Blanket weed
We have a problem with a new pond which until a couple of weeks ago was appearing to settle well with frog spawn and tadpoles and then froglets However they have now all hopped off and the pond is growing lots of green slimy blanket weed Any advice on how to manage this would be appreciated
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The pond can go for ages with only a tiny amount of blanket weed in it, which is fine because some of the wildlife in the pond likes it, but then suddenly it increases, and this is when I remove most of it.
We have been twirling it out and leaving it on the side but after just 4days away this week, we came back to quite a cauldron, bubbling merrily away and just wondered if there was anything else we could try
We haven't seen the barley extract but have seen some barley straw - quite small though , not a bale, and will try that first.
I should have mentioned it 'cos it's probably that keeping the problem subdued enough to make the twirling cane an easy job.