Pond

[horselady]

Hi. First winter in house with pond plus goldfish in garden. Should we be doing anything about the long leaves (look like gladioli leaves) that are turning brown?

[krupesh]

I would be careful with those sort of leaves because my fish died by eating one.

[Bromsgrove]

I tend to treat dying leaves in the pond as I do those in the garden, pulling them off as they die. this keeps the pond tidy. It seems to work well, and fish survive. Perhaps by next year you will have an idea of what the plants are and how they should be treated. Today we put our pond net on, to catch falling leaves, we will still be able to access the pond as we need to.

[horselady]

Thank you. I will pull the long leaves off, they are beginning to look a bit unsightly. We already have a net on to catch falling grandchildren!