How to get a pond to retain water.....

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ITS A TRAP

marry it ....


sorry, thought it was a "blond"

if your ground is too silty you will have a hard time holding water unless you have something close to 20% clay. if you do have something close to 20% clay you can "fatten up" the clay by adding salt (think table salt). sodium makes the clay particles "swell up" and repel each other. calcium/lime that you see used in construction projects does just the opposite, it makes your soil more granular. the sodium seals up the micro-pores in the soil matrix that cannot be controlled mechanically. they are being sealed up chemically. get a soil test to find out how many lbs of sodium you need per square yard. if you go over this amount you run the risk of having a saltwater pond.
i have done this successfully in the tunica hills.

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My father in law has about an acre pond on his property and he wants to add some fish, but every year it dries up where it only holds about 2'. It's an average of about 4-5' deep if it gets all the way full. Ground water isn't an option because the acquifier is about 100' below the surface.

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1. Check to see if you have adequate drainage TO the pond. You may not be collecting enough surface water to keep the pond filled.

2. You need to have the soil tested to see if the soil composition will hold water.

3. You will need to check for a leak in the levee.

4. You will need to make the pond deeper if you want to have fish survive the summer. (maybe use this dirt to shore up the levee.