Garden Pond Maintenance | Kansas City Landscape Supplies
Stay on top of water garden pond maintenance, warmer temperatures cause water evaporation so add a small amount of an algaecide each week. Adding large quantities may be harmful to fish and some plants and will encourage algae growth. Be sure to follow directions and good circulation of pond water is a must!
How to Plant Water Lilies
Welcome to Randy’s Lakeview Nursery series on Water Garden Ponds
After you’ve prepped your water garden in the spring and treated your water garden pond for algae . It’s time to plant some water lilies and enhance your pond’s appears with landscaping rocks.
First let’s learns how to increase the beauty of your water pond by helping your existing lily plants and divide them properly. We recommend, when building water garden ponds, to keep the lilies in their containers so they don’t overtake your pond.
Pull your lilies out of the pond and take them out of the container. Clean the roots off and divide (cut) into 5”-6” sections.
Repot in aquatic soil or heavy clay garden soil. Top the containers with small rocks to keep soil from clouding; it helps to keep your fish from digging root backout. You can also divide bog plants at this time. Divide the plant with a serrated knife and replant. Use fertilizer tabs for the water lilies and the bog plants.
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Water Garden Ponds – Get Ready Now!
Cold as it may be in Kansas City it’s a good time to start spring clean up for your water garden ponds. Clean up any leaf or plant debris, check pump and filters. Wait for the water temperature to come up to 55* to start treating for algae. Be sure and check the water level.
If you’re looking to build your first water garden pond, we would love to help you out. Randy’s Lakeview Nursery sells all types of garden pond supplies; rocks, pumps, liners, water plants, filters and skimmers.
Twenty Tips for a Water-Wise Garden
Appreciating the economic, environmental and psychological benefits of plants is easy. Just imagine a world without them. These assets, and the time and money already invested in landscapes, are reason enough to preserve them. Water-Wise gardening has advantages of its own: stronger plants, less maintenance, lowered water bills and decreased demand on natural resources. Even in drought-free conditions, these principles make good gardening sense.
1. Group plants according to water requirements to avoid over-or-under-watering.
2. Use plants that need less water. Plenty of attractive varieties meet this definition.
3. Install new plants when reliable rainfall is expected. In many regions, fall is the best time to plant.
4. Build basins around shrubs and trees to limit runoff.
5. Mulch to reduce moisture evaporation.
6. Fertilize properly – too much stimulates thirsty new growth.
7. Pruning keeps plants strong and less water dependent.
8. Prioritize watering. New plants need more frequent watering than established trees and shrubs.
9. Irrigate lawns only when needed. If grass springs back up after you walk on it, it doesn’t need water. Or, let your lawn go dormant; most grasses rebound when rains return.
10. Mow higher and less often. Longer leaf surfaces encourage deeper roofing and shade roots. Mowing puts grass under additional stress that requires more water.
11. Water plants when the soil is dry, not before.
12. Use a spring-loaded hose spray or hose-end turn-off device.
13. Adjust sprinklers so water reaches lawns and gardens, not pavement.
14. Inspect sprinkler systems for leaks.
15. Time your watering. Water early to decrease evaporation. Avoid windy days for the same reason.
16. Water infrequently, deeply, and thoroughly. This stops wasteful runoff and encourages deeper root development. Plants with deep roots develop greater tolerance to dry spells.
17. Install a drip irrigation system. You’ll save up to 60 percent of the water used by sprinklers.
18. Move container plants to shady areas. Watering them over the root area of a tree puts excess water to good use.
19. Remove weeds. Weeds rob water and nutrients from valuable plants.
20. Watch the weather. Don’t irrigate if rain is predicted. Skip at least one watering after a good rain. Cut back watering times and frequencies in cool and / or humid weather.