RE: ponds/plants
How big is the top of the bio-fall? On the small one I run a piece of
fishing line across just above the fall to hold them in place.
In the pond I have a kids hola hoop which contains them nicely for
awhile. They grow so fast, it covers the edge in a day. The koi also
nibble on various plants roots that way so they have a longer rate of
survival.
Donna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of cathy carpenter
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:52 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] ponds/plants
>
> The one problem I've had with that is that the floaters keep escaping
> and ending up in the pond!
> Cathy
> On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 06:30 AM, TeichFlora@aol.com wrote:
>
> > From what I hear, most Koi folk put the floaters in their bio for
added
> > filtration, or in a vegetative filter pond added to the Koi pond.
> > Keeps the Koi
> > from eating them too.
> > Noreen
> > zone 9
> > Texas Gulf Coast
> >
> > In a message dated 1/27/2004 8:14:59 PM Central Standard Time,
> > gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
> > My koi eat the roots, though, so they don't last very long in our
pond.
> > Cathy
> >
> >
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