put it on the compost heap. I don't know how quickly it rots
> down. Or you can put it in the earth - I used to do that until my dog
> started eating it.
>


Just make sure that when you rake it off, you leave it on the side of the
pond for a while so that any desirable critters caught in it can make their
way back to the pond.

--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
email address on web site

In article <4elju4F1eqvbeU1 [at] individual.net>,
Broadback <wen [at] towill.plus.com> writes:
|>
|> I've a lovely crop of blanket weed in the wild pond I created during the
|> Winter. Is it detrimental, if so can I just rake it out, also is it any
|> use putting it on the compost heap?

Yes, yes and yes.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:29:37 +0100, Sacha Hubbard wrote
(in article <0001HW.C0AB6C0100217B98F0284550 [at] news.individual.net>):

> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 16:53:33 +0100, June Hughes wrote
> (in article <s+Ms$WC9TahEFwkS [at] theacct.demon.co.uk>):
>
>> In message <4elju4F1eqvbeU1 [at] individual.net>, Broadback
>> <wen [at] towill.plus.com> writes
>>> I've a lovely crop of blanket weed in the wild pond I created during
>>> the Winter. Is it detrimental, if so can I just rake it out, also is
>>> it any use putting it on the compost heap?
>> It looks a mess . If you have a pump, it is likely to block it. Yes,
>> you can put it on the compost heap. I don't know how quickly it rots
>> down. Or you can put it in the earth - I used to do that until my dog
>> started eating it.
>>
>
>
> Just make sure that when you rake it off, you leave it on the side of the
> pond for a while so that any desirable critters caught in it can make their
> way back to the pond.


AND if your wild pond has tadpoles and newts, you will have to do it
incredibly slowly and rescue them as you go - they won't make it on their
own. It's a painstaking task, and I keep a mug of pond water by me to pop
the taddies and baby newts into, before putting them back into another part
of the pond as fast as possible. If you spread a tarpaulin at the water's
edge you can make sure there's a big puddle in it to scoop the babies into
while you set up the rescue - also that makes it easy for the critters to
slither down.




--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
bed and breakfast near Ludlow: http://www.stonybrook-ludlow.co.uk
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

"Broadback" <wen [at] towill.plus.com> wrote in message
news:4elju4F1eqvbeU1 [at] individual.net...
> I've a lovely crop of blanket weed in the wild pond I created during the
> Winter. Is it detrimental, if so can I just rake it out, also is it any
> use putting it on the compost heap?

Discourage blanket weed by increasing shade - my blanket weed is much
reduced by a growth of duckweed on the surface.
Nice but oh dear can't see the pond now for the heaps of duckweed. Duck
needed?

Lol

Lol wrote:
> "Broadback" <wen [at] towill.plus.com> wrote in message
> news:4elju4F1eqvbeU1 [at] individual.net...
>> I've a lovely crop of blanket weed in the wild pond I created during the
>> Winter. Is it detrimental, if so can I just rake it out, also is it any
>> use putting it on the compost heap?
>
> Discourage blanket weed by increasing shade - my blanket weed is much
> reduced by a growth of duckweed on the surface.
> Nice but oh dear can't see the pond now for the heaps of duckweed. Duck
> needed?
>
> Lol
>
>
Thanks all for your replies, afraid pond is in full sun until plants
start to grow. No tadpoles or newts yet, I live in hope for next year.
Do ducks really eat duckweed? if so perhaps I should get some as I
have a pair of ducks that visit off and on.

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:37:05 +0100, Broadback wrote
(in article <4equh4F1g1338U1 [at] individual.net>):

> Lol wrote:
>> "Broadback" <wen [at] towill.plus.com> wrote in message
>> news:4elju4F1eqvbeU1 [at] individual.net...
>>> I've a lovely crop of blanket weed in the wild pond I created during the
>>> Winter. Is it detrimental, if so can I just rake it out, also is it any
>>> use putting it on the compost heap?
>>
>> Discourage blanket weed by increasing shade - my blanket weed is much
>> reduced by a growth of duckweed on the surface.
>> Nice but oh dear can't see the pond now for the heaps of duckweed. Duck
>> needed?
>>
>> Lol
>>
>>
> Thanks all for your replies, afraid pond is in full sun until plants
> start to grow. No tadpoles or newts yet, I live in hope for next year.
> Do ducks really eat duckweed? if so perhaps I should get some as I
> have a pair of ducks that visit off and on.

Don't get ducks if you want tadpoles - the ducks will eat them :-(



--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Whitton Open Gardens weekend 1st & 2nd July; enjoy the conservation
churchyard recently filmed for the BBC Heaven and Earth Show and see the
Burne-Jones/William Morris window: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk