Waterweed is a thoroughly useful plant. No pond should be without them. It also fulfills useful functions in the aquarium. But one of their characteristics can cause us a lot of work: the high urge to reproduce. The chickweed can help us reduce their numbers.

Hornwort inhibits the growth of waterweed

Enormous urge to multiply

Under ideal conditions, more than 500 new specimens will form from a single waterweed planted in the pond after just four months. So it is obvious that regular "cleaning out" is the order of the day. The associated time expenditure could tempt some pond or aquarium owners to do without waterweed altogether.

Useful Properties

Before you say no to waterweed, you should perhaps also know about its positive properties.

  • removes nutrients from the algae
  • thus preventing algae blooms
  • remains green even in winter
  • supplies the water with oxygen all year round

In addition, waterweed is tolerant of fluctuations in water temperature, allowing it to thrive in virtually any pond at any time.

Hornwort as a companion

Hornwort, also known as horn leaf, and waterweed are two competing plants. Where hornwort grows, waterweed cannot spread unchecked. After all, a place that has already been filled cannot be allocated a second time.

These two plant varieties are not only fighting for space. Both also need plenty of nutrients. The chickweed as a heavy consumer leaves less for the waterweed, so that this fact alone contributes to a lower propagation rate.

Coexistence is possible

Hornwort only displaces waterweed to a certain extent. It will never completely destroy them. If both are in a pond, a natural equilibrium will level off after a certain time. So it is possible for both species to co-exist at the same time.

A successful combination

The fact that both plants find their place in the pond is an ideal situation. The pond continues to benefit from the beneficial properties of waterweed. This prevents algae blooms and the water is well supplied with oxygen. At the same time, the propagation problem is largely solved by planting hornwort.

By the way, you can also use hornwort against algae. It grows quickly and thus deprives them of their breeding ground. If you need more calluses, you can simply multiply them by dividing them.

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Hornwort is also suitable for deep ponds. You can plant it to a depth of 1.5 m

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