1000 Live Duckweed Plants LEMNA Minor

Reviews are all over the board. My experience is this: Ordered: Took a week USPS, late October. Picked up within the hour. Which by chance they give you two hours for warranty. Arrived in name brand ziplock sandwich bag, devoid of running fluids. Open it and took big wiff, just organic smell. I took out 1/4 of clump, spread it out in water, had ai count them, several thousand leaves it claims. So you get 10x+ ai evaluation: Based on a visual estimation from the image, the approximate ratio of the leaves is: ​Green: 75-80% ​Yellow/Brown: 20-25% More: In summary, for a small-scale culture like this appears to be, it looks quite typical. If this were in a larger pond ecosystem, the rapid growth could become problematic, but for contained cultivation, it indicates successful propagation with minor, normal die-off.

I was hopeful... but greatly disappointed. At least the plants were not shipped in a plastic bag, but a specimen jar, so that was good. Out of 1000+ plants, NONE were green. Notta. All brown. And, there is nothing in the Amazon description that states they cannot be placed in an outdoor pond. That is why I purchased them in the first place. The instructions that arrived with these dead plants states that they will have a putrid sewage smell with some explanation as to why. It also says that some will not be green and that is normal... well, mine stayed brown for about 5 days, and I discarded them all. I quarantined them, as stated in the instructions. I would have NEVER tossed them into my pond or aquarium. I love my fish too much for that. It also states that duckweed is very hard to kill. Well, I guess that if you place them in a covered container and ship them to other states, that is one way to kill them. No SUN???.... so if you have a pond that has direct sun,that is the second way to kill duckweed. So, feel free to toss these in your shady swamp and enjoy!! I would have rather taken my $7 and purchased a BK Whopper. The sellers should explain exactly what these are, and how they are to be grown. Not after receiving the product, but before, like in the Amazon description. Shame on them. No direct sunlight??? No where in the description does it say for indoor growing only. But on the packing slip, that is exactly what it states. Go somewhere else and purchase quality plants. As you can tell, I am not happy at all with this seller or the plants that they bagged from their backyard swamp and are selling on Amazon. I thought at least I could get a runaway snail in the batch, but that didn't happen either.

This Duckweed arrived nice and healthy! I was a bit concerned when I picked up the box and it was so light, all is well though! I did think it was kinda silly it was sent in a sandwich bag, inside the box (no water thankfully) lol. Overall would purchase again.

My mailman didn't even put these in my mailbox. He came to my door, advised me that it stunk so bad they had to wrap it in another plastic bag to keep it from stinking up his truck. He knocked on the door and as soon as I opened it he said "WHAT IS THIS?!? Whatever it is it died! Its dead!" I told him its just supposed to be duckweed for my aquarium and if its dead its ok its not an animal or anything. Brought it inside and took it out of the extra plastic the post office put it in and the smell came. OOOH dear, what a horrid smell. It was like a demon exhaled all that is unholy right in my face. My husband opened the packaging, and the devils armpit came swirling out of the container. Surprised, he said "its not dead". I had left the room at this time. After some gagging, it was in the tank and we corralled it with some floating straws, adjusted the bubbles on that side of the tank and hoped for the best. YOU NEED TO PLAN THIS OUT IN ADVANCE! This stuff stinks so bad you find yourself just dumping it in to get it away from your nose. Do Not get this on a whim like we did or you will be stuck with the souls of the damned dancing around your house assaulting your senses until you have it in water and the packaging out of your house!

Four stars. Was pleased with the amount of duckweed. It did arrive bright green and living. Got what I expected, but not enthused about the "horsehair worms" which came included in the shipment.

Got more than expected, and they were all alive and beautiful. I have a 40 gal tank and it almost fully coats the whole top.. definitely recommend!

Ever wanted your house to smell like a sewer exploded in it? This is the answer to that prayer! That sweet pungent smell of rotten dung, rushing to fill every corner of your home, the instant need to vomit for all, no one better could have pulled that off! Never in my life have I ever vomited from the smell of something but this did it for me! And the kids, and the dogs! Upon immediately exiting the house to release that pungent scent in to the world the Flys will swarm to you and your neighbors will flee! If this doesn't get you pulling your wallet out then how about the added bonus of burns on your very own flesh from the water??? That's right fokes! Blisters to appear like magic with a simple touch! And if you had hopes to never wash the smell away then I have great news for you! No amount of wash your hands or body will remove this short of epicly vile smell away! In short people the smell to kill you, the water to finish the job, and the knowledge no one will ever lose your scent!!!