Texas Heat!

[Bird]

I see this morning that the NWS forecast for Denton today is only 100 degrees, but it's supposed to warm up the rest of the week.:confused2: 107 Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

[jinman]

I see this morning that the NWS forecast for Denton today is only 100 degrees, but it's supposed to warm up the rest of the week.:confused2: 107 Tuesday and Wednesday.

The word from last night's 10 o'clock news on channel 8 was that the metroplex will see a forecast of 107, while the western counties may see 110 or more. AARGH! Oh well. . . August is quickly upon us. . . sigh.

But hey! We have tropical storm Don coming to solve all our problems.:dance1:
What!. . . It just evaporated as soon as it hit the Texas coast? . . . Oh. . . never mind.:ashamed:

 

[pacerron]

Did Jim post his findings anywhere about the visit to the pond aeration company?

 

[jinman]

Did Jim post his findings anywhere about the visit to the pond aeration company?

No, like TS Don, that trip kind of fizzled too. I was extremely worried about stocking minnows and coppernose bluegill in this heat and drought. I was afraid the shock of going from the tanks at the fishery to my warm water would cause a massive kill (i.e., waste of money). When I got to Pond King, they told me that they only had 4" to 6" channel catfish and no minnows or bluegill. They quit stocking most fish in June. Their prime stocking time is March through June each year.

I did find out some info on their surface aerator. It's called the F1000 DP Aerator. It is a portable unit that runs on 120-220 vac and has a 1 hp motor that draws 8.2 starting to 4.1 sustained amps. It comes with 100' of watertight cord and a protective cage. It will aerate 1.5 acres of pond surface. It can be tethered for movment around the pond or just towed out and anchored on the bottom. They had one of these units going in their demo pond and it looked to move lots of water for natural fountain aeration. The cost of this unit is $1395. They indicated that was the cost if I picked it up at their location. For $25 more, they will ship it to my house. It's probably not as good as an aerator with a bubbler stone on the bottom, but the ease of setting this system up and it's portability makes it seem pretty darn flexible. The cost is a bit on the high side, but it's a ready-to-go solution if you have power available and probably much cheaper than any windmill system. I have some more searching to do, but I consider it a cost-effective solution.:thumbsup:

EDIT: I just did a search and already found a source that is $300 cheaper. At less than $1100, this is a very good deal.

 

[pacerron]

Jim,
Thanks for the info on the aeration equipment.
For a couple years we have passed a pond on one of our routes in for supplies, usually every 2-3 weeks, that has an aerator that sprays a fountain about 6 feet high in a pond about the size of ours. Nobody has a house on that side of the road but there is a barn nearby which must be the power source. We have never been by there when a person is in the vicinity.
The strange thing is the entire pond is often completely covered with a layer of blue-green smooth algae of some type, even up to and around the aeration pipe. We have noticed many times that when we pass back by there
2-3 hours later that the pond is completely clear of algae. My wife thought I was nuts, I probably am about a lot of things, but she started watching and confirms my observations. I must remember to take a camera and get some shots as well as ask somebody that lives in the area. They must be growing the algae for commercial purposes?
Ron

 

[tglass]

I see this morning that the NWS forecast for Denton today is only 100 degrees, but it's supposed to warm up the rest of the week.:confused2: 107 Tuesday and Wednesday.

Uh huh, weather forecast say's alot of things, but my thermometer say's different. Depends where you are, but the weather is way to hot and not a chance of any amount of rain for a while.

 

[mikim]

I mowed the yard today well whats left of it since I stopped watering a month ago!!!


Brown is in!!

I don't have to mow-- neighbors cows are jumpin fence to get to what little I have and to my water trough....he's suppose to come by today to see what we can do about it. He's across the road - they get out and wander in my place (no fence on my side yet) It's on my list but since I don't have animals has not been a priority.

 

[foreman Etexas]

I don't have to mow-- neighbors cows are jumpin fence to get to what little I have and to my water trough....he's suppose to come by today to see what we can do about it. He's across the road - they get out and wander in my place (no fence on my side yet) It's on my list but since I don't have animals has not been a priority.

Yeah its good that your cool with it,its just grass aslong as they are not messing with anything or sh****g in your yard!! It good when nieghbors can help out neighbors!! :thumbsup:

 

[sldva00]

Not even Tropical Storm Don could stand the heat. As soon as it hit the coast, it evaporated. The local meteorologist said he hadn't seen a storm do that in his entire career (20+ years).

 

[Larry Caldwell]

You might stretch some shade cloth. Anywhere you buy greenhouse supplies.