Re: clay/dirt bottom?

I wanted to make the edges of the pond natural looking (plants on the
edge growing into the water).  As for fish stiring things up...I was
thinking of going fishless

~ jan  JJsPond.us <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> If you don't want to deal with pots, just anchor the plants with a cement
> block or rock. Bad bacterias love clay/sand on the bottoms of a pond. The
> reason why many of us recommend pots/baskets (even plants anchored by rocks
> in the pot/basket) is because these pond plants grow like weeds. To give
> you an idea after 3 months my pond looked like it had been there a very
> long time. It is much easier to divide a plant out of the water, and in my
> case, up on a work table. ~ jan
> 
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> >On 29 Nov 2003 18:34:19 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tracey) wrote:
>  
> >What about using clay/sand in the bottom of the pond over the liner
> >and planting pond plants directly in the mud.  No pots and lots of
> >places for water creatures to live.  It would be muddy water after a
> >rain, but it should settle back down and be clear...right?  I couldn't
> >have a lot of water movement or it would never be clear. 1/2 of the
> >pond (deep end) could be just liner and the other 1/2 of the pond
> >could have clay.  This way I could have some filtration and movement
> >at the deep end with out stiring up the shallower end too much.  Any
> >thoughts on this?
> >
> >Thanks for letting me think out loud 
> >
> >Tracey