Comments on: Finding a Leak in Your Water Garden – Water Garden & Feature Q & A – Week Ending July 4th http://blog.thepondguy.com/2009/07/02/finding-a-leak-in-your-water-garden-water-garden-amp-feature-q-amp-a-week-ending-july-4th/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:40:42 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: thepondguy http://blog.thepondguy.com/2009/07/02/finding-a-leak-in-your-water-garden-water-garden-amp-feature-q-amp-a-week-ending-july-4th/#comment-852 thepondguy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:55:41 +0000 http://blog.thepondguy.com/?p=790#comment-852 Cathy, Great idea, thanks for the comment! Cathy,

Great idea, thanks for the comment!

]]> By: CATHY CRAWFORD http://blog.thepondguy.com/2009/07/02/finding-a-leak-in-your-water-garden-water-garden-amp-feature-q-amp-a-week-ending-july-4th/#comment-850 CATHY CRAWFORD Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:34:56 +0000 http://blog.thepondguy.com/?p=790#comment-850 I live in North Carolina, if your pond is 3 feet or more at it's deepest, I put the plants in the bottom near my water fall after cutting them back. I never turn my water fall off. My plants come back every year, sometimes before I can pull them back up to the top. In extreme winters I also use a Sauser Heater to keep ice from completely forming on the ends farthest from the water fall. I live in North Carolina, if your pond is 3 feet or more
at it’s deepest, I put the plants in the bottom near
my water fall after cutting them back. I never turn my water fall off. My plants come back every year, sometimes before I can pull them back up to the top. In extreme winters I also use a Sauser Heater to keep ice from completely forming on the ends farthest from the water fall.

]]> By: thepondguy http://blog.thepondguy.com/2009/07/02/finding-a-leak-in-your-water-garden-water-garden-amp-feature-q-amp-a-week-ending-july-4th/#comment-847 thepondguy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:53:37 +0000 http://blog.thepondguy.com/?p=790#comment-847 Francis, Any floating plants, such as the water hyacinth are hard to winterize. Usually you have to bring them indoors because they will not survive the harsh winters. As for any bog plants, what we do in Michigan where it seems like we only have summer for 2 weeks out of the year =), we trim the foliage of the bog/marginals down to about 2" above the roots. We are in zone 5 as well and we don't have a problem having them come back year to year. If you have any bogs/marginal plants that are tropical however, again, they will not survive the winter even if you did trim back the foliage. Hopefully this helps! Thanks for the question Francis,

Any floating plants, such as the water hyacinth are hard to winterize. Usually you have to bring them indoors because they will not survive the harsh winters.

As for any bog plants, what we do in Michigan where it seems like we only have summer for 2 weeks out of the year =), we trim the foliage of the bog/marginals down to about 2″ above the roots. We are in zone 5 as well and we don’t have a problem having them come back year to year.

If you have any bogs/marginal plants that are tropical however, again, they will not survive the winter even if you did trim back the foliage.

Hopefully this helps!

Thanks for the question

]]> By: thepondguy http://blog.thepondguy.com/2009/07/02/finding-a-leak-in-your-water-garden-water-garden-amp-feature-q-amp-a-week-ending-july-4th/#comment-846 thepondguy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:49:01 +0000 http://blog.thepondguy.com/?p=790#comment-846 Paul, If the stock tank is above ground, try and look around the tank for any leaks. Some times they can be visible, other times it can be a small drip that you may not notice. If the stock tank is built into the ground, the concepts above should work. By turning off any pumps and letting the water sit will allow you to see where the water level comes down to if there is a leak. Does it drain to the bottom if you let it sit? If so the leak must be on the bottom. If it stops mid-level, then the leak is around the side. If it leaks only when the pump is on, then water is somehow escaping from the pump tubing, filtration or waterfall area or whichever you have. Hopefully this helps. Thanks for the question! Paul,

If the stock tank is above ground, try and look around the tank for any leaks. Some times they can be visible, other times it can be a small drip that you may not notice.

If the stock tank is built into the ground, the concepts above should work. By turning off any pumps and letting the water sit will allow you to see where the water level comes down to if there is a leak.

Does it drain to the bottom if you let it sit? If so the leak must be on the bottom. If it stops mid-level, then the leak is around the side. If it leaks only when the pump is on, then water is somehow escaping from the pump tubing, filtration or waterfall area or whichever you have.

Hopefully this helps.
Thanks for the question!

]]> By: FRANCIS E. RIDLEY http://blog.thepondguy.com/2009/07/02/finding-a-leak-in-your-water-garden-water-garden-amp-feature-q-amp-a-week-ending-july-4th/#comment-839 FRANCIS E. RIDLEY Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:57:18 +0000 http://blog.thepondguy.com/?p=790#comment-839 HI MR. POND GUY THIS YEAR WE REBUILT OR POND AND REPLACED THE LINER AND FILTERING SYSTUM AND NOW ABLE TO PUT MORE PLANTS IN THE POND AND THE 2 BOGS. I KNOW I CAN OVER WINTER THE LILLIES BUT, CAN I AND HOW CAN I WINTER OVER THE WATER HICENTS, CYPERIS, CANNA, WATER IRIS OR DO HAVE TO JUST THROW THEM OUT. OUR POND TOTALY FREEZES, WE LIVE NEAR ROCHESTER NY WITH A HARDI ZONE OF # 4 - 5. HI MR. POND GUY
THIS YEAR WE REBUILT OR POND AND REPLACED THE LINER AND FILTERING SYSTUM AND NOW ABLE TO PUT MORE PLANTS IN THE POND AND THE 2 BOGS. I KNOW I CAN OVER WINTER THE LILLIES BUT, CAN I AND HOW CAN I WINTER OVER THE WATER HICENTS, CYPERIS, CANNA, WATER IRIS OR DO HAVE TO JUST THROW THEM OUT. OUR POND TOTALY FREEZES, WE LIVE NEAR ROCHESTER NY WITH A HARDI ZONE OF # 4 – 5.

]]> By: Paul McNutt http://blog.thepondguy.com/2009/07/02/finding-a-leak-in-your-water-garden-water-garden-amp-feature-q-amp-a-week-ending-july-4th/#comment-835 Paul McNutt Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:37:15 +0000 http://blog.thepondguy.com/?p=790#comment-835 How would you detect a leak in pond without a liner, as in a stock tank? How would you detect a leak in pond without a liner, as in a stock tank?

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