help getting plants ready for winter season

[addy1]

addy, So do you think the forget me not will be okay if I leave it in the floating planter? The roots are not bare, I have them planted in an aquatic media.

IMHO yes, my forgetmenot is shallow rooted stays in the bog, the bog is full of water that does freeze up. So it lives with roots frozen in pea gravel. Comes back gang busters every summer.

 

[bettasngoldfish]

IMHO yes, my forgetmenot is shallow rooted stays in the bog, the bog is full of water that does freeze up. So it lives with roots frozen in pea gravel. Comes back gang busters every summer.

Cool! Then I am going to leave it as is and see what happens

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Okay so I cleaned my pond and stock tank today. Pulled a lot of plants, trimmed some, big water change and put the spitter away until next spring.

Here is what it looks like now

 

[bettasngoldfish]

Here are a few of not so good photos of some of the fish. Oh and I forgot to mention I found two babies in the pond today. A black or olive color and a calico colored one. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the first one. I have seen some chasing going on but hadn't seen any babies

 

[bettasngoldfish]

 

[addy1]

Great looking fish, like the one covered with spots.

 

[Lisaebetten]

forgetmenot will come back, I have it in the bog, along the edging of the pond, in the stream it just grows. When I turn off the Bog it stays full of water and freezes all of the plants come back. Any pond plants I just let them stay where they are except the red stem parrots feather. It is in a pot and it gets sank.

Thanks for the tip on the parrots feather.

 

[Lisaebetten]

Your fish are very nice! That super spotted one looks unique.

 

[haver79]

Colorful fish beta, pond looks good. I wish I could make one of those covers for my pond. I think it might be too big though. I like how easy it would be to lift off and on.

 

[addy1]

Thanks for the tip on the parrots feather.

The green stem handles the cold the red stem will die, so it gets sank in around 1.5 feet of water.

If you look to the back of this picture, near the bottom of the pot behind the birds, that is red stem parrots feather. I am not home ow would get a better picture for you
It has smaller feathers then the green stem.

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[Fishylove]

Look at all those leaves on the netting. I wish I could put a net over my pond too but I'm too worried about the frogs getting tangled. I'm going to be doing A LOT of leaf netting soon.

Jb I have tons of frogs and they do fine with the net. Not one tangled up yet!