It was very unpleasant planting the Corkscrew Eel Grass yesterday as the air temp was in the 50's and no sun. I wore a wet suit, booties and neoprene hat and I was still miserable. I planted in 3 feet of water in a soft mud bottom by pushing the plants in with one finger and squish the mud around it. So later on in the season I will report how the plants are doing. The established plants that will be competing with the Eelgrass are mostly Spatterdock, and some white, red and pink lilies. I had grass carp that really cleared out most of the submerged plants but the winter fish kill eliminated all my fish so I have no worry about fish eating the new plants.
This plant in the two pictures is starting to grow in a few places in my pond and I don't know what it is yet. I need to get another sample and look at it with a magnifying glass. Any ideas?
