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My Water Hyacinth/Lettuce are not doing good, the leaves are turning brown and mushy ?

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My Water Hyacinth/Lettuce are not doing good, the leaves are turning brown and mushy ?

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A – Water Hyacinth (and Water Lettuce) are a tropical water plant and need warm water, warm air and full sun to do well. If your water temp is below 60 degrees it is probably too cold for them and the leaves will turn brown and mushy. Water Hyacinth do best in really dirty water (that’s why they can be a good plant to use in filter systems). If you watch any of the educational TV shows where the snake hunter is in South American after Anacondas (very large snakes), you see them looking for these snakes in large patches of Water Hyacinth growing in shallow muddy water and they look great. If your pond is too clean you may have problems growing Water Hyacinth. Some of the best looking Water Hyacinth I have ever seen was in the Florida Everglades in a shallow muddy area. When you get Water Hyacinth or Lettuce home try to duplicate its growing conditions from where you bought it. If the nursery you bought them from had them growing in full sun then you are OK. If they were growing in shade

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