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Live Duckweed
Hey! Did you know that Duckweed and Azolla can help to control climate change?
See below add-to-cart to find out how and do your part to help save the planet.
Duckweed is a small perennial plant known as the smallest flowering plant. Among the floating plants, duckweed is one of the better live plants for your goldfish or koi. It acts as a fish tonic and helps to keep the harmful sun’s UV light out of the waters protecting your aquatic lifeforms.
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Size: Leaves: 1/8" or less.
Prohibited In: Puerto Rico (PR)
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Description
Duckweed and Azolla can help to control climate change!
How? Duckweed is one of the fastest-growing plants that captures carbon dioxide (CO2) and changes it into something else. The plant will die off trapping the CO2 as other molecules.
This can be compared with the Azolla Event during the Eocene era (49 million years ago) where the small aquatic fern, Azolla, took control of Earth’s climate. The fern grew unchecked, absorbed carbon from the atmosphere, and died to the ocean floor taking the carbon with it. After the Azolla Event, the Arctic temperature dropped almost 40°F as the planet entered cyclic ice ages.
Scientists are optimistic because duckweed would absorb about the same amount of carbon as they emit when burned lending to a possible fuel source. The plants are being used for bioremediation of waterways with excessive amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen from agricultural runoff
“If we could harvest vast quantities of fast-growing duckweed and dispose of them Azolla-style, we could take their carbon out of the environment entirely”, said Dr. Martienssen, one of the scientists studying this. “Enhanced duckweed could offer an even more effective, longer-lasting way to sequester carbon.”
Do your part to help save the planet.
| Prohibited In |
Puerto Rico (PR) |
|---|---|
| Sold As |
Portion. A portion is about 1/2 cup including water. |
| Benefits |
Use as spring and fall fish food. Duckweed can be refrigerated up to 2 years. |
| Appearance |
The "smallest flowering plant on Earth", this has small round ovate light green leaves or fronds, having one rootlet attached to each frond. |
| Size |
Leaves: 1/8" or less. |
| Preferred Growing Conditions |
2+ hrs/day direct sunlight. |
| Botanical Name |
Lemna minor |
The table below shows the estimated shipping and pick-up weeks for destinations to USA states. These dates can change depending on weather and how strong the plants are at that time.
For example, a wet spring will have many clouds leading to less sunshine. Thus, the plants may need a bit longer to grow strong enough for transplanting and transit. With the planet heating up, a warm spring may help the plants grow strong enough to ship before the dates in this table.
| Week | States |
|---|---|
| End of April: | FL, LA, TX |
| First Week of May: | AL, AZ, GA, MS, NM, OK |
| Second Week of May: | AR, CA, NV, NC, SC, TN |
| Third Week of May: | CO, KS, KY, MO, UT, VA, WV |
| Fourth Week of May: | AK, CT, DE, DC, ID, IL, IN, IA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY |
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