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Water Fountains and Ponds

Water fountains and ponds are welcome features of lawns, gardens, courtyards, and businesses. They attract beneficial insects and birds at the same time that they delight the ear and eye of the beholder with their refreshing play of light and sound. Typical contributions include questions about building materials and methods; environmental impact; maintenance schedules; and most likely problems, costs and benefits.

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How do you protect your outdoor pond from frost?

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You can protect your plants from frost by using a plant cover. This could be as simple as an old bed sheet or you can purchase specially made covers just for plants. There are covers for individual plants or you can get long sheets to cover a row of vegetables in the garden. Garden Harvest Supply has a good selection for your different plant protection needs.

When was peter pond born?

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Famous explorer Peter Pond was born in 1739. he liked faezkuku@yahoo.com

What will eat dead leaves from the bottom of your pond?

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Nothing that I know of , maybe something like snails could help brake it down but apart from that best way is to build a skimmer before those leaves sink.

Or give the pond a total clean otherwise use a dirty water pump to pump out those dead leaves at the bottom

How long does shock bleach take to kill algae?

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Bleach is an oxidant. it literally eats away the outer layer of many types of algae.

Why do plants grow throught a pond and not always a lake?

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because enough light passes through for photosynthesis to take place.

How do you keep blue herons out of your pond?

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I tried a fake aligator - didn't work Tried a fake heron - didn't work Black plastic bird fruit netting sold by Lowe's stetched over the top of the pond has worked!!!! Another suggesting is to string fishing line around the pond and over the surface of the pond to trip the heron up but this needs to be in additional to the netting.

Are water lilies good for ponds?

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Pond weed does not eat water lilies, but it does require a large amount of oxygen which often chokes the lilies out of the pond.

What are the 3 zones of a pond?

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Three layers of Ponds are as follows:

1.Epilimnion

2.Thermocline

3. Hypolimnion.

Is a pond a primary or secondary succession?

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The grass and small plants come first, then more plants, then larger plants like trees, next come large animals until you finally have a complete ecosystem.

How do you kill a pond full of leaches?

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Make a trail of blood from where the leeches are to the garden pond.

What does pond scum eat?

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Pond scum is composed of algae; it does not eat, it grows by means of photosynthesis.

How does pond weed live?

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because it has long roots that rich over the pound

Why does the pond water turn red?

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toxic alge, too much sun light,

Which is an abiotic factor that most limits the number of frogs living in a pond?

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well there are no limting factors and therefore it is not real.

Why are ponds important to humans?

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so that fish have homes and that they won't all be at the fish store and you won't have to buy all of them and keep hafening to buy all the fish tanks because they want some life in the ponds (ex. fish ducks birds whatever likes and lives in ponds. and ponds are relaxing and beautiful and if you sitting outside wit hyour family hasving a barbque with your friends and family they can admire your hard work of putting a p0ond in your backyard. Its very relaxing and very peaceful. EVEN YOUR NEIGHBORS WILL BE JELOUS BECAUISE THEY ARENT BETTER THAN YUOU ANYMORE AND IF ITS A HORSE, IT WILL BE JELOUS BEACUSE ITS A DRINKING PONTD THAT THEY DONT HAVE TO DRINK OUT OF IN THEIR YARD. THEY WILL JUMP OVER THE FENCE AND DRINK OUT OF YOUR POND IF THEY NEED A DRINK BADLY.. LOL JK