5 x tips to keep your pond healthy year-round
The maintenance of your pond is necessary 4 times a year, every season, if you want to keep your pond healthy. Pond care begins when pond construction and depends on the type of pond you have. Not everyone is aware that pond maintenance should be done several times a year to keep the pond healthy all year round. This is why pond specialist Simon van der Velde tells you all about how to maintain your pond and thus keep it healthy.
5 x tips to keep your pond healthy year-round
Pond care | Tips for pond maintenance in spring, summer, fall and winter
Pond maintenance is important to keep your pond clean, healthy and clear. To do this, it is necessary to maintain your pond each season. Aquatic plants are an important part of this, learn more? Then read on. All about pond maintenance The importance of pond care Creating a natural pond through proper planting How to maintain the pond? Pond maintenance in the spring Pond maintenance in...
Cleaning ponds | When to clean a pond and how to clean a pond bottom?
Despite regular maintenance and scooping out leaves from your pond, the bottom may become contaminated. The layer of silt will need to be removed. Simon provides tips on how to do this. All your good intentions notwithstanding, your pond may still become polluted. Fallen leaves have half decayed and sunk to the bottom, fish droppings accumulate...
Pond planting | 5 tips for planting pond plants in a pond basket and placing them in the pond.
Plant the right way Planting water plants is a job you have to do meticulously. For optimal growth and flowering of your water plants it is important that they are placed in the right way. That way you can enjoy your pond even more. With these five important tips from Simon, your pond plants will grow healthily and...
Plant filter pond | Tips on how to make a plant filter for the pond
A plant filter as a natural water purifier for your pond. Do you want to make a plant filter for your pond but don't know what types of plant filters exist, such as a swamp filter also called a helophyte filter, and also want to know how to make one? Read all about plant filters and we also give you tips on which plants are best...
Water values pond | Advice on pH value, gH value, kH value pond.
Measuring water values is not necessary if you provide your pond with what it needs. We like clear water without the addition of chemicals. Read what to do if the KH, pH and GH values are not up to standard in your pond. It seems to be quite an art to keep the water in your pond clean and clear. Water values fluctuate...