Backyard Aquaponics
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I got about a half a cup of dickweed about a month ago. Its in a 36 in diameter kiddie pool. I use my tilapia water to grow it (when I do a partial water change in my tank I use this water). Water is about 4 inches deep and has aeration. I've fed about a half a cup to my fish as I'd like to get a good growth of this before I start using it regularly. At this point, its covering about 1/6th of the pool. Is this normal? Everywhere Ive read say you'll be covered up in this stuff and that it doubles its size every 2 days. Is there a reason mine might be growing slow?

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What's the temperature.. it goes to sleep in the cold..

We are going into winter and my duck weed has gone to sleep.. I think that I read where it will sink to the bottom and come good again when it warms up..
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Its still floating. The outside temp here is about 82-88F. I have not checked the water temp in the pool. Will do that and post the results.

Don't aerate your water. Duckweed prefers still surface water. This makes a big difference in growth rate.

It doesn't like wind either, in many lakes it will only grow in among the rushes and plants where it's protected.

Still water, lots of sun, and lots of nutrient water rich. I give my tilapia a heaping hand of duckweed everyday. I can't keep up with the growth!

Sounds like maybe Im not getting enough sunlight on mine. I'll move it to direct sunlight and see if that helps.