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Originally Posted by Cotham Marble  Understood ! But really that does mean you need to invest in a finer mesh netting - 15mm should be sufficient. The trick will be to set this so that frogs etc can get in and out of the pond with out being impeded - you could achieve this by using some kind of riser on the pegs you are using, or else setting the netting on bricks.
As Lance Morgan points out the problem is not just in the Autumn, the racemes of flowers and the fruits that follow are all potential sources of poison.
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Thanks CM. ARC (Amphibian and Reptile Conservation) pretty much said the same thing about close netting, although interestingly even they weren't quite sure about the danger.
I wonder just how toxic this substance is to invertebrates for example? Presumably rotting laburnum leaves don't poison the worms that feed on them, or else bioaccumulation would cause laburnum tree gardens to be full of dead birds and all sorts? And is the poison soluble in water?
I'm trying the Pond Conservation Society next, out of interest really. Maybe I should do a PhD on the subject?
