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Genesee
Valley
Pond
& Koi Club Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue II- November 2000Ponds of the Genesee Valley
Date
Constructed: August 1990 By
Whom:
Jerry Gleason Dansville, NY Inspiration
for Pond: Love of wildlife, especially Turtles Dimensions:
1/3 acre Approximate
# of gallons: ?? Pond
Type: Natural Filtration:
None Fish:
2 – 16” and several 10", Koi, goldfish and Minnows Water Plants: Water lilies, Lotus (something
is eating them), many Siberian or other varieties of Iris Comments: During the summer of 1999, 5 of Jevremovic's 16 inch koi disappeared. The loss may have been due to the summer heat, blue herons which visit the pond or possibly a bear! I doubt monofilament line works against bear
Plant
of the Month
Victoria
amazonica
Zone:
Tropical, prefers water temps of 85 degrees Bloom:
At night, July - September Size:
Leaf
size ranges 4 to 6 feet! The plant
may span 15 to 20 feet. Flower:
9 to 12 " Color:
White the I' night and pink the 2 The I' night it has a strong pineapple like
fragrance. It is a full double
flower. Pond
Size: A large, heated pond for this variety.
The Longwood Hybrid tolerates our cooler growing season better. Comments:
Sharp spines cover the underside of the leaves, stems and flower buds.
Leaves will develop rims up to 6" high.
Victorias are heavy feeders and MUST be fed.
To learn more about Victorias, join us at Friday's meeting. Mr. Matt Johnson wifl take us on an Amazon Adventure. Matt visited Brazil earlier this year to study Victorias. He has had tremendous success in growing Victorias in Western New York. Matts' efforts have attracted praise and congratulations from around the country; all at the ripe age of 17! Come Friday to GVPAKC's meeting for an Amazon Adventure!
NAU
HEAR THIS!
As
you read this newsletter, we are finally coming to the end of Election Year
2000! Who is not weary of the
countless ads, the telephone polling calls and the general campaign rhetoric?
Let's be thankful major elections do not occur every year! Elections
for the Genesee Valley Pond and Koi Club do occur every year.
Last I knew, no candidates were making campaign appearances at GVPAKC
members' ponds. No one was offering
free koi food to insure proper nutrition. No
promises have been made to offer vouchers that ensure all members get to go to
pond building seminars. Lastly, I
have not heard a pledge to return part of your dues because we have an operating
surplus. Yes it's true, GVPAKC
elections can not compared to the national elections!
However they are important and they also occur in November l. At
the present time Larry Hursh is stepping forward for the Presidency and Joe
Leichtner has announced his is willing to continue on as Treasurer.
To date, no one has offered to help out with the Vice President or
Secretary position. True, GVPAKC
officers do not have an expense account or a government jet to whisk them off to
the next koi show. However they are
important in organizing our meetings and co-ordinating fun pond activities in
the Rochester area. Larry and Joe
need your help. Won't you please
consider volunteering to help the club? Even
though we do not have a full slate at this time we will vote on Friday for the
2001 officers. Maybe you can twist
Larry's arm and he'll give you a piece of "electioneering water mine'. To
entice you to attend the November meeting we are pleased to have Mr. Matt
Johnson as our guest speaker. Matt
will be taking us on an Amazon Adventure. This
is a collection of slides from his recent trip to South America.
Matt has also been tremendously successful in growing the Victoria lilies
here in Western New York. In fact,
he was one of the panelists at the recent Victoria Q and A session at the
International Water Lily Post Symposium in St. Louis.
I hope many of our members will try to attend this meeting! There
have been a few requests to reorder shirts or jackets for the club. If you would like either of these please let either Larry
Hursh or Larry Nau know. We will
check on the current cost and report that at the meeting on Friday. Unfortunately
no one from GVPAKC attended the 2001 Gardenscape meeting for Non-Profit
Organization Exhibits. We will
contact the organizers to see if there is any chance for GVPAKC to participate
in 2001. As
you can see our computer problems have been overcome!
Our first page is back but we need more ponds to feature in 200 1. Please
review your pictures from this year and send them to us or bring them to the
meeting. It helps if we can do the
first page in advance but we need your contributions! We can scan a picture, a negative or a slide of your pond.
Thanks for your help! Time
to go out and remove more leaves from the pond.
I swear every leaf in the neighborhood falls in our pond! After last year's painful lessons we are doubling our efforts
to keep the pond clean. We hope to
see many of you at Friday's meeting. I
promise you will not have to listen to any cwnpaign speeches about the rising
costs of importing koi because we do not have a sound National Energy Plan!
Holiday
Party 2000
Date:
Friday December I Place:
Brighton Town Park
777 Westfall Rd near
Clinton Time:
6:00 to 7:00 Social hour with munchies!
Dinner at 7:00 The club will supply the paper products, meat and soda. Members are asked to bring the munchies, salads, veggies and desserts. We
need a head count to determine how much meat to get.
Please call Kathy Hursh at 473-6276 or E-mail her at Brodamo@juno.com
or lkhursh@aol.com. She will also coordinate what people want to bring
and perhaps avoid too much duplication.
We will have our Holiday mystery raffle along with another challenging match of Pond Jeopardy! We hope to see many of our members at this gathering!
Winter
Feeding
Many members have
questions about how much to feed their tropical plants during their winter stay
indoors. The answer is do not feed
them unless the temperature in close to the normal summertime range and are
supplementing their light. YOU Nutrients can only be
assimilated at the rate in which they are consumed by photosynthesis.
The rate photosynthesis is cut by 50% with every drop of 18 degrees F. Of
course, the shorter day lengths provided by the sun also decrease the amount of
photosynthesis conducted by the plant. Winter is a time for
dormancy. Let your plants rest.
When active growth begins feed them lightly, about 1/4 dose of fertilizer.
You do not want to encourage excessive growth as the plant may produce
very weak, leggy stems and large leaves. It
then may not be able to support itself and just collapse!
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This
month features the pond of Dr. and Mrs. S. D. Jevremovic of Alfred, NY
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