duck weed

[carmel]

I had tonnes of duckweed, i was scooping it out and composting i had so much, now, after a week of extreme heat, i have almost none. Does heat kill duckweed??

 

[Lisak1]

Hmmm... I've found that the heat actually encourages it to grow. Do you have fish? Any heavy rain or flooding?

 

[brokensword]

maybe the ducks found it...


...better start calling it cowweed; I've never seen one of those in a pond yet...

 

[carmel]

Hmmm... I've found that the heat actually encourages it to grow. Do you have fish? Any heavy rain or flooding?

i do have fish....have always had fish and they never seem to eat it...or if they do, they don't eat enough to even put a dent in it....as i said, i am usually taking it out...we havent had rain in a over a week...very dry, hot and humid

 

[Lisak1]

That's indeed a puzzle! I would have guessed maybe it got flooded out... Maybe something else came along and gobbled it all up? Like actual ducks? (Do ducks even eat duckweed? No clue!)

 

[JamieB]

Lack of nutrients?