Mosquitoes and compost
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Comments (11)gardendawgie We live in Monson, MA. My son bought me for Mothers a few years ago, what the pet store told him were 4 Koi, turned out to be 1 Koi and 3 Comets, the rodents of the aqua world. They started to breed and never stopped I have to have over 100 fish. Everytime I pull some out to dump in the compost pile I feel so badly I put them back. I can't even give them away, the pet stores don't want them nor do farm supply places with ponds, we give them to the kids for their fish tanks but that doesn't make a dent. And let me tell you they winterize really well. When the ice melts we pray for half and get double. My goal for the end of fall is all the gold fish go. I spoke to this guy that specializes in ponds and koi he said when the bomb hits there will be two things left in the world cockroaches and goldfish :) Some of them are beautiful though, the 3 originals are huge I wish I could keep them but obviously they are the breeders. Caavonldy: Red Eared Sliders are native to the south and should never be hybernated outside in the winter. We always took ours back in the house at the beginning of Sept back out end of May, painters can be wintered outside. The pet stores like Petco will tell you they live outdoors year round but this is untrue. They will get pneuomina and die. If you decided to get another turtle check out redearslider form they are really cool people to talk to. I'm always tempted to get a few more but boy are they a lot of work....See Moremosquitos in water?
Comments (23)just in damp leaves! She wants me to get rid of all the leaves that do not dry out completly between waterings. It is sort of absurd as the yards all around us are full of leaves (among other things.) I have a big tub in the front with two goldfish in it; we had trouble keeping them happy until I dumped a HUGE amount of water weeds in there. Now we can't see them but they eat a lot of the weeds and are happy, and no mosquito larva in it. I got it for the frogs to breed in but I think they may be eating the tree frog larvae. It seems perfectly balenced; anyway if you scoop up the water and sniff it smells fine. It looks good, although it is absolutly full of weeds. No algae, either. Now if I could just get rid of the adult mosquitos (which are getting into the house even!) all would be well.......See MoreMosquito control
Comments (20)Thank you Fetters. Really good post. Quite timely for us as DH has suggested putting in a garden pond. My first question was, "What about the mosquitoes?" I was intrigued by the mention of Lemon Eucalyptus. E maculata sounded somewhat familiar so I assumed we call it something else down here. I googled it and this is what I found. E maculata is known as Spotted Gum or Honey Gum (good for bees). E citriodora is known as Lemon-Scented Gum. And there is a hybrid E maculata citriodora. Recently these particular gums have been reclassified from Eucalyptus to Corymbia (useful to know in case the nurseries change the labels). I debated whether to mention the next bit. In some areas they are getting a reputation as an invasive weed. It's hard to know when such a reputation is truly warranted. (I have some birch trees, which are most definately not indigenous to my area, and I do get seedlings coming up, but after all these years my birches haven't taken over the nearby bushland. Or is that because they have no chance against the Patterson's Curse, which was once an introduced garden flower.) I suppose all I can say is do some research if you're thinking of planting one. Perhaps conditions in the areas of the US where they are grown are such that they are happy enough to grow okay but not so happy that they get out of control. And the good news is if you change your mind after you've planted one, it apparently makes really good timber. Hello OzOrganic. Sorry to hear about your landlord issue. Don't get me started on that subject. Hope you find a solution soon....See MoreDuckweed...nutrition info, etc, also Mosquito Dunk Question
Comments (2)The plant material deteriorating uses up essential nutrients so unless you feed the living plants a bit more than enough there wouldn't likely be enough for the duckweed. The only thing affected by mosquito dunks are mosquito larva and black flies....See MoreLloyd
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