EddieWalker
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What type of vines or ivy grows in your area? I'd plant it at the edge of the liner and let it spread out towards the water. Fairly soon it will be all green and covering your liner.
Any ideas how to cover these edges of my pond liner?
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coldsteelva
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Kudzu/mile-a-minute vine
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Can you just cut away the liner where it shows and plant? Would vegetation work to keep the edge in place?
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I don't think so. They dug a 4' deep trench around the perimeter of the pond and stuffed the liner down in it and filled it up with dirt. It anchors it from wind catching it or it slipping down I guess.
looch
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Could you just cut holes/slits in the above-water liner and "spot-plant" some spreading ground cover?
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I've been giving your problem some thought and think I've come up with a fairly logical solution. You know what a rope ladder is, right? Why not use that same sort of design to make 2 or 3 rows of hanging shelves. You could first place a layer of geo-textile fabric on the liner, then have some shelves made from natural fiber rope and using non-treated wood for the shelves. Over time, the wood and rope will simply decompose into the soil, leaving the soil with the by that time established vegetation. Not sure what plants you would want to have anchoring the soil below the waterline, but then put other surface plants above that line.
If you're not sure there is a plant that can hold the soil in place below the waterline, then use rope and shelves that will be resistant to UV and rot. For the shelves, that plastic-wood lumber should work fine. Is mostly used for exposed decks, so should hold up well to the elements. Anyway, that's my thought for the day. ...Now back to bed! :jump:
If you're not sure there is a plant that can hold the soil in place below the waterline, then use rope and shelves that will be resistant to UV and rot. For the shelves, that plastic-wood lumber should work fine. Is mostly used for exposed decks, so should hold up well to the elements. Anyway, that's my thought for the day. ...Now back to bed! :jump:
PILOON
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Why not simply laying flat (flag) stones over the protruding liner?
That would also make a nice border finish, and very much like in ground pools.
Perhaps you'd need to level off the edges in order to lay the flat stones but that should not be a major chore.
That would also make a nice border finish, and very much like in ground pools.
Perhaps you'd need to level off the edges in order to lay the flat stones but that should not be a major chore.
That might work. Let me think on it some.
I thought about this also. Only issue is that is over 200' to cover and a lot of flag stone. Also I am worried if it were to slide down below water level and damage the liner.
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What kind of liner? Is it super thick EPDM pond liner? I assume it is.. a falling rock is not going to be much of an issue (throw a rock in a pond and see how long it takes to hit the bottom, heck fire a gun in the water, will never hit the bottom hard enough to do any damage).
In my head rock around the edge. Let it fall into the pond, won't hurt anything. As suggested, you could plant around it. My only issue ith plants is that they are quite destructive with roots. I have had a plant push my liner down to a point where water spills out (notsure this is an issue with your setup) Pond liners are going to fail from exposure to sun and rubbing wear much more likely than puncture. I would look to protect the exposed liner from sun as my priority
In my head rock around the edge. Let it fall into the pond, won't hurt anything. As suggested, you could plant around it. My only issue ith plants is that they are quite destructive with roots. I have had a plant push my liner down to a point where water spills out (notsure this is an issue with your setup) Pond liners are going to fail from exposure to sun and rubbing wear much more likely than puncture. I would look to protect the exposed liner from sun as my priority