Blanket Weed Control - Causes Of String Algae And How To Get Rid Of It

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By Lexorwendy Aguiza

Pond owners now how much of a pest blanket weed can be. These filamentous algae are also known as string algae. There are three main factors that enable this unwanted algae to thrive in ponds; nutrients, high temperatures, and clear water. When a pond has all three of these factors, this algae really takes over in a short period of time. Below, we're going to learn about blanket weed control.

Nutrients:

Algae absolutely love phosphates and nitrates. Tap water usually contains both of these nutrients and a fish's metabolism also indirectly makes them available to the algae.

High Temperatures:

Ponds are virtually free from anything green during the winter months; this is because algae needs very warm temperatures to thrive. The more sun water gets, the warmer it becomes. This increase in temperature is just what the algae want.

Clear Water:

String algae enjoy basking in the sunlight. The more sunshine they get, the more they multiply. For example, Koi are often farmed in ponds that are murky, known as mud ponds. The water in these ponds is also shaded, which combines to the turbid conditions within the water itself. This algae aren't able to get the large amount of sunlight they need when residing in murky ponds. However, a clean and clear pond is not only more desired by humans, but also by the algae.

Ponds that have never had so much as a trace of string algae can still end up harbouring it. Koi ponds are kept in such a way that the fish are comfortable, but this also means that the algae are equally at home. Even though people try and try to keep the algae from growing, Koi fish actually like it. They find it to be a perfect location for their nursery and they enjoy nibbling on it too. The algae will only grow when the conditions are perfect. Sometimes this perfection takes a while to achieve, thus the delay in the formation of string algae.

Shallow, sunny locations are the parts of a pon affected the most by these persistent algae. The water doesn't have to be completely still either. Fast-flowing water that is also shallow encourages string algae to grow into longer strands than when the water is still.

If any of the three factors can be altered, then string algae have a very difficult time ever getting established. Nutrients levels can be lowered through the addition of barley straw, algaecides, or electric controllers that use calcium ions. The temperature can be lowered by shading the pond area with new trees, building some type of structure to supply shade, or adding a dye to the water. The dye can also distort the clarity of the water, which inhibits algae growth.

Once at least one of these three factors is altered, blanket weed will be a distant memory. There's nothing more satisfying than have a beautiful pond with healthy fish and gorgeous water lilies in bloom. Keeping this algae out of the loop is easy to do, thanks to all the different methods to inhibit the growth of it.

Weed Control is one of the most harmful types of algae that exist in ponds and can become huge problem for a pond owner.

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Blanket Weed Control - Causes Of String Algae And How To Get Rid Of It

 

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By Lexorwendy Aguiza
Pond owners now how much of a pest blanket weed can be. These filamentous algae are also known as string algae. There are three main factors that enable this unwanted algae to thrive in ponds; nutrients, high temperatures, and clear water. When a pond has all three of these factors, this algae really takes over in a short period of time. Below, we're going to learn about blanket weed control.

Nutrients:
Algae absolutely love phosphates and nitrates. Tap water usually contains both of these nutrients and a fish's metabolism also indirectly makes them available to the algae.

High Temperatures:
Ponds are virtually free from anything green during the winter months; this is because algae needs very warm temperatures to thrive. The more sun water gets, the warmer it becomes. This increase in temperature is just what the algae want.

Clear Water:
String algae enjoy basking in the sunlight. The more sunshine they get, the more they multiply. For example, Koi are often farmed in ponds that are murky, known as mud ponds. The water in these ponds is also shaded, which combines to the turbid conditions within the water itself. This algae aren't able to get the large amount of sunlight they need when residing in murky ponds. However, a clean and clear pond is not only more desired by humans, but also by the algae.


Ponds that have never had so much as a trace of string algae can still end up harbouring it. Koi ponds are kept in such a way that the fish are comfortable, but this also means that the algae are equally at home. Even though people try and try to keep the algae from growing, Koi fish actually like it. They find it to be a perfect location for their nursery and they enjoy nibbling on it too. The algae will only grow when the conditions are perfect. Sometimes this perfection takes a while to achieve, thus the delay in the formation of string algae.

Shallow, sunny locations are the parts of a pond affected the most by these persistent algae. The water doesn't have to be completely still either. Fast-flowing water that is also shallow encourages string algae to grow into longer strands than when the water is still.

If any of the three factors can be altered, then string algae have a very difficult time ever getting established. Nutrients levels can be lowered through the addition of barley straw, algaecides, or electric controllers that use calcium ions. The temperature can be lowered by shading the pond area with new trees, building some type of structure to supply shade, or adding a dye to the water. The dye can also distort the clarity of the water, which inhibits algae growth.

Once at least one of these three factors is altered, blanket weed will be a distant memory. There's nothing more satisfying than have a beautiful pond with healthy fish and gorgeous water lilies in bloom. Keeping this algae out of the loop is easy to do, thanks to all the different methods to inhibit the growth of it.

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Roundup Fast Action Pump 'n' Go 5 Litres Weedkiller

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I've used the Roundup self pump spray on my driveway before - the 1 litre version in a red bottle which gave excellent weed killing results but also ended up giving me blisters and hand ache from the spray mechanism (added to that the liquid had a tendency to run down your arms). 1 litre would kill the weeds on a narrow strip both sides of my double length driveway.

This however is a brilliant spray design that requires no effort to use. Just pump, point and spray after assembling it with the very easy instructions on the back. No leakage or problems. All the parts are originally held together with strong plastic ties which can be chopped of with scissors or garden shears (if you have got down to your allotment and thought carp I've forgotten my scissors).

I bought a bottle of this as I had an allotment with ankle high weeds of about 30 different types. This did the job and killed everything quickly with one application except really thick leaved weeds like those giant dock leaves you are supposed to put on nettle stings and some close ground thick leaved weeds. They did look very poorly though and were easy to spot and lift from the yellow completely dead carnage around them as I hadn't got the patience to wait the extra weeks for full effect.

Once the weeds have died to a yellow carpet (takes about 3 days on my driveway, didn't go back to my allotment for 2 weeks)I found it easy to tear the weeds like a yellow carpet from the soil apart from a few dead, deep clumps which required a bit of digging.

You are meant to prime the spray with about 20 pumps. I was surprised on first use that this only gave about 4 x 3 minute sprays so I only covered about a 4m x 4m area. This was on huge tall weeds though so I was giving them an extremely thorough dousing from all angles. The instructions say it should treat 150 square metres. I'll be a bit more sparing next time.

As for the rest of the blurb on the back of the bottle amongst other things it says:

It can be used to clean up weedy ground before planting vegetables, flowers, bushes and trees, and to renovate overgrown areas.

Weeds may show first effects from a few days up to 4 weeks, depending on the weather and type of weed.

Leave weeds 7 days before digging or soil cultivation, for the weedkiller to move to the roots.

You have to be pretty strong to remove the top to refit a refill or know someone who is.

Highly recommended.

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