Winter is coming! We’ve compiled this checklist to help you prepare your pond for the winter months and in turn these simple steps can get your pond off to a great start in the following spring.
1. Begin to feed fish Wheatgerm as soon as the water temperature falls below 10-12°C (it is low protein and highly digestible for the fish at low temperatures), and ensure you decrease the amount of feed until they retire to the bottom of the pond for the season at which point you can stop feeding them.
To help you do this: PondXpert Floating Pond Thermometer (Analogue) | PondXpert Winter Wheatgerm (4kg)
2. Prune all plants around pond.
To help you do this: PondXpert Pond And Tree Pruner (extends to 3m)
3. Cover pond with a net to catch falling leaves in Autumn months
To help you do this: Pond Netting
4. Move hardy plants to deeper water (to avoid freezing)
To help you do this: Ubbink Lily Planting Basket 40cmx29cm - 3 pack
5. Take less hardy plants into greenhouse/ inside house.
6. Clean all plant debris and sludge from your pond (if left this could cause blanketweed and green water in the spring)
To help you do this: PondXpert PondMaster Pond Vacuum & Discharge Basket |PondXpert Sludge Eliminator (1kg)
7. Move pump from bottom of pond or remove pump from pond (this ensures fish can stay at the bottom of the pond in the warmest part)
To help you do this: Ubbink Lily Planting Basket 40cmx29cm - 3 pack
8. You may choose to remove your filter and pump from your pond, clean and store for winter
To help you do this: Filter Foam Set 7 x 11”
9. Take measures to avoid the surface of the water from freezing
To help you do this: Blagdon Affinity Ice Vent Pond Heater 50w
As always, if you would like to discuss your pond requirements with a member of our team, please email us on info@pondkeeper.co.uk.