Our ponds provide the perfect growing environment for aquatic plants. Fish waste is broken down by pond microorganisms into nitrates, the key ingredient in plant fertilizer. A fish pond without plants will, by default, grow noxious filamentous algae. This is a fish farmer’s worse nightmare because it makes it impossible to net a pond. We grow water hyacinths, sacred lotus, bog plants and a dozen varieties of water lilies. The harvest is from March until July, and the plants […]
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