Well I am kinda being pushed into a planted pond this week, like tomorrow!
I have had my pond for about 7 years, it is about 10x4x 3.5 feet deep with a 3 tier waterfall on top and a 3000ish GPH pump, all I have used for filtration is a sponge type media at the top of the waterfall where the water enters. In the pond I have 2 Koi, 1 Shurbunkin and a 5 smaller comets. In the past I have kept a floating ring with a mesh netting and some type of plants my inlaws purchased at a local store that grew pretty fast and we just discarded in the fall.
SO with that said here is my problem.....
My inlaws decided they wanted some flowering plants for the pond that they could house in the garage in the winter in a small kiddie pool (heated garage kept around 50 deg) so my wife and them decided to go ahead and order a bunch of things from an online retailer based just on looks :wink:
Now I have them arriving tomorrow and do not know what I need for them as in water flow, depth, sun fertilizer and such. Now I have done a little reading the past couple of days and have a few ideas but would rather hear from more experienced people what I should do!
Here is a list of what I have arriving
Water Hyacinth
Water Lettuce
Parrot's Feather
Chrysantha
Black Gamecock
Variegated Sweetflag
Black Magic Taro
Violet-Stemmed Taro
Red Endeavor Canna
Now the pond has no shelves but I am pretty handy and was thiking of adding a larger/deeper floating net for them or adding a small bog area off of the pond if that would be better or redoing the waterfall area and planting them up top. I was worried that the fish would eat them if I plant them right in the main pond.
Any tips or advice on what I should do would be great!
Thanks
I have had my pond for about 7 years, it is about 10x4x 3.5 feet deep with a 3 tier waterfall on top and a 3000ish GPH pump, all I have used for filtration is a sponge type media at the top of the waterfall where the water enters. In the pond I have 2 Koi, 1 Shurbunkin and a 5 smaller comets. In the past I have kept a floating ring with a mesh netting and some type of plants my inlaws purchased at a local store that grew pretty fast and we just discarded in the fall.
SO with that said here is my problem.....
My inlaws decided they wanted some flowering plants for the pond that they could house in the garage in the winter in a small kiddie pool (heated garage kept around 50 deg) so my wife and them decided to go ahead and order a bunch of things from an online retailer based just on looks :wink:
Now I have them arriving tomorrow and do not know what I need for them as in water flow, depth, sun fertilizer and such. Now I have done a little reading the past couple of days and have a few ideas but would rather hear from more experienced people what I should do!
Here is a list of what I have arriving
Water Hyacinth
Water Lettuce
Parrot's Feather
Chrysantha
Black Gamecock
Variegated Sweetflag
Black Magic Taro
Violet-Stemmed Taro
Red Endeavor Canna
Now the pond has no shelves but I am pretty handy and was thiking of adding a larger/deeper floating net for them or adding a small bog area off of the pond if that would be better or redoing the waterfall area and planting them up top. I was worried that the fish would eat them if I plant them right in the main pond.
Any tips or advice on what I should do would be great!
Thanks