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Water Hyacinth and water level

14 years ago

My WH have taken over the pond (as expected). The center plants are at least two feet tall! And, yes, it's time to send many of them to that "great fish pond in the sky" also known as the compost heap at the end of the yard. But here's my question...

My mother pointed out that for WH plants to grow like that they must be using a lot of water. We had an incredibly rainy June and July but August (when the plants really took off) was fairly dry. Can WH actually cause the water level to go down?

Allynn

Here is a link that might be useful: My Pond Website

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drh1
14 years ago
Not by much. All plants will release water vapor (transpire) in to the air. You'll loose much, much more to straight old evaporation from the pond which is influenced by wind and water temperature. Also, you may find a bit of wicking occurring (water seeping into the soil along a fold or seam in your liner or if the soil comes in contact with you water). These other loses will easily exceed anything your water hyacinths do. As a counter point you can argue that the water hyacinths shade the water keeping the temperature down thereby reducing evaporation!! LOL!
---David
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