PondXpert Blanketweed Brush Head Pond Net

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Ensure all plants in your pond are healthy and thriving. This may seem like a simple step, but it can differentiate between a healthy and an unhealthy pond. If your pond is covered in algae, itcan be tempting to change the water – this may solve the immediate problem, but will only make things worse in the long run.Improving the conditions that are causing the algae to thrive (see above) will be much more effectivelong term – if you don’t, the algae will just keep returning.

Plants are an excellent way to balance your pond. They can thrive on high levels of nutrients and can be a key indicator as to whether your pond is healthy or not. Rotting plants and fallen leaves can also provide nutrients for blanket weed in your pond. Make sure to remove any such debris from the water as soon as you spot it, as this will help prevent the weed from taking hold. 6. Ensure that fertiliser and debris do not wash off the ground during the rains To understand how best to get rid of algae, then you need to understand what causes it. Excess Nutrients Garden ponds that sit in the sunlight are usually the perfect places for algae to thrive, which is why they’re a problem all pond-owners need to know how to deal with. What Causes Algae and Blanket Weed In A Pond?When planting pond plants, use aquatic planting soil or sieved garden topsoil from ground that hasn’t been manured or top dressed. By growing more plants there will be fewer available nutrients to the algae Pallet delivery is to the kerbside (at least 2 people will be needed to off-load depending on item size.)

Any keen aquatic enthusiast knows how detrimental blanket weed can be to a pond. However, if you’re unfamiliar with this major pond problem, keep reading to find more. What Is Blanket Weed & Where Does It Come From? Like all plants, algae require oxygen when not photosynthesising. Algae will consume a large amount of the pond’s oxygen levels that your fish and pond plants need to survive. Creating more competition for oxygen, the algae will create an unhealthy environment within your pond. Hinders Sunlight

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Take care when applying fertiliserto nearby lawns – only feed if essential and use the minimum effective dose,to avoid any excess nutrients running into the pond If you’ve used a treatment to remove blanket weed from your pond, then you must create the right balance in your pond after this. If you fail to do this, you can guarantee the problem will reoccur. Remove any rotten vegetation, including dead leaves. Although these seem like small issues, they can unbalance the water levels again, boosting the nutrient levels. With large ponds and lakes, it may be best to bring in professionals – go tothe National Association of AgriculturalContractors(select ‘find a contractor and 'aquatic weed control’) or Complete Weed Control. Using ultrasound There are around 20,000 different algae forms with over 500 species under the umbrella of blanket weed or string algae as it is also known.

Add a fountain or cascade to aerate the water. This can helpprevent blue-green algae, but is unlikely to have any effect on other types Having too many fish in your pond can also cause an overgrowth of blanket weed. This is because the fish produce a lot of waste, which provides nutrients for the weed. To help prevent blanketweed growth, consider reducing the number of fish in your pond by either trading or giving away some of them to other ponds. 4. Get rid of uneaten fish food They will compete with the blanketweed for nutrients and help prevent it from taking hold. Make sure to choose plants that are native to your area and well-suited for your pond’s environment. 11. Get plants that provide shade Nutrients from manures and fertilisers can be washed in to a pond by heavy rain. Ideally design and build a pond to avoid this, and do not apply these close to the pond However, there several short-term fixes you can also try, but they need to be repeated to keep algae at bay:As well as all of these reasons, blanket weed also just looks ugly for your pond’s overall aesthetic. How Do I Remove Blanket Weed From My Pond? Restore The Water Balance This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. Various other products are available – some appear to be effective only in settling suspended debris, others may give short-term control of free-floating algae. Some claim to control the most troublesome types, such as filamentous algae or blanket weeds, but as there are many different forms of these, you might have to try several products to find one that works in your pond.Treatment needs to be repeated at intervals. Deliveries will take place between 09:00-17:00 Monday to Friday. Delivery outside of these hours may be subject to an additional fee and local depot availability. We believe there are arguably too many solutions of how to get rid of Blanket Weed online and, not all of them are necessarily the right thing to do. For example, one obvious solution that may have crossed your mind would be to physically remove the Blanket Weed with a tool such as a Blanket Weed brush. We highly suggest you avoid this method, no matter how desperate you are. This is simply because pulling and moving the Blanket Weed encourages it to release spores in the pond water that will eventually result in even more Blanket Weed growing in the future. This applies to both the floating and submerges types.