Pond plant food is an essential element of a healthy pond. If you are able to promote healthy plant life in your pond, you will be able to discourage algae growth and improve oxygen levels, thereby encouraging your fish to prosper.
You will need to research the plants you have chosen a bit to ensure you select the right pond plant food for your pond. If you are not completely sure which plants you have or what they require, you’ll need to get a good basic guide to help you with your pond. Most pet stores or pet supply warehouses in your area will have them in stock. You can also look online and read reviews of the best pond guide books. It is a good idea to have one on hand anyway for quick reference any time your pond develops an issue.
Most pond plant food comes in tablet, spike or liquid form. There are those which come in a powder form as well. The difference in each is the speed at which it dissolves and goes to work in your pond. Generally, the larger the element, the longer it will take for it to dissolve and the longer it will work in your pond. Each type of food element will serve a different need in your pond as well. Some foods will encourage healthy roots, others will encourage young plants to grow roots and establish themselves well in your pond, some will promote flowering plants to bloom and still others will help plants multiply.
Pond plant food is vital for plants which may not receive enough nutrients from the pond’s own ecological system to thrive. In order to boost the nutrients in your pond’s water, adding pond plant food will achieve the proper amounts of sustainable nutrition. Make sure what you are buying will be what you need for the plants in your pond. You’ll also want to make sure you are buying first, from a reputable supplier and second, that the salesperson assisting you is very well versed in the needs of ponds. There is nothing worse than knowing what you want and need and coming home with the wrong item because a salesperson redirected you in the wrong way. You should be able to ask questions of the staff and they should be happy to answer them. If they don’t know the answer, they should ask someone else on the staff, seek the answer or tell you that they are unaware of how to help you. If members of the staff do not do these things, you may want to look elsewhere.
Learning about your pond will be an ongoing process for all time. If you are able to master the fine points of pond plant food you will make your learning experience go a little more smoothly.
