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- Garden pond drained: when and how does it work?
- Preparation to remove mud
- Desludging and clearing of the pond basin
- Garden pond cleaning and ecosystem
Deslagging the garden pond is expensive
Garden pond drained: when and how does it work?
Mulm, autumn leaves and excretions of the pond inhabitants ensure that the pelvic floor regularly pollutes which has a negative effect on the water quality. Therefore, it is necessary to thoroughly dehumidify the garden pond once a year, but without making it completely sterile.
Over the year, there is a large amount of digested sludge coming from leftover food, dead parts of the plant and fish excrements, settling on the bottom of the pond and creating dull, green water. In order to avoid a manual removal of this rubbish you will hardly be spared even with otherwise exemplary pond care, the ideal time for this is the beginning of spring.
Preparation to remove mud
For a relatively simple and above all complete cleaning, it makes sense not only to pump the pond completely dry, it should also at least the large plants are removed from the basin. On this occasion it would be a good idea to cut back some of the overgrown aquatic plants, to transplant individual plants to another location and to remove the algae, especially on the banks.
Desludging and clearing of the pond basin
Now you have the option of using a special pond vacuum for de-sludging. Corresponding devices can be rented from specialist retailers or from any larger garden center and are either equipped with a larger collection container or divert the sludge via a drain hose directly outside the pond frame. Yes, depending on the design and model, sludge removal by vacuum will not have to drain the entire amount of water, but the traditional method of cleaning with a bucket, bucket and wheelbarrow will be easier to do by hand and more thorough.
Some data from sludge sucker for smaller ponds with low pollution:
Garden pond cleaning and ecosystem
Apart from the fact that the removed sludge is excellent as an admixture to garden compost, you should not completely remove it from the garden pond. Finally, it forms a vital root for the aquatic plants and contributes to the biological balance in the ornamental pond. Exaggerated cleanliness would be out of place because nature is perfectly capable of self-regulation.