Is Your Garden Fountain Producing Slimy Algae?
May 20, 2010
More and more homes have added garden fountains to their landscape designs. Personally, we added one several years ago, and we do love it. However, there is a maintenance issue that was a surprise. The fountain bubbles away nicely, but over time, it developed long strings of slimy algae.
Our maintenance involved draining the fountain, taking apart the pump, scrubbing the exterior and putting it back together.
In my various searches for fountain maintenance, I found some great ideas in a book called "Cleaning Magic". It is a Jerry Baker Home Hints book which is full of many, many wonderful cleaning tricks.
From this book, I share with you two of his tricks for algae infested fountains.
"Add one quarter cup of lemon juice or white vinegar to the water to inhibit the growth of the green slime. Or use one quarter cup of Listerine instead ...."
"Copper stops algae from growing, so empty your jar of copper pennies into the bottom of your fountain...." Not only can you improve the water in your fountain, but you can find a use for all those pennies you have in a bowl on your dresser top.
Her's to algae free fountains!
More and more homes have added garden fountains to their landscape designs. Personally, we added one several years ago, and we do love it. However, there is a maintenance issue that was a surprise. The fountain bubbles away nicely, but over time, it developed long strings of slimy algae.
Our maintenance involved draining the fountain, taking apart the pump, scrubbing the exterior and putting it back together.
In my various searches for fountain maintenance, I found some great ideas in a book called "Cleaning Magic". It is a Jerry Baker Home Hints book which is full of many, many wonderful cleaning tricks.
From this book, I share with you two of his tricks for algae infested fountains.
"Add one quarter cup of lemon juice or white vinegar to the water to inhibit the growth of the green slime. Or use one quarter cup of Listerine instead ...."
"Copper stops algae from growing, so empty your jar of copper pennies into the bottom of your fountain...." Not only can you improve the water in your fountain, but you can find a use for all those pennies you have in a bowl on your dresser top.
Her's to algae free fountains!
posted by shirley harry at 9:04 AM
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