celticsparrowjan Wrote:I had the blanket weed problem when i had a pond ,straw never helped ,i found the only way was to put in a stick and twirl it round and pull the blanket weed out like that,but it can be a real problem.
I always left the stuff at the edge of the pond for a while so any wildlife caught up in it could crawl back in

I always used that method when I got rid of mine. We had a big pond when we lived in Kent. We put a bridge over the pond and never got any blanket weed under the bridge, as I don't think the sunlight could get under there. The sunlight makes the weed grow rapidly.