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This plant is banned in Florida. But it took me a 5 minute walk to a local waterway to find some of these for my small pond. These suckers propagate like craaaaazy. I love it. The hawks cant eat my fish, even though the pond is shallow af.

I have a big in-ground pond that I have Water Hyacinth growing in. When it covers the surface, I pull some out and use it on my compost pile or use it as mulch in my garden. It decomposes quickly adding nutrients to the soil. Here in Florida it is used in sewage treatment plants to help purify sewage water. It's a great nutrient sponge! Oh, I love the plant spotlights!

I would like to see plant "Spotlights". The Sensitive plant seems very interesting.

Love the pond updates and plant spot lights as its that time of year when us ponders play in the pond.

My hyacinth just started to bloom today! I bought 6 plants 2 weeks ago, and now I have over 40! Crazy!

Learned so much!! I just bought a start for my 55 gallon Goldie tank yesterday. May introduce some Creeping Jenny, too!! You rock, Rachel!

I recently setup a 150 gallon tub to act as a settling tank for my pond. I have a small pump supplying it water at the top, and it drains from the top so that pond particles and gunk settle to the bottom. At the end of May I rescued a new tiny broken hyacynths and water lettuce plants to sit in this tank to extract nutrients from the water and to shade it. It's now July 1st and these plants have nearly covered the top. Yes, they are very aggressive and I can see how they could easily damage a natural waterway.

I was born and raised in South FL and know water hyacinth quite well!! While I love JUST ONE!! plant and it's beautiful flowers, I've seen it clog an entire canal in just a few months until the water barely flowed!!! It can get so packed across the water that you can actually walk on it! They would take big dragline cranes with huge buckets and clean mountains of it out of the waterways!!!

Want to control it? Introduce some ducks. I have a 200’ diameter pond with this plant covering half of it, water became nice and clean. Raised some ducks from peeps and let them in the pond....this plant is duck crack. Cleaned it out solid in 2 weeks. Not one sign of it now 🤷‍♂️

I'm always looking to learn more about water plants, and what to look for in out nurserys. So anything that strikes your fancy Rachel!

I would love other plants spotlight! Doesn't matter that the season is well on its way, we can gather information for next year ;)

I would love to see some other spotlights on plants. My hyacinths are growing huge roots as well. Excellent videos as usual, always look forward to them. Btw- you freaking look amazing! Great transformation!!!

I love the spot light on the plants please do more!!!

Yes! to more about the plants. You look so healthy and happy 🐠🐠🐠

More pond plant spotlights would be great. I am just starting my first summer tub after a very cool spring.

Yes please do a spotlight on the sensitive plant

When I lived in FL I fished black water and often found it growing in creeks, brackish tidal water, and back waters. Today I have it in my outside tub, and one plant actually thriving inside in a tank. I used the tank to hold the Hyacinths during a cold snap this spring. The Limias and LF Mountain Metors love the roots. Hopefully, the Metors will or have spawned in it. Great species profile. Glad to see you outside. Hope you guys were able to celebrate Dad today. Thanks Rachel!

Sensitive plant Spotlight please!

I would love to see more videos on the plants

So its hella invasive. Makes me glad I am gunna keep mine in an indoor aquarium.

I've been eyeballing that sensitive plant you keep in your tubs for quite a while. Last weekend I decided I was going to buy a few of them online. I am happy to report they are doing quite well in both my pond and my aquarium. I have no doubt it will quickly outgrow my aquarium. Haha. Your influence on my hobby is always appreciated! :]

Yes, please talk about the awesome fern plants. I want to do those as well. I have one small pond in a pot, and 4 fish tanks.

Awesome tubs

I'd love a species spotlight on the sensitive plants! Also, you are looking awesome, girl! You probably are still owie, but you look great. :)

Yeah water plants spotlight

Thank you so much for the advice and info! PLEASE do more spotlights on other floating plants. I'd love to know more. (I'll do my own research too, of course... Lol)

TY FOR Explaining all the stuff with this plant. other videos werent clear.

Can't believe you had snow & freezing temp, only seems like yesterday, now all your garden and plants etc all looking fab in the lovely weather, you also managed to finally get your shorts on. 😎🌞 I live in England , I use dwarf water lettuce in my tanks, want to do outdoor tub work since watching your videos on tubbing, will try the normal size water lettuce next year. 👍 My husband is never sure of it, as he is obsessed with bugs laying their eggs in them ( mosquitos mainly!) He hates any insects, which drives him mad with a wife and 2 girls who keep fish, toads , frogs , Axolotls , chameleon & corn snakes , so you can imagine the insects and other food we keep. He wants to know why they can't be just normal little girls. I say because they take after the mother 💪🏼😄

Please, species spotlights on your other good summer tubbing plants would be most appreciated.

I'd love some species spotlights on more plants! Plants for ponds and aquariums would both be of interest to me.

I love this plant. I tend to trim the roots every couple 2 to 3 weeks. Normally no longer than 18 inches and trim down to 12 inches.

Great video.

Greenhouse looking great

I'd absolutely love to see a spotlight on the Sensitive plant. I'm about to buy some in a huge order soon.

Looking good, enjoyed the video!

My koi loves them

Your tubs look fabulous!

Looking good gal.

I love watching your videos Rachel keep it up your awesome and amazing and you inspired me to get it to the fish keeping hobby and I love the design of your fish tanks and plants and hope one day to meet your 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

A species spotlight on the sensitive plant would be great.

Love your species spotlights!

Count me in as one person that would love to see a spotlight on the sensitive plant. Just looked into them as a possibility adding to a waterfall. But a word to expand on hyacinth... hyacinth, while invasive and destructive, not only sucks up mass amounts of nutrients, also has been studied to intake chlorine, and regularly feeds on some heavy metals in water. Such as zinc and copper.

After 45 years or more at this..I'm trying it indoors for the first time in a 240 by a large window. Since Rachel,I'm using an oversized pump to give me some strong water circulation..to see the Hyacinth roots wave in the current is something to see from the side. I think,it will grow the more taller,open, growth like you might see in a shady pond in Florida..rather then the usual compact growth. I doubt it would ever flower indoors even next to a large sunny window. That's more greenhouse light levels needy.

Makes for an awesome water filtration plant also!

Outdoors in California Rachel..it thrives 10 months of the year. In winter 98% of it dies off. Usually in the bay area 100% of it dies. In the hot summer valley...they find some frost free pockets and even with almost all killed...what small amounts that live are able to make islands once again by summer. Trivia!

This video was very helpful. I want to learn how to grow these plants. I had a lot of questions to ask,listening to your interesting video,almost all my questions were answered,except do they grow by seed,and how to purne the plant,and roots they are out of control. Please do another video on other aquatic plants,I'll be watching👁 Thank you for sharing,great video🤗

Hi, my neighbor has some Giant Salvinia is this good for fishponds, I have never seen it before. Thought you may know! Thanks

Please do a species spotlight about the sensitive plant.

I really would like You to consider looking at wintering goldfish outside during the Winter Months. I successfully Winter 9 fish 2 of those as babies in North Dakota and we had one of the coldest Winters this past year. And 3 of the fish have fan tails. No heater just oxygen. They are the healthiest fish I have had vs when I was heating the pond during the winter.

This plant(water hyithachi) will remove oxygen from water U need to put machine for oxyen

Love how you pronounce "propagate". Sounds so fancy

They are also used heavily in Water Treat Plants as they are very effective at removing toxins most likely heavy metals.

I went to buy some of this stuff at the start of the season only to find out it was banned here last August, along with water lettuce and elodea, all my best moves for raising fancy goldfish fry!

I can't grow this either indoors with grow lights with with water temp of 76 degrees in a 75 gallon stock tank and 3 turtles and minnows and bullhead fish. I live in southern Minnesota. Out door the plants are with duckweed and do not propagate. Any suggestions?

Do a spot light on sensitive plant! I’d love to learn to grow them in a pond setting

Very informative video... wish more people would do these!

Beautiful plant I need some lily pads & some plants especially the sensitive plant but yes

I have a 75 gallon turtle tank with 3 young turtles. I think I created the perfect turtle tank sewage treatment plant. I say this because i have locally harvested duck weed in a separate container and it doesn't reproduce but dies off. I purchased water hyacinth and it dies. I have tried to keep it in a separate container which is fed by the turtle tank water and I have placed it directly in the tank. I think the turtles are eating it. The water temp is 75F and it is iron filtered soft well water. Any suggestions?

I put 12 water hyacinth in my koi pond in April. My fish loved them. In fact they ate them all! I just ordered 12 more and I hope I can put half in a tub and propagate for next season. I live in SC. Is there anything special I need to put in my tub to keep them growing? Aerator? Water filter pump? plant stick fertilizer? Thanks for any help

Very informative, thanks for sharing this video.

loved it Rachel! haven't tried them yet

Water hyacinths are a great poultry feed too.

Yes please do another species spotlight on the sensitivity plant

People get too hysterical about this plant up north. But it will die off every winter, so there is no real danger. The real problem is dragon fly and water beetle larvae hiding in the roots and preying on small fish. So do a sterilization routine before introducing it - especially if you've collected it from the wild or brought it in from the pet store or wholesaler. Great to hide live bearer fry or to collect the eggs of adhesive egg scatters. Pull it up and stack it in the flower beds in the fall to use as mulch. Or feed it to your cows and goats (not kidding).

Does this plant help with algae blooms in a small pond?

saw some in a river ,in Portugal, the water gets below 10°C

Rachel, since you deal with a lot of fish I’m sure you come across illness. I know you use water changes a way to combat but what if it’s not enough? I have a disease that has no outward signs besides laying low to the ground. Water is zeros. Good filtration good flow and good temp for Livebearers. It’s hard to exude in what treatment to try when there are no markers I am seeing.

Yes, I would love to see more of these. I do have a question. What kind of gloves would you recommend for tropical fish tank use? There are varying opions online, but I would like to know yours. I keep betas and mystery snails.

Species spotlight on water plants that can take high pH water would be wonderful! My desert well water burns up lilies and Iris pretty badly. I couldn't even get water Hyacinth to do much.

If u use a netted plant ring, will the roots still be able to do their job filtering the water? Ty

Should you trim the leaves that are dying and turning yellow?

How fast with air bubbles under them? At the bottom of the tub with a diffusing stone.

This video was very informative thank you !!! 😀😀

I've seen sensitive plant grown terrestrially at the local arboretum. I didn't know they could be grown in water, too. Or is it a different species?

very helpful. can you do more regarding fish tank plants, with regards to the ones you use and care requirements, ie lighting, fertilizer, etc.

Didn't know you could eat it - You could do a 'species spotlight' cooking & eating different aquatic plants :)

Where di you buy the black containers?thanks for you video 😀please reply

I googled your sensitive plant, because the sensitive plant I have always known is Mimosa pudica, which is definitely not aquatic. Is your plant a Neptunia or Aeschynomene? Does it bloom and set seeds for you? I'd definitely like to see a plant spotlight on this plant.

i've had it in my ponds but they grow really fast in the beginning and then start to die off completely

Rachel O'leary I have that plant in my aquarium

Can i trim roots on hyacint? Its on its way from Tailand to my home at Europe, and i have a spot in a mini tank where i breed fri in, so ill put it there. But couse its soo invasive did you try to trim roots? TNX I ENJOY YOUR CHANEL

When I moved to Oklahoma, I was mystified that people would spend up to five dollars per pond Satan. I'm from Louisiana, if you want these here, you need to go to a bayou and grab them yourselves. That being said, I agree, they are beautiful and the fish love them (though I personally prefer water cabbage). Do you think you could do a video on dragonfly larva and how to deal with them? That's one thing that concerns me the most about tubbing-- nymphs eating all my small fish.

I’d like to see vids on the sensitive plant :)

I used those in my outdoor tubs here in So Cal and they died off over the winter, even though we never get down to freezing.

Lol....must be the only person in the world who can’t grow Hyacinth in my koi pond! Turns pale and shrinks to nothing. Could be overfiltered or my 7.8 ph. This is the second house we build ponds over 9-11 thousand gallon and every year I buy hyacinth and watch them die here in south central PA while other people have no issue with them. We never lose fish, the ones in the house we sold ten years ago are doing great, but both ponds have skimmers, bead filters and waterfall filters, so it must be the filtration. Water hyacinths are so pretty! I can grow parrot feather until the deer eat them.

I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of string algy doesn't look like that's a good option don't want to use chemicals.

I have a small water pond with cattails and water lilies. I've tried water hyacinth the last couple years and it does not grow and I have no idea why. Anyone have any ideas?

How hot does it get where you are? I'm in the High Desert in S. CA where it can get in the high 90s to mid 100s for a week at a time. How can I keep a "summer tub" cool enough not to boil any fish?

This plant isn't banned in Europe. It apparently won't survive freezing temperatures, therefore can't survive in the wild here (Germany) :)

Are you ever able to overwinter your water hyacinth? If so, how? I love this plant and use it in my goldfish pond every Summer, but I have to buy it new each year. I'm in zone 7. I love hearing about pond plants, so more spotlights would be great 💕👍

Such a lovely plant and yes illegal in Belgium, Europe. although it won't survive our winters though. However, if you are caught growing it here, you may expect a huge fine and you may be persecuted.

water hyacinth compleyely covered my pond, when I removed this fall I had 10 dead koi, wonderful fast growing but consumed all the oxygen

I just found this out, but you might want to let folks know: water hyacinth is not safe if dogs eat it. Which is also an issue I’m just learning to research: pond plants that are safe or not safe, for dogs and cats. I’ve already learned of a couple plants I need to steer clear of since our dog is likely to jump into, nibble on, or drink from any water feature we install in our backyard. I don’t doubt we’re alone in that. It’s a little surprising to me that, with all the pond/water feature channels out there, hobbyist and professional, no one mentions potentially harmful plants for pets, or kids even! Might be a video you could do to inform new people about, particularly since you like to do low cost, easy, DIY “starter” water features, viewers likely to pursue your ideas are going to be new to this whole environment. Thanks! I have gotten some tips from your builds.

I wonder if it can clean polluted water bodies, like lakes and rivers. And maybe the reason why it's so invasive is because there is so much nitrates in the water.

Hey Rachel, love from Sri Lanka ! I got myself a 3 inch endlicheri juvenile 2 days back. And it's very picky when it comes to eating. I tried feeding it crushed hikari sinking carnivore pellets.. it only eats if the pellet pieces falls right in front of it's face and if it falls very close to it. Is this behavior normal ? Or should I change the food ?

Ooh that's so cool.

This plant is good, but requires a lot of siphon vacuuming, 2 to 3 days a week. To keep the pond clean of dead leaves and roots.

I'm a highschool student and I plan on using this plant on a research project. However I need to grow about 25 plants per IV lever and in total for my project I'd need 75. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to grow them all? I've never grown plants in water before so I don't know what to do exactly.

I live in Michigan and have an outdoor pond. I presently have water hyacinth and water lettus growing I assume the temperature in winter -10f or so will kill them off is there a way to protect them in the winter? Thanks