Dead!!!
Posted: April 20th, 2021, 10:49 am
Our pond, since several years, has been overrun by duckweed.
Presumably imported by ducks.
No, it's not the one that's inhibited by barley straw. It's the tiny separate leaves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemnoideae that travel on ducks' feet.
In amongst the other plants it resist eradication.
Various chemicals have not ousted it.
Left alone, it covers the water, totally.
Countless hours scooping it out, come warmth and sun it spreads again
A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the winter's residue was looking rather wan. Not the usual healthy grrr green.
I began to hope.
And this morning, I'm sure.
It's not growing. It's dead!!!!
The cold has killed it.
Long live the duck. The duck is dead.
V8
Presumably imported by ducks.
No, it's not the one that's inhibited by barley straw. It's the tiny separate leaves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemnoideae that travel on ducks' feet.
In amongst the other plants it resist eradication.
Various chemicals have not ousted it.
Left alone, it covers the water, totally.
Countless hours scooping it out, come warmth and sun it spreads again
A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the winter's residue was looking rather wan. Not the usual healthy grrr green.
I began to hope.
And this morning, I'm sure.
It's not growing. It's dead!!!!
The cold has killed it.
Long live the duck. The duck is dead.
V8