is duckweed hardy in zone 5?
will my goldfish eat it?
duckweed
Here is a link and they state zone 6-10 . It is so inexpensive would not hurt to treat as annual.
http://www.pondsplantsandmore.com/Duckweed_Lemna_minor_p/pfh%20duckweed.htm
I wonder if it would overwinter in a goldfish tank in the house?
I think it is kind of border line on hardiness for my area.
I called our local nursery and they didn't get any in this year :(
It overwintered (I find it hard to believe too) in the pool under my fountain. And that pool was frozen rock solid. Yet there it was, floating happily across the top the other day. I use that pool to grow it, then throw some in the goldfish and koi ponds. They'd eat it all in one sitting if allowed.
so goldfish DO eat it??
I do not have any koi to worry about...
My goldfish, despite their Japanese pedigree, are garbage hounds. Others might be more particular, but if my guys can catch it, they ingest it.
frillylilly - yes you can keep duckweed in an aquarium, tropical or goldfish, but the lighting has to be exceptional - 6700 kelvin, 3 to 4 watts per gallon.
lol mine probably would too.
My duck weed over winters in my bog garden. The water is only a couple inches above the mud, and it does freeze solid. I'm in zone 5
Wait. You mean to tell me the muck we scoop out and toss into the
weeds every day could be fed to our Koi?
My gosh, that stuff breeds like crazy in our Lotus tubs. It multiplies
faster than the frogs around here. LOL
looks like clover does too lol
my front yard is NOTHING but clover :(
I used to have grass until the water district put in new sewer tanks, and ruined everyone's lawns.
Is that duckweed in the pic? I thought it was just little things that floated and did not have much roots to it? That looks like a lot of roots in it?
does duckweed ship through the mail ok? I guess it would have to stay wet, and still be able to get air to it?
mekos
Jun 10, 2009
I had some tiny green specks that floated to the top of the water when I bought a water lily a couple weeks ago and it's getting bigger. Could that be duck weed?
it looks more like a camera to me ....
sorry couldn't resist :)
I always thought duckweed was just tiny little things, too, but
when hubby pulled a wad out I was able to get a picture of it.
Cute stuff, but it multiplies like crazy.
that looks like duckweed, in the warmer months they to put out long roots.
-joe-