This last weekend weve been having torretial rain here in Plymouth , whats the big deal rains rain right ?
Well twice over the weekend period I've had an extra 2" of water in the pond and have had to drain the pond off via its over flow/skimmer to release exess water to the drain .
Why well had I left it in the pond and we;d have been hit by yet more rain it would have over topped the pond.
The winds where quite kigh also meaning we couldnt deploy the parasol to act as a shield against the rain .
.Many of us look to the rain as being a freebe that drops from the heavens but in acctual fact that freebe comes with a sting in the tail .
Rain can sometimes affect your pond water chemistry. Because rain water can be acidic, it can affect your ponds Ph . After a heavy rain, you so it would be an idea to keep an eye on the pond water chemistry
If you get some light showers, I wouldn’t worry too much about water chemistry as it will have very little effect, if any, on your pond
However heavy rain is a different kettle of fish [pardon the pun]
So after heavy rain you should be straight out there getting a measure of your pond water chemistry
It is incorrect to suppose that rain water is just pure water [H2O] Why ....because as water is evaporated from the earth, sea to drawn up to form what we know as rain clouds you will find that alott other dissolved and less desirable substances may also be taken up with water at the same time .
While a small percentage of the pollution that is released in the atmosphere can be attributed to nature [volcano plumes,forrest fires etc} most comes from our reliance on fossil fuels running cars , lorries, buses firing power plants,air travel or the burning of coal and oil in third world economies supprised by that?..... [yes our weather does travel a very long way]......
It is especially true if you live in if you in cities where there is heavy industry .
So before you go out and buy all those water butts think "there is no such thing as a free lunch always test your ponds perameters after heavy rain , and if it is found to be too acidic then it would be a good idea to go about correcting it a.s.a.p..
Dave
Well twice over the weekend period I've had an extra 2" of water in the pond and have had to drain the pond off via its over flow/skimmer to release exess water to the drain .
Why well had I left it in the pond and we;d have been hit by yet more rain it would have over topped the pond.
The winds where quite kigh also meaning we couldnt deploy the parasol to act as a shield against the rain .
.Many of us look to the rain as being a freebe that drops from the heavens but in acctual fact that freebe comes with a sting in the tail .
Rain can sometimes affect your pond water chemistry. Because rain water can be acidic, it can affect your ponds Ph . After a heavy rain, you so it would be an idea to keep an eye on the pond water chemistry
If you get some light showers, I wouldn’t worry too much about water chemistry as it will have very little effect, if any, on your pond
However heavy rain is a different kettle of fish [pardon the pun]
So after heavy rain you should be straight out there getting a measure of your pond water chemistry
It is incorrect to suppose that rain water is just pure water [H2O] Why ....because as water is evaporated from the earth, sea to drawn up to form what we know as rain clouds you will find that alott other dissolved and less desirable substances may also be taken up with water at the same time .
While a small percentage of the pollution that is released in the atmosphere can be attributed to nature [volcano plumes,forrest fires etc} most comes from our reliance on fossil fuels running cars , lorries, buses firing power plants,air travel or the burning of coal and oil in third world economies supprised by that?..... [yes our weather does travel a very long way]......
It is especially true if you live in if you in cities where there is heavy industry .
So before you go out and buy all those water butts think "there is no such thing as a free lunch always test your ponds perameters after heavy rain , and if it is found to be too acidic then it would be a good idea to go about correcting it a.s.a.p..
Dave
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