Caring for Your Water Garden Pond
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Article by: Sandra Dinkins-Wilson Each water garden , Pruning Trees pond you create while gardening , How to Plant Spring Flower Bulbs must be thought of as a mini-ecosystem. There are many factors that must reach equilibrium in order to have a healthy environment , Some Of The Most Common Landscape Design Features and to have a beautiful , Seeding Flowers Indoors: An Inexpensive Way to a Summer Garden water garden. , Lattice Patio Covers Otherwise you may wind up killing any fish , Landscape Fabric - Is Landscape Fabric Even Necessary In Landscaping? you include and having a sick, algae overgrown mess that is neither attractive nor does much for your gardening , Making the Most of the Front of Your Home Using Wind Chimes efforts. In this article we are sharing some basic water garden , Silk Palm Trees pond care tips , Gardening Tools - An Overview that you probably have seen before if you have done any reading about water gardens. , 5 Must Know Tips For A Better Looking Landscape Understand these tips , Pruning Trees go toward achieving a beautiful , Backyard Landscaping water garden , Brilliant Corners: House Plants and Your Health pond by balancing your water garden , Storm Damage and Mature Tree Pruning plants, the fish , A Few Simple Facts About Purple Martins you may wish to include, the bacteria that also play an important part and other items. First off be sure to dechlorinate your water , Birdhouses that you include in the pond. , Designing Your Garden to Attract Hummingbirds This is especially important if you include fish , Gardening Tools - An Overview and other creatures. Either allow the water, , Pruning Trees once your pond , The Exotic Rose of Sharon is built, to sit for a few weeks or use some type of dechlorination kit to achieve your end. However you may find your city water , Landscaping, An American Pass Time supplies have been treated with chloramine. Chloramine can remain in the water , Making the Most of the Front of Your Home Using Wind Chimes for months and you should use a chloramine remover. Fish , How to Plant Spring Flower Bulbs can be added within 20 minutes of using a chlorimine remover depending upon how well it is circulated through the pond. , The Rich History of Wild Roses This is important if and when you may have to drain a pond , Lawn Diseases Can Be Deadly to clean it out. Don't add fish , A Beginners Guide To Garden Bridges right away to a new pond. , How To Choose The Right Trees For Your Front Yard Landscaping Ideas See more information , Backyard Landscaping below. You will want to test the pH of your pond water. , Build A Simple Planter Box Keeping it above 7 and in the 7 to 10 range will help keep the algae down in the pond. , Why Gardening is Better Realize when your pond , Patio Canopies: Protecting Your Patio From The Elements is just starting you do need to give some time for the algae to come into balance and you may have a heavy algae bloom for the first two to six weeks. As long as the pH is as above, this should clear up. You can add submerged plants , Park Benches that will help remove the nutrients the algae uses and help filter the water. , How to Kill Poinsettia You can actually think of algae as a sign of how well you have maintained the balance within your water garden , Why ing is Better pond after the first few weeks. Too much floating on top and you have a problem. Once you begin to add fish , Outdoor Lighting Fixtures Increase Safety and Decrease Expense and plants , Gardening Using Trees and Shrubs with Scent in Mind to the pond, , Preliminary Considerations Before Building Your Own Backyard Garden the first rule is "Don't crowd". You can always add more later on if it appears you have the room. , Some Of The Most Common Landscape Design Features Fish , Mulchers - A Buying Guide will grow , The Rich History of Wild Roses and so will the plants. , Hibiscus Care You will get a lush appearance eventually but trying to force it right away can cause diseases , How to Plant Spring Flower Bulbs among your fish , Patio Canopies: Protecting Your Patio From The Elements and perhaps even encourage too much algae growth. Fact is you will want to be sure that you do not completely cover over the surface of the water garden , Brilliant Corners: House Plants and Your Health pond even later. At least one third of the water , A Few Simple Facts About Purple Martins surface should be clear. This allows the sun , Home and Garden Decor Needs to penetrate and reach any submerged plants , In Garden Design, Less Is More you have added to your pond. , Garden Hot Tubs It also allows gases to escape and oxygen to enter the water. , Garden Hot Tubs This all goes toward achieving that mini-ecosystem balance. Lastly, don't be in a rush to get your plants , Making the Most of the Front of Your Home Using Wind Chimes and fish , Park Benches into the pond. , Your Garden - Growing from Seed It would be best to give your water garden , How to Plant Spring Flower Bulbs pond time to settle in and mellow. Add plants , Landscape Fabric - Is Landscape Fabric Even Necessary In Landscaping? next and give them time to come into balance. Adding fish , Brilliant Corners: House Plants and Your Health should best be done in late spring , Mosquito Farms? Is That What Water Gardens Are? or early summer , Tips on Gardening when the temperature , Plants, Birds, Love and Deer Hate of the pond , Home and Garden Decor Needs reaches 50 degrees. So much depends on the type of fish , Homemade Hydroponics System Plan you plan , Home and Garden Decor Needs to add, the type of water garden , Want to Build a Pond? pond you have, and where you are located. Copyright 2006, Sandra Dinkins-Wilson
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