BLANKETWEED

Ian

Blanketweed has taken over my pond. It’s worse in the summer but even now it’s still clogging everything up. The oxygenating plants are being killed off as well. As it is a wildlife pond I do not want to put chemicals into the water. Have you any ideas. NH by e-mail

Reply

The easiest and probably the most effective method of removing this fast growing nuisance is to use a stick. It lifts up quite easily, so pick up as much as possible and repeat regularly to slow down the plants ability to cover the whole surface of the pond. Leave the weed on the side of the pond overnight to give creatures that live in the water to crawl back in before adding it straight into the compost heap. If you don’t have a compost heap then put the weed under a plant for effective mulch.

Horticultural.