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    Extreme Koi Member Rank = Grand Champion Andre Asagi's Avatar
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    Water Hyacinth Over-Winter

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    Has anyone tried and succeeded in keeping water hyacinth alive over winter?

    I have tried and failed so far.



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    I've never done this but, in my early goldfish pond days, I had planted ponds with all sorts of plants including water hyacinths and I understand that they need warmth and light. So outdoors is a non starter and so is putting them in a shed unless they have heat and long hours of bright artificial light. Off the top of my head, perhaps you could try making a small "greenhouse" out of bubble wrap in a shed with a fluorescent light on a timer and an aquarium heater in a small vat or container but the cost of doing that and running it might make it cheaper to buy new ones each spring,

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    I think as manky sanke has said it will cost to try and save them. I personally would just buy new each year.


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    Thanks. An aquatic shop keeper once told me to keep them in the shed but put them in water and compost. Basically make mud out of the compost. I tried it and it died.

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    They may have died due to low temperature and/or low light

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    put it in a wide neck vase and bring into the house and keep away from the cooling of a window, keep an eye out for botrytis( fungal rot) as the airflow will not be that great or just order fresh in late spring if you like them

 

 

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