April is Pond Management Time! Talking aerators, duckweed, and vegetated buffers | #GoodGrowing

This week on the Good Growing Podcast we rewind back to when we sat down in person with Duane Friend to discuss pond management. For this Gardenbite episode, we look specifically at aerators in ponds, duckweed, and having taller vegetation around ponds and in the drainage channels leading into the pond. You can find the entire episode at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt4E6uke72E 

Watch this on YouTube https://youtu.be/SFNec6M8J-w

Skip to what you want to know:
1:20 Aerators in ponds. Do they work? What about aerating ponds during the winter?
4:18 Can you prevent duckweed from returning to your pond year after year? 
7:27 What about using vegetation to improve water quality for ponds?

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Chris Enroth

University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Henderson, Knox, McDonough, and Warren Counties

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University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan, and Scott Counties

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