messy tree

I just had the pool clear - or mostly with a little dirt from recent storms and getting cleared slowly, and another rain storm blew in this morning or last night and knocked more of these pods from the Chinese Pistache tree into the water. My readings from yesterday were: Free Chlorine: 6.5...

Unfortunately our pool is near a messy Mulberry tree (the neighbor’s). Has anyone used a solid cover like the one pictured that has mesh drain holes in it? Pros vs cons? We currently use a solar cover and a mesh leaf debris cover on top of that but debris still gets in and also slides in when we...