{"id":10296,"date":"2018-10-06T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=10296"},"modified":"2018-09-23T18:49:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T22:49:25","slug":"fallwinter-water-garden-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/10\/06\/fallwinter-water-garden-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall\/Winter Water Garden Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10297\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-5.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10297\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10297\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-5-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-5-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-5-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Healthy Water Garden<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10302\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-4.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10302\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10302\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-4-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-4-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-4-768x1160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Water-Garden-4-678x1024.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water Lilies And Lotus Plants<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the spring and summer seasons, a water garden is a tranquil and refreshing respite in the\u00a0home landscape.\u00a0 However, in the fall, lots of leaves and debris\u00a0fall into\u00a0the pond. Here are\u00a0a few\u00a0 tips to prepare your water garden for the\u00a0winter season.<\/p>\n<p>Some\u00a0water gardens are designed\u00a0so that the waterfalls and streams run continuously through the fall-winter season. Heaters keep the water surface from icing over.\u00a0It maintains\u00a0a small area open to permit harmful decomposition gases from accumulating.<\/p>\n<p>At first frost floating tropical water plants like water hyacinths and lettuce are killed and and\u00a0should be removed from the water garden. Marginal plants,\u00a0such as Elephant Ears, Cannas, Papyrus, and tropical water lilies, may be\u00a0overwintered in a cool 40\u00b0F garage in a dormant state or grown in a greenhouse or sunroom.\u00a0Hardy water plants such as\u00a0water lilies &amp; lotus\u00a0occupy the pond&#8217;s deeper depths and\u00a0shallow aquatic plants around the pond&#8217;s perimeter.<\/p>\n<p>Use pond netting to protect the water surface from leaves and other debris. If you\u00a0can not use netting,\u00a0utilize a skimmer net to remove\u00a0heavy amounts litter.\u00a0 \u00a0Inspect\u00a0pumps and filters for any debris blockages.\u00a0 If\u00a0pumps, filters and UV lights\u00a0will not be running during the winter,\u00a0remove them, drain the water, and store equipment indoors.<\/p>\n<p>Pond hardy fish such as koi &amp; various types of goldfish acclimate very well to cold water conditions. They\u00a0do not require feeding\u00a0once\u00a0water temps dip below 60\u00b0F.\u00a0 In areas where the pond\u00a0will not freeze, switch over to a winter food that is more easily digested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spring and summer seasons, a water garden is a tranquil and refreshing respite in the\u00a0home landscape.\u00a0 However, in the fall, lots of leaves and debris\u00a0fall into\u00a0the pond. Here are\u00a0a few\u00a0 tips to prepare your water garden for the\u00a0winter season. Some\u00a0water gardens are designed\u00a0so that the waterfalls and streams run continuously through the fall-winter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[760,752,753,1281,759,674,1383,853,929,843,1060,812,601,729,1382,849,630,706,646,756,1338,1215,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10296"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10305,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10296\/revisions\/10305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}