That was quite humorous - in a twisted kind of way. You pond looks like a fun place for a newt to hang out. Hope some of your taddies make it. Haven't checked our mini-pond for a bit but Himself reported back that the small clump of spawn could no longer be seen. Hope the cold didn't kill em
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Originally posted by Shadylane View PostHope some of your taddies make it.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Hi, I had some spawn in my allotment the other week which I saw hatch out so I duly netted the pond to protect from birds. I ahve not seen any of the tadpoles since though and I know there has not been any frosts. Will they just be at the bottom do you think?
getting worried.....Always Helping Others To Help Themselves...
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I popped down to ours today and they're fine, still muching their way through the jelly. If you can't see them they've probably gone swimming off to find food. Ours were hard to spot last year once they'd finished with the jelly(or whatever it's called). We didn't net either. I think the birds got some when they left the pond as we found a few bloody corpes on the stones. We know some survived because we found them early this year, dead and floating after the pond had defrosted . But at least one lady and one blokey must've made it as the spawn turned up all on it's own.
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I'm very disappointed, I built my pond last autumn so it'd be ready for frog spawn season but I've had nothing at all - I know I had a few frogs in my garden, one tested the pond out as we were filling it up but not seen it since so don't think they survived the winter
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You only built it last autumn - give them chance. Can't remember when we put ours in, I think it was autumn before last and I'd already seen frogs about. However they chose to spawn in a water tank further up than in our pond so we had to cheat. Our in-laws were filling in their pond and gave us some(strictly not supposed to do that but it would have been binned otherwise). This year we got a small amount so some must've survived and our winter was harsh. Keep your fingers crossed for next spring. A frog on our plot still used the pond last summer even though he/she didn't use it to mate.
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Originally posted by grananne View Postfrogs on my lawn where pond used to be. what can i do to save the the spawn.
I found a couple mating the other day. I don't think they were doing it right seeing as their bellies were together.
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Plenty of busy-busy in our pond this weekAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Originally posted by Ali Apple View Posti go out late at night into the garden and the croaking of the frogs/ toads is abundant, my pond is not the cleanest, and i worry if the spawn will be affected by this... anyone advise me please?
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