I have never seen duckweed at peacock1.
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I have never seen duckweed at peacock1.
Also at Jackson Blue. This is only the second year I've seen it there.
Duckweek helps the clarity of some sinks. It's carried into new ones on the gear of divers.
That is why Jug Hole and Emerald have the policy of cleaning the gear of nonindigenous species,and Jug Hole is supposed to have a ranger inspect the gear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cindy
Dang! Janet leaves and 2 months later everything goes to hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop
OG and Peacock have both been around a long time. With all the floods and all the divers, seems strange only now Peacock has duck weed.
The problem is I see diver after diver not eating the recommended 8oz before and after each dive. If everyone would do their part, it would be gone quickly.:smt081
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Originally Posted by Puttzer
I recall when we had a bad drought a number of years ago there was duckweed at P1,but a good flood washed it away,and OG too. We need a good steady rain to bring the aquifer back up,and a good flood to "heal" Peacock cave system
I'm not a vegan,so you can have mine :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Bryan
'duckweed' is indigenous to Florida waters BTW-! It is commonplace amongst several of our popular springs & sinkholes-!Quote:
Originally Posted by jimqh2o
^_^
je
Just asking here, but isn't duckweed good for water clarity, or is that just a myth?
If I have to eat duckweed, I'll take a little sprinkled as a garnish on a nice thick porterhouse steak grilled over a very hot bed of hardwood coals - a little crispy on the outside and still cool and red in the center...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop
Mike
MIKE, I knew you were good for one good post here!!!!!!!!
It is true. It cuts down the light, so alge doesn't grow as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by DiveBandit
Yeah, whenever the conversation turns to eating things (even duckweed) I'm right on it!Quote:
Originally Posted by bullfrog
By the way, the duckweed has to be fresh out of the water to make a nice garnish - it wilts and goes brown quickly.
Mike
Duckweed is actually a non native plantQuote:
Originally Posted by JE
Landoltia punctata is a small, non-native, floating plant which can grow into dense masses in stagnant water bodies. Landoltia punctata usually has two leaves attached together. The leaves are shoe-shaped, which makes it resemble a large Lemna species. Landoltia punctata has 2-5 roots descending from each leaf.
This plant is easily confused with the native plant, giant duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza. Landoltia duckweed is smaller than Spirodela polyrhiza, is more shoe-shaped, does not have a red dot on top, usually has only up to 4 roots, and sometimes has a red margin on the underneath of the leaves. The native giant duckweed is larger, has rounder leaves, some have a red dot on the top, has up to 9 and more roots, and is dark red underneath the leaves.
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/222
The plant is edible, blended in soups usually by foragers. The chinese use it to treat flatulence and acute kidney infections. It is hydroponic, the tiny root hairs siphon nutrients from the water. I have studied Florida edible plants for a while but still learning, and have never seen it in P1.