tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post112666617875504989..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Pond ScumUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1126909512369929062005-09-16T17:25:00.000-05:002005-09-16T17:25:00.000-05:00Weary,Thing beat me to it, but he's right. I would...Weary,<BR/>Thing beat me to it, but he's right. I wouldn't worry about water striders.<BR/><BR/>Zanne, <BR/>You left off stingrays, sharks,jellyfish, fire coral, and tourists.<BR/><BR/>Thing,<BR/>You really do love insects. It shows in your writing. Cool.<BR/><BR/>Hick,<BR/>Heh!R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1126879992666444002005-09-16T09:13:00.000-05:002005-09-16T09:13:00.000-05:00After reading the above posts with all that talk o...After reading the above posts with all that talk of water skimmers or striders or skippers, I looked very carefully at FC's picture and even enlarged it. I realize I am only a humble Hick, but out here in the wilds of the Sierra Nevadas, we call those things dogs...or maybe Black Labs would be more descriptive. You people on the East Coast slay me.Karen Schmautzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882229236585238584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1126824772989967062005-09-15T17:52:00.000-05:002005-09-15T17:52:00.000-05:00OK.....super pond scum, water bugs with tissue dis...OK.....super pond scum, water bugs with tissue dissolving enzymes, gators, wild hogs, skeeters, rattlesnakes, water snakes, microbes that crawl up your nose and infect your brain.....<BR/><BR/>I'm an 8th generation Floridian with the bad luck to have been born in Chicago, but I'll still take the 100 inches of snow and hoarefrost over those critters!Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06475380451527801666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1126799298683196042005-09-15T10:48:00.000-05:002005-09-15T10:48:00.000-05:00Okay, that bug is nasty! Is that the same as what ...Okay, that bug is nasty! Is that the same as what we northerners call a 'water skimmer?' They lie on top of a pool of water and race across the top as though walking on water. I always thought (and prayed) they were harmless, but now that I see this photo, it looks quite similar. Say it isn't so!!!Weary Haghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15809105824011470783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1126736430765258232005-09-14T17:20:00.000-05:002005-09-14T17:20:00.000-05:00Anonymous, LOL! I think that advice fits Chara per...Anonymous, <BR/>LOL! I think that advice fits Chara perfectly. Thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>DPR,<BR/>I have read about the barley straw. My water is actually pretty clear...that's part of the problem. The Chara really appreciates the unfiltered light for photosynthesis. This pond is probably 60 X 30. Thanks for the advice.<BR/><BR/>Kodijack,<BR/>You have a good point. I have used it some, but one of it's other qualities is that it is loaded with calcium. If you dry it out it actually turns white as the calcium is exposed. That can change your soil pH if you're not careful.<BR/>It's a native species so I can't hate it like I do the exotics. Darn! Hey, thanks for stopping in.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1126704559460562252005-09-14T08:29:00.000-05:002005-09-14T08:29:00.000-05:00I once read in an organic gardening publication th...I once read in an organic gardening publication that the way to eradicate bindweed was to pull it out by hand . . .every two weeks for the rest of your life. (!) Doesn't that sound about right for your Chara?<BR/><BR/>Sorry, no Blogger ID. (No grandchild old enough to show me around my computer yet.) Actually, she may never be able to help me, as she will not understand how one can rescue a computer from the trash, and turn it into an internet only machine on a midwestern dial-up connection. (And expect to "play with others". sigh)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com