HOW TO - Pot up and divide pond plants

Video showing how to pot up some of the common types of pond plants and the materials needed to do so. http://www.tynevalleyaquatics.co.uk

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[osojack22]

i just got some water mint. i know its a marginal but how deep can it go in the pond? also i have some pickerelweed,"pickerel rush" some of the leaves are drying up. also about the soil i just used compost mixed with dirt from the back yard but i have seen commercial potting soil with clay, will regular compost do?

[pondguru]

Water mint can be planted up to 18" under water. Using regular compot may cause the water to go green as there are so many nutrients in the compost. If you have a good U.V. and filter, you won't notice the greening of the pond as it will be cancelled out by the U.V. Pickerel weed often suffers from wind burn as their leaves are delicate - could be that?

[N0zProductions]

Nice i was just about to put some plants in my pond and now i know how :))

Thanks for video

[pondguru]

No worries, man.

[nightstalkerrc]

I plant mine in the mesh pots. but no soil.. i plant in gravel and 1" river rock.. this allows roots to draw nutrients directly from water and water to continuously circulate thru pot...i never need to fertilize, awnd the added veggy filtrations helps keep my water parametrs ideal.

[pondguru]

Thats the best way as some pond plants don't need compost and will grow well in gravel. I often build dry stone walls on the internal shelf of ponds and plug small gaps with spreading plants pushed into the cracks. For retail sale, I always use compost as the roots bind it all together quickly and if the pot gets tipped, only a small amount of gravel spills out.

[G08208]

Brilliant video, keep them coming!

[osojack22]

@pondguru thanks for the info. i noticed they're growing new leaves.i thank they were just aclamatizing

[blownable]

Thanks. My grandfathers pond is chock full of anacharis. Recently we took out everything save for a bit at the center and within a week it was full again. What a waste of broken backbones

[pondguru]

Thats another reason why the compost is low nutrient. It encourages the plants to feed from the pond water, using up nitrates etc. that would have encouraged algae. Fish crap is mostly ammonia which when processed by the filter becomes nitrate so, yes, in an indirect way they do feed on fish crap.