How to Grow Water Hyacinth? Detailed Guide to Cultivation Methods and Precautions
Water hyacinth is also known as water hyacinth, water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, water hyacinth seedling, water hyacinth, floating water lotus, native to Brazil, and now distributed in the Yangtze and Yellow River basins of China. So how do you grow water hyacinth? Let's take a look together!
1. How to Grow Water Hyacinth
Water hyacinth likes to grow in a warm and humid environment, and the most suitable water temperature is 18-23 degrees; it can also grow above 35 degrees, and will stop growing when the temperature is below 10 degrees. Water changes and fertilizing should be determined according to the growth situation, and when topdressing, it must not be sprinkled directly on the seedlings.
2. What Harm Does Water Hyacinth Cause
1. It blocks navigation channels, affects shipping and drainage, and becomes the number one enemy of agriculture, water conservancy, and environmental protection.
2. It restricts the flow of water bodies, and without sunlight exposure, the water becomes foul-smelling, reducing the dissolved oxygen content in the water, inhibiting the growth of plankton, and destroying the ecological environment of rivers and streams.
3. It provides breeding grounds for pathogens such as schistosomes and encephalitis and influenza, breeds mosquitoes and flies, and provides opportunities for mosquito larvae to breathe and reproduce.
4. It damages drinking water resources. Because it causes blockage, water bodies cannot flow freely, and various pollution sources such as heavy metal elements and other trace elements harmful to human health cannot be effectively removed, and people directly or indirectly take in polluted water sources.
5. Covering the water surface also increases the evaporation of water, with evaporation 8-10 times higher than that of an open water surface, causing loss of water resources.
6. Impact on the freshwater quality at water source collection points. A large amount of water hyacinth covering the water surface will lower the pH value of the water; increase CO2 concentration; increase the odor concentration and colority of the water; and also increase the acidity in the water, greatly reducing the usable value of the water resources until it is undrinkable.