The BEST way to PLANT + GROW WATERCRESS in a Pond!

[@jackanddan]

Fantastic dude watercrest is one of the highest vegetables and antioxidants in fact it’s one of the main ingredients in V8🌱💪🌎💚

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thanks bro! Will have to start throwing some in the juicer!!! 🌱

[@K4HLER]

Anti cancer properties

[@susanwalker9171]

Thankyou for a great informative video. You have inspired me to set up a bog garden in my already established pond to help battle my algae problem and improve water quality.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

That’s awesome! Have fun setting up your bog garden!! 🌿😊

[@sazzybkk6664]

great idea. I'm going to try this in my mini pond.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! 😊

[@K4HLER]

Great job brother! Super healthy eating and tastes great in salads.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thanks bro!!! 🌱

[@K4HLER]

@Ginger Fishy I also grow it in a similar configuration using high quality air stones and gravel. The air stone quality really makes a huge difference.

[@Kugadream55]

have used watercress alot it's a great addition..90pence bag ftom aldi just chuck it in water and will grow super fast

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

That’s awesome, and must be one of the cheapest pond plants going! 😁

[@RobsAquariumRoom]

Thumbs up. A great video.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thanks bud! 😊

[@martynskoipondandgarden4581]

hey buddy i like the mini pond and the way you have made that bog filter both are looking pretty damn good 👍👍👌👌

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Cheers mate!

[@andreashessler838]

This stuff grows like nothing else! Got 2 bunches from my local farm shop and put them in the bog filter. It rooted within days. Couple of months later I have loads of it for salads.

[@suzannemoran7281]

Great video. I hope that the large airstone experiment went well. That's kind of you taking in some rescue goldfish. 😊

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!! Yeah, it worked pretty well.. although in my next video you will see I have switched it up a bit! There always seems to be someone looking to re-home there goldfish, so I like to help out when I can!! 😊

[@dickiedavis5240]

Great video - watching again as my son wants to set up an above ground pond, and I like watercress! Just wanted to say that your videos are so great - informative, entertaining and professional. Keep uploading and I am sure this channel will be massive.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you!!! I appreciate your kind words.. and good luck with your above ground pond build!! 😊

[@petelongrs]

Great video, thanks.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Glad you liked it!

[@matthewsmith22]

Great channel, never tried water cress in my bog before, water mint did similar to mine a few years ago, completely took over, I just do iris and marsh marigold now 👍

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thanks you! Yeah, i love a bit of water cress in my ponds!!! I’ve not tried water mint though, maybe try some this year!! I’ve been thinking recently about what the best bog filter plants are.. as I’m about to start work on my new pond (when the weather finally sorts itself out) which will have a good size bog filter on it, with plenty of room for a good few plants!! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@kimdaniachew6010]

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[@finnwiggles28]

Brilliant!!! You have THE BEST ideas! I wish I had thought of this for my outdoor pond last yr, green water just took over. :( Moe, Tom & Jerry would love them some of that Duckweed to snack on! I keep some growing myself in a separate tank for 'supplementation' :) Thanks for another AWESOME Vid mate!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thanks Finn Wiggles! I’ll defo give some of the duckweed to Moe and Co!!! Its the first time I’ve ever managed to grow duckweed, and it by mistake in a storage tub! In the past when I’ve tried to grow it, it just goes yellow and dies off! Have you set up your pond again this year? 😊

[@finnwiggles28]

@@GingerFishyOfficial I haven't set up my outdoor pond again because of such failures last yr. :( but I got my Goldies an awesome 'indoor pond'!! Now I can enjoy them day & night!

[@uggali]

I love your voice x

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

😂 thank you!

[@uggali]

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[@martincox8250]

Great idea. I have a goldfish pond that I am regenerating and I'm looking to create as much filtration as possible. Can this watercress handle the UK Winter or does it die off?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Yeah, it handles a UK winter well, it will even continue to grow a little throughout.. so is a great all year round natural filter 👍

[@martincox8250]

@@GingerFishyOfficial Great. Thank you. I shall add some to the pond. Thanks for your help.

[@heatherleonard204]

You can eat the watercress, cut off and rinse, take the stalks off. Boil in hot salt water, drain and melt butter over the top season.. watercress is so good for you. 😊

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Yeah, I’ve been thinking about trying some, will have to give it a go this summer! 🌱

[@TungPham-ys8hj]

thank your

[@HazelT-kj8ph]

Where do you buy your watercress? Pond supplier or supermarket?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

I got mine at a pond supplier 🌿

[@Jako-fh8zg]

Love your videos, wonderful. The water cress must be edible? Silly question I know, but it would be good to make use of the trimmings 👍

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! Yeah, it is edible, and people do eat watercress they’ve grown in there pond, but apparently there is a possibility of potentially liver flukes, I don’t know too much about it or how bigger risk it is, but would probably be worth doing some research into it if you were thinking of trying some. 😊👍

[@Jako-fh8zg]

@@GingerFishyOfficial thank you so much, will do, thanks for taking the time to reply 👍👍

[@stephendb6501]

Nice video. What size gravel is it your using? Thanks

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Thank you! I used 10mm pea gravel. 👍

[@jackofalltradesmasterofnon8069]

Can I make a suggestion about yiur outflow pipes this is my opinion I would channel them along so they go in to one corner of the pond that way you’ll see your fish all I can see is ripples can’t see the actual pond

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Yeah, that’s a good idea, it is a bit hard to see the fish with all the splashing. I do think if I was to build it again, the position of the outflow pipes is something that I would probably change! 😎

[@micahsencounters]

Can I plant watercress as a stem plant fully submerged in my aquarium? Do u think it would survive or try to reach the surface?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

I’m not too sure to be honest.. it is more of a marginal plant so may struggle, but might be worth trying out! I’d imagine it will probably try to grow up and out of the water!

[@micahsencounters]

@@GingerFishyOfficial thanks for u reply! I’ll experiment with one cutting with roots already. I agree, maybe if the water is oxygenated enough it will make it? I hope the traits that make it prolific as a marginal plant will make it a survivor underwater.

[@shelliemoore9010]

Do you truly need water movement for watercress?? I inherited a dirt pond that fed by a spring, very low flow, but I do have two oxygenators in the pond. I’m just concerned bc the movement in the pond is there but minimal.

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

No, definitely doesn’t require water movement.. it just speeds up the growth. It’ll still grow even with no water movement, just not as quickly! 😊👍

[@zanerose1394]

Watercress is okay with being planted in just gravel? It doesn’t need any soil?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Yeah, watercress will grow fine in just gravel. So long as you’ve got some fish producing waste.. the watercress will use that as its nutrients 👍😊

[@zanerose1394]

@@GingerFishyOfficial Awesome, thank you!

[@valschaefermeyer7710]

Watercress has taken our pond. What is the best way to get rid of it.?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

Tricky one, the only way I can think of is to pull it all out by hand.. the thing with watercress is that it continues to grow even in the winter, so there isn’t even a particular time of year when it would be easy to pull out.. good luck with trying to get rid!!

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

What I would say though, is once you get it out, try replacing it with a different less invasive plant, that will hopefully stop it from coming back to quickly 🌱

[@theimbiber]

now i might have been misinformed ... but.... apparently you shouldnt eat watercress grown in ponds as it could have flukes in it...?

[@GingerFishyOfficial]

I’m not too sure to be honest, I don’t eat the watercress myself, I’m just using it as a pond plant to help keep the water clean. I know some people do eat it though (when grown in a pond) but like you mentioned, the risk of flukes etc could well be a possibility! 😊