i noticed on some garden ponds nice bright green algae growing on the walls and the rocks. is there any trick to making that happen. seems that the only algae i can grow is string algae from time to time.
green algae on rocks - how to
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Just a different species. There are 100's, maybe 1000's of different species. Kind of like a garden, if you pull out the species you don't like it might give a species you do like a chance take off. But it's hit and miss. Can't buy seeds for these things. I've tried propagating algae and I had no luck. Harder than it would seem.
And even if you do get a species you like it probably won't last more than a few years. I don't know if other species takes over or the short species turns into a long species at some point. Hard to tell.
And even if you do get a species you like it probably won't last more than a few years. I don't know if other species takes over or the short species turns into a long species at some point. Hard to tell.
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is it algae or could it be moss you are looking at .I put some moss in a blender with buttermilk and mix and just brush it on and keep in shade and moist and it grows .Algae just comes and no stopping it .
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nice moss though and worth the time and energy .Is yours in full sun there or mostly shade .I would think the waterfall helps keep it moist .I see high sun on your top rock there .
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I got moss growing around my guest house and in the woods but can't grow it by my pond to much sun :sad: .I love the way it looks though .None of my trees have gotten big enough yet to shade much of anything .I wish the developer had not cut down all the trees before i bought the lots .He could have chose to keep a few as I saw pics of my lots and there were some nice big maples on it besides all the scrub pines .But he stripped it bare and I put back over 30 trees so far .