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EddieWalker
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Blake,
We've seen quite a few wood ducks in there, but not much of anything else. We see teal, mallards and geese fly by without stopping all the time. I did see one duck in there that looked like a lesser scauper, but I'm not sure as I've only seen them in sea waters. I think I saw a red head one time too, but it might have been a canvas back.
Along the waters edge, I've put out some Centipede grass seed. the rest of the shoreling, top and back of the dam all have bermuda grass. I seeded it last fall and started to get some good growth, but then it went dormant on me. I probably lost quite a bit of it due to the cold and the plants not being mature enough to handle the freezing temps. Right now there is all sorts of grass coming up, but in the pictures, it still looks like dirt. In time, it should all be nice and green all the way around the water.
Pat,
I don't have any experience with Lotus plants, but I've read that they spread and take over a body of water from seeds that come from the flower. I've also read that once you have them, they are there forever. I know there are all sorts of different varieties, but all of them seem to be very agressive.
The lily plants also can be very agressive and take over a pond real quick. There are only a few that I considered, and in the end I chose Chromatella because of it's yellow flowers and mild growth.
In the koi ponds that I've built, the water lilies have always overgrown there containers and sent out runners to other pots. The only way to control them with containers is to regularly pull them out and cut them back. I'm hopeful that my submerged island idea will work as the depth around them is 8 feet or more. Six feet seems to be the general rule of thumb for lilies to travel to and survive. It's a gamble putting them in a pond, but for me, it's what I really enjoy and want to have in there. More so then the fish!!!
Rox,
I'm pretty much a shorts guy from spring through fall. When it gets into freezing weather in winter, I wear sweats. The weather is in the 70's most days with a few that will hit the low 80's now. That snow storm was a very rare thing and a record breaker all over the South. I may very well go swimming today just to make sure my lillys plants are in the mud properly. Planting them from the boat isn't how I wanted to do it, but seemed to be my best option at the time.
Eddie
We've seen quite a few wood ducks in there, but not much of anything else. We see teal, mallards and geese fly by without stopping all the time. I did see one duck in there that looked like a lesser scauper, but I'm not sure as I've only seen them in sea waters. I think I saw a red head one time too, but it might have been a canvas back.
Along the waters edge, I've put out some Centipede grass seed. the rest of the shoreling, top and back of the dam all have bermuda grass. I seeded it last fall and started to get some good growth, but then it went dormant on me. I probably lost quite a bit of it due to the cold and the plants not being mature enough to handle the freezing temps. Right now there is all sorts of grass coming up, but in the pictures, it still looks like dirt. In time, it should all be nice and green all the way around the water.
Pat,
I don't have any experience with Lotus plants, but I've read that they spread and take over a body of water from seeds that come from the flower. I've also read that once you have them, they are there forever. I know there are all sorts of different varieties, but all of them seem to be very agressive.
The lily plants also can be very agressive and take over a pond real quick. There are only a few that I considered, and in the end I chose Chromatella because of it's yellow flowers and mild growth.
In the koi ponds that I've built, the water lilies have always overgrown there containers and sent out runners to other pots. The only way to control them with containers is to regularly pull them out and cut them back. I'm hopeful that my submerged island idea will work as the depth around them is 8 feet or more. Six feet seems to be the general rule of thumb for lilies to travel to and survive. It's a gamble putting them in a pond, but for me, it's what I really enjoy and want to have in there. More so then the fish!!!
Rox,
I'm pretty much a shorts guy from spring through fall. When it gets into freezing weather in winter, I wear sweats. The weather is in the 70's most days with a few that will hit the low 80's now. That snow storm was a very rare thing and a record breaker all over the South. I may very well go swimming today just to make sure my lillys plants are in the mud properly. Planting them from the boat isn't how I wanted to do it, but seemed to be my best option at the time.
Eddie
