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Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:42:50 -0500

Patrick McKown wrote:

All these "invasive" pond plants have one thing in common. Continuous sources
of nutrients. They
are a response to this alone.

My ponds catch runoff from watersheds with a lot of gardenspace; it either
goes into the ponds or
it fertilizes the neighbor's woods. There is enough nutrient in them to keep
duckweed multiplying all winter.
I'd like to purify this water and produce high quality fertilizer from aquatic plants. So far I have duckweed, water lillies, cattails and papyrus; I plan to add hydrilla. If I can overwinter water hyacinth I will add that too.

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Lawrence F. London, Jr.
Venaura Farm
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- Re: [permaculture] How to build a herb spiral, Kathy Evans, 01/28/2007
  - Re: [permaculture] How to build a herb spiral, Graham, 01/28/2007
  - Re: [permaculture] How to build a herb spiral, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/28/2007
    - [permaculture] Pond Plant, Kevin Topek, 01/29/2007
      - Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/29/2007
        
        Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant, Kevin Topek, 01/29/2007
        
        Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant, Patrick McKown, 01/29/2007
        
        Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/29/2007
        Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant, Paul Cereghino, 01/29/2007
        Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/29/2007
        
        Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant, Keith Johnson, 01/29/2007
        
        Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/29/2007