plant question

[stacig]

as many of you know i get my wh and lettuce from the wild here.hey its free .i was wondering if u who do he same do anything to them to maybe killanything you dont want in pond to them before u add rthem .if so what do u do?

[Michiponder]

Yup!  I do disinfect plants and things before placing them in any of my ponds.  I even disinfect them from stores or other peoples ponds.  Potassium permanganate at a rate over 25 times the rate for fish is used here.  It wipes out most anything including algae.  A couple of hours at such a high rate even wipes out snails and leaches.  After the pp bath I just rinse them off and they are ready to go.

[stacig]

were do u get that from?

[Michiponder]

It is available at many stores because it is used as a cleaner for some types of water treatment equiptment.  I got my last jug of powder at Lowes in the department where they sell water softeners.

[stacig]

ok ill give it a try