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What is Blanket Weed and how can we control it?

Blanket weed is a type of algae.  There are over 20,000 different named species of algae, so working out which one you have is understandably tricky!  Monocellular algae is the type that turns the water green and Lemna Minor, commonly … Continue reading

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Algae and Blanket Weed Control

There are many different forms of algae.  There is the type which turns the water green, which is called a mono cellular algae or blanket weed which can either be the long stringy type which clogs onto everything or the … Continue reading

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Invasive Oxygenating Weed

Oxygenating weed is vitally important in any pond or lake situation, not only to produce oxygen, but also to use up nutrition.  If you have more nutrition in a pond than you have life to consume it, algae and blanket … Continue reading

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