cleaning out a pond

cole in mo. · Aug 20, 2012

Took advantage of the dry summer after the pond went dry, and using the 5303 jd with the loader, cleaned it out. Mud was almost 6ft deep, and too heavy for a full bucket, so lots of trips, off and on about 50 hrs, but now when it get full I can call it a pond again.

Geo-TH,In · Aug 20, 2012

Cole,
I did something similar, only had 6 inches of mud to remove, which is going to make good dirt for flower beds. My problem is that in the winter there is a 4 acre lake. Spring the fish spawn. Dry summer, the water goes down and some of the fish don't make it back to the deep end. They die in a mud hole. So I removed the mud, filled in with sand and gravel from the edges of the mud hole. Got the self leveling dewalt laser out and shot grades. Got it within plus or minus an inch. We got a good rain. Went back Saturday and fined tuned it even more. Things will drain back and save fish. If nothing else, the little fish will be food for the bigger ones in the summer.
George

toadady · Aug 20, 2012

(quoted from post at 18:18:51 08/20/12) Cole,
I did something similar, only had 6 inches of mud to remove, which is going to make good dirt for flower beds.

i've always been told the mud from a pond is no good and won't grow anything, haven't tryed it myself, but people will tell you anything,

gtractorfan · Aug 20, 2012

Looks like the lay of the land puts plenty of runoff to fill your pond once it rains again.

old · Aug 20, 2012

Given enough time and organic matter pond dirt can be turned in to pretty good dirt but takes a good bit of time and work to get it so it will grow much I know because I have used pond dirt in my yard

Geo-TH,In · Aug 20, 2012

My mud is growing weeds.

JRSutton · Aug 20, 2012

Pond muck has a lot of broken down plant matter - so it's value is more that it has so much carbon.

Carbon alone isn't going to do much as a fertilizer, but you mix that muck with manure, cover it, and let it compost - all that carbon will absorb the nitrogen and nutrients from the manure that would otherwise be lost to the environment, then once you spread it, it'll slowly release it to your plants.

Rick Kr · Aug 20, 2012

Neighbor brought me close to 500 yards from his pond cleanout one spring. I am growing grass on it with no problems.

Had bad smell for a while. I graded it down in the fall and planted seed.

Rick

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