Our retention pond in our neighborhood has a lot of algae and problematic plant growth due to the surrounding farms and lawn runoff, so we’re experimenting with a floating island to pull nutrients out before they can cause problems. This will also provide some interesting flowering plants, and more fish habitats.

Will be an interesting experiment to see what survives and what does poorly.

Zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds, and a few others are in net pots, inserted into cutouts in EVA foam mats.

Design is from:
http://www.beemats.com/

More reading:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/flowers-grown-floating-on-polluted-waterways-can-help-clean-up-nutrient-runoff/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666765723000637?via%3Dihub

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    2•1 month ago

    Ok, great. Show me a paper that explains what you are talking about and I’ll read it.

    I’m following peer reviewed papers on how to remediate ponds, and you’re telling me that they are incorrect or insufficient.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•1 month ago

      I’ll add another condescending advice for you: Don’t feed the troll.

      No seriously, those two other commenters are either insane or trolling. They are completely ignoring your objective and just going on about “rejuvenation”.

      Please stay as you are and stand your well informed ground!

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        1•1 month ago

        Yeah, I originally thought they were commenting in good faith, shoulda stopped two comments sooner.

        Don’t understand what the issue is, I just want sources for recommendations, the only source either of them shared was for a topic that was irrelevant to the discussion.