Pollen

[Psu9395]

Hi everybody. I am a true believer as you guys set me up last year. I followed everything last year and just got to the point that I added about two cups of bleach a night and tested weekly and had awesome success. This year I am having a new problem. Of course I just opened the pool and yes it is still green, but I'm working on that. The issue I have is the pollen that is accumulating. It is sticking to the water faster than the filter can remove it. I woke up this morning and it look like it snowed in the pool. Is there a good method to battle this?

 

[jblizzle]

More pump run time to skim the surface, use a skimmer sock and clean it often.

 

[Psu9395]

I have been running the filter around the clock. I tried the skimmer sock but it only lasted minutes since there is lots of stuff being filtered out right now. I could try it again now that I think most of the chunky stuff is out. I spent yesterday in the pool in my chest waders sweeping and pulling out leaves and nuts.

 

[Defgufman]

Skimmer socks for sure

 

[pwrstrk]

Another vote for skimmer socks. Just keep an eye on them as they will capture a lot of junk and starve your pump of flow.

 

[Psu9395]

Thanks skimmer socks are on and I'll check them in a little bit.

 

[crabboy]

My pool will look like that if the filer is not running. Once it's on, it clears up pretty quickly. I've used skimmer socks in the past, but I find them to be more trouble than they are worth. They will collect the finer stuff, but don't want to have to clean them every day. It's the filters job.

 

[pooldv]

Yeah, I can't use skimmer socks during high pollen season unless I stand there and swap them out every few minutes. I have had to clean my cartridges 3 times this spring and it probably needs another cleaning.

 

[Carlajo]

Mine looked like that this morning, with a healthy dose of the neighbors maple tree helicopters thanks to a storm last night!! My filter ran all night, I can't keep up either.

 

[ewkearns]

I thought we were past that until TS Ana just decided to stay for a while.... I'm retired, so I can take care of it pretty effectively, sock after sock after sock, but just be patient... there is a lot of stuff in the pool, a lot more is falling and blowing, there's one you and about 9 gazillion pollen laden plants. It will pass...

 

[Psu9395]

I guess it doesn't help living in the greenest state. I tried the sock last night and it clogged after less than 30 minutes. I wanted to let the pump run all night so I took the sock off. It looked a little better today but it seems I will never keep up. I cleaned my filter Saturday and I think it needs it again. This is going to be a long spring. At least I can now clearly see the second step and make out the others. The people at Walmart keep asking me if I have a crime scene I am trying to clean.

 

[Azgirl71]

Sorry the sock did not work. You should have told Walmart since you cannot see the bottom of your pool it may be crime scene...lol

 

[Psu9395]

Well I did have two dead squirrels under the cover....don't know how that happened.