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  • From: Claude Genest <genest@together.net>
  • To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives
  • Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 08:57:44 -0400

I've been tracking them for four years in my part of the lake - I don't see
rthis doomsday prophecy coming true....Like I said, they gotta eat something
to keep multiplying, no ?
Anyway, I'll let you know !

> From: mangodance <bmn@iglou.com>
> Organization: http://mangodance.tripod.com
> Reply-To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:13:50 -0500
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Re: Pond Plantings...invasives
>
> Claude Genest wrote:
>> Claude replies:
>>
>> I'm thinking of throwing some zebra mussels and eurasian millfoil ( the two
>> big invasives of Lake Champlain) into my little yard pond just to see what
>> happens.... I figure since they can't escape to the broad lake ( and so
>> what
>> if they do, that's where I got them from) I can afford to make a "little
>> mistake" - I have a hunch that they will NOT "take over" but will in fact
>> reach equilibrium/stasis once the've gotten through filtering the water -
>> i.e. once available nutrients diminish, how can their populations continue
>> to swell ?
>
> those zebra mussels will cover everything...the bottoms, sides, your
> plants, other animals, etc. And the threads that anchor the shells will
> make them a cleanup mess long after they die (if you're lucky!).
>
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