Water hyacinth is back in our garden after ages.
@allknowing (132209)
India
May 26, 2021 12:04am CST
We had water hyacinth for years but for reasons not known it disappeared. I now got a plant from our ancestral home and it is thriving It has already had three flowers and I am waiting for it to get suckers.
Water hyacinth is considered a weed in many countries but it has a pride of place in our garden
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@Swayamsiddha (4354)
• New Delhi, India
26 May 21
The picture of the plant is wonderful
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
26 May 21
@Swayamsiddha I had to buy that tub to put this plant in (lol)
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@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
26 May 21
It is quite huge. We do not have it here.
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
26 May 21
This one is larger than what we had earlier. I had to buy that huge tub just to accommodate it
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@rsa101 (38115)
• Philippines
26 May 21
That is true it is considered a weed that clogs many rivers if they grow unmanaged. But they are good for goldfish breeding as they love to lay their eggs on their roots. It also is easier to transfer eggs from one place to another since goldfish loves to eat their eggs after laying them on the roots. So you have to transfer its eggs to another place to hatch them
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@rsa101 (38115)
• Philippines
27 May 21
@allknowing My Grandfather used to breed godlfish before. When we see goldfish chasing each other they would usually put those hyacinths on the pond they they would brush their body to the roots of the plant while they are being chased by male goldfish. After that when they are relaxed then we inspect the roots if there are eggs attached and we transfer them to another pool where we wait for them to hatch.
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
26 May 21
Thanks for this info I did not know about this.
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
26 May 21
We have a biggish garden and excluding the paths it is filled with bushes and trees.
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@florelway (23223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 May 21
Some use that as raw materials for bags.
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@wolfgirl569 (102054)
• Marion, Ohio
26 May 21
I havent bought mine for the year. They wont survive our winters so I have to get new each year.
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