Re: NANFA-L-- Pond construction

Irate Mormon (archimedes at bayspringstel.net)
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:34:53 -0400

Quoting "dlmcneely at lunet.edu" <dlmcneely at lunet.edu>:

Dave, are these rooted in pots, or what? And how deep?? I would like to grow
cattails, which are plentiful around here.

> i have lots of plants, mostly water primrose, cattails, and sedges in
> my inground, lined pond. The pond is 12 feet long, eight feet wide,
> two feet deep, filtered. i still have to harvest filamentous algae
> periodically or they become a mass over the surface and choking the
> primroses. i have mosquitofish and two longears which i never feed.
>
> Dave Mc
>
> David L. McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
> Langston University; P.O. Box 1500
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