blanket weed is my new best friend !

[mogsie]

well as we are getting deep into springtime here, the blanket weed is booming, most of it in the pond i just pull out with my hand, but in the bio/veggie filter the blanket weed has formed well a blanket all over the surface of the stone chippings, and is showing to be very effective at filtering the water, as a result i have never seen my pond water so crystal clear since i first filled it, hoooray for blanket weed,

 

[sissy]

had to look at blanket weed I have never had it and was wondering what it looks like and are those iris's you have in your filter

 

[mogsie]

yes iris's and common reed,

 

[sissy]

I was planning on putting iris's in my pond filter too so wanted to make sure they would be alright

 

[mogsie]

yes they will be fine sissy, and they help to remove nitrates and metals from the water, mine are growing well and they are just bare rooted into the gravel/stones

 

[addy1]

They bloom real pretty also sissy

 

[sissy]

I have a whole butch of them a friend divided his and gave me a lot of them .Including a black one

 

[addy1]

Mine stayed green all winter, sticking above the ice layer on the pond. kept waiting for them to die, but they didn't and now growing like crazy

 

[j.w]

ohhhhhhhh, a black one sounds cool..............I've only got the yellow ones stuck in-between the rocks in the water around my pond and they are coming up now also. I love the way the roots which are fine and hairy float across the water. The roots look like some cool separate water plant. Seems like a good place for fry to hide :bowdown:

 

[addy1]

I have never seen these bloom yet, so will be interesting to see what colors I have, got some black iris on their way.