{"id":18439,"date":"2017-06-06T16:37:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T15:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18439"},"modified":"2017-06-06T16:37:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T15:37:12","slug":"summer-pond-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/summer-pond-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Pond Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is another tough season for small garden ponds. The warmer weather can spoil the balance between the amount of vegetation and the levels of sunlight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-605\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-605\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pond-weed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pond-weed.jpg 427w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pond-weed-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pond Weed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Observations and Summer Tasks<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aquatic plants help maintain a balanced pool free from algea in summer.<\/li>\n<li>Free floating plants reduce the amount of sun reaching the depths and keep the water cooler. Gently place new plants on the surface.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain 50% of the water surface clear of vegetation thinning when necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Deep water aquatic plants with floating leaves like water lilies benefit from regular dividing.<\/li>\n<li>Submerged oxygenating plants are vital to pool hygiene 5-20 stems per square yard of surface is needed.<\/li>\n<li>Excessive plant growth replaces oxygen with carbon dioxide at night potentially causing fish to die.<\/li>\n<li>Thin out and avoid invasive species such as Mtriophllum acquaticum.<\/li>\n<li>Good housekeeping involves topping up water levels and removing dead and rotting vegetation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11085\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/thorpe-perow-lake-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"762\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/thorpe-perow-lake-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/thorpe-perow-lake-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thorpe Perrow Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is another tough season for small garden ponds. The warmer weather can spoil the balance between the amount of vegetation and the levels of sunlight. Observations and Summer Tasks Aquatic plants help maintain a balanced pool free from algea in summer. Free floating plants reduce the amount of sun reaching the depths and keep the water cooler. Gently place new plants on the surface. Maintain 50% of the water surface clear of vegetation thinning when necessary. Deep water aquatic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/summer-pond-care\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}