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Comment on Tabebuia ipe- Pink Trumpet Tree/ by rainbow2

rainbow2 — Sat, 04 May 2013 19:41:02 +0000

Mark,

We do not currently have a local source of Tabebuia impetiginosa the Ipe Pink Trumpet tree for Florida.
We can contact you if they become available to us there.

Comment on Tabebuia ipe- Pink Trumpet Tree/ by mark james

mark james — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:34:30 +0000

where can i find a ipe pink trumpet tree for mothers day in lakeland florida ?

Comment on Error in University Turf Study Voids Negative Conclusion About Turf Grass by Anonymous

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Comment on Trees Can Save Energy Bills by Clare Brace

Clare Brace — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:01:20 +0000

A word of cation to your readers please! Certain type of tree’s are Good BUT if you plant the wrong type of tree you may have more to deal with than a lower energy bill.

It is believed that up to 75% of successful subsidence claims can be blamed on trees that have been planted near a house.

Reports say that around 37,000 people were affected by subsidence in 2004 and cost the insurance industry around £200 million.

The likes of the Oak and the Willow can look beautiful but are some of the worst offenders. The Elm can be just as bad.

Not dissagreeing with your post but please let your readers know that they need to choose tree’s carefully.

Comment on Pond Turnover by Connie

Connie — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:29:29 +0000

You mention an aeration unit that floats on the waters surface and shoots a jet of aerated water down into the pond. I have not found anything like that in online searches. Could you please tell me more? Is it something you sell? Thanks in advance for the info.

Comment on Pond Turnover by Frank

Frank — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:30:48 +0000

Your pond is in the size and depth range that pond turnovers occur most frequently. Ponds that are 5-6 feet deep or more, allow for different temperatures in water, that is the upper and lower, or warmer and colder stratus to form more easily. Generally speaking, shallower ponds have a more uniform temperature range from the waters surface to the bottom, than deeper ponds. This lessons the chance of water layering, and causing inversions.

Your pond turning so soon after the dye was added shows that you already had a bad situation on the bottom of your pond. Although the addition of the dye may have not been a direct cause for the oxygen depletion, it could have been what initiated the pond turning. Pond dyes are known to change the water temperature of the pond causing the inversion, or water from the cold layer to move upwards into the warm water zone that has been holding it down, releasing the “bad” gas-hydrogen sulfide. This gas and others starve the water of oxygen, preventing any animal life in the pond from getting enough oxygen also, and they die.

Your use of an aerator is always very helpful, but I rarely recommend fountain types of aerators, unless they draw from the bottom of the ponds.

There are types of lake aeration systems I feel are most efficient.

The first uses an air diffuser that rests on the bottom of the lake/pond and is attached to a small air compressor resting on the bank by the way of a weighted air hose.

The second is a unit that floats on the waters surface and shoots a jet of aerated water down into the pond, to a depth of 2-8 feet. This unit agitates the ponds bottom, aerating the bottom so that the aerobic bacteria and small animals can degrade the debris.

In both cases the addition of pond bacteria is very important. I have read many studies where bottom organic sludge can be decomposed by up to two inches a month! Many times, ponds that were scheduled to be dredged, or drained and cleaned out, were saved from this major expense by aerating and applying bacteria.

Before any treatment is done on any body of water, it is always best to have a water test done to see what the nutrient levels are, as well as measuring pH etc.

Email us and I can recommend the systems we use. We will have the product pages on our site set up soon.

Comment on Pond Turnover by Stacy Davis

Stacy Davis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:24:01 +0000

Our pond turned over today for the first time in 5 years. We have so far lost 25 catfish that were 20 to 30 inches long. My husband recently put in a blue die and it turned the pond a deep color to kill the alge. I think that this is what caused the oxygen depletion. What do you think? We have a foutain aerator. I think it is more for looks than a true aerotor. What should we do differently? The pond is 50 feet by 35 feet and about 6 feet deep in the middle.

Comment on Pond Turnover by rainbow2

rainbow2 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:58:27 +0000

Hugh, What a terrible thing to have happen.

You ask-

Are the characteristics of a pond turn over the same as what happens when herbicidal growth inhibitors are sprayed directly into a pond?

The symptoms of a pond turn over is increased organic matter floating in the pond, milky colored water and a bad smell. Unfortunately, if fish were present, they would also be found gasping for air or floating soon after the event.

The organic matter and the milky water comes from the debris that is brought up from the bottom of the pond when the gases are released.
The gases formed in anaerobic conditions trapped under the debris at the bottom of the cause the sulfur or “rotten egg” smell of the ponds when they are released.

If you are referring to plant growth regulators being sprayed in the pond, we are not familiar with any PGR products that are labeled to be used in an aquatic environment. That is not to say that there aren’t any, but my research does not show anything.

In the case of herbicide poisoning, I would not expect to see changes in the ponds water. Most herbicides do not affect the appearance of the water unless they are designed specifically to do so. Algae control products which turn a pond a dark color to inhibit light entering into the pond are one exception. Some herbicides turn water a milky color, but I have not seen these particular products used in aquatic environments.

You should immediately contact the proper authorities and the company that did the application. You should also take immediate water samples, as well as samples of the fish and plants in the pond to have them tested.

Please keep us informed of what you discover so others can learn from the experience. Perhaps you can prevent this from happening again.

Comment on Pond Turnover by hugh osmus

hugh osmus — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:23:54 +0000

We recently experienced a 100 kill off of fish in the pond behind our house.
Are the characteristics of a pond turn over the same as what happens when herbicidal growth inhibitors are sprayed directly into a pond?
Our community is in the midst of this discussion, as a chemical spraying took place at 7:30am last Friday, and by 2:00pm that day dozens of fish started dying off. By that evening 100′s of fish were dead and by the next day everything was dead.
The pond is shallow, 8 ft deep at the center, approx. 250yards long and 40 yards wide. We are in N.Virginia and have had continued high rainfalls for a month, which has kept the water running nearly continously.
There are now 100′s of dead small fish/minows stacked up at the far end of the pond, pushed there by the winds. No signs of any life.
Is the die off from pond turnover that fast/dramatic?