Since it sounds like your pool gets hit by a bunch of stuff like mine does, another alternative and one that I sometimes do is to go ahead and hook up the pump and filter and start circulating and adjusting/maintaining good water chemistry but leave the cover on until most of the stuff has dropped from the trees. That way I don't have to continually clean debris out and I also don't have to worry about an algae bloom. Then, when most of the stuff has fallen, we can just pull off the cover and have all the chemistry where we want it and just go swimming. I will also go ahead and hook up the solar heater so that during this time, I can be gaining heat. Here in WV, we have tons of flowering trees which drop lots of stuff into the pool in the spring. Sometimes I just wait it out before taking off the cover. Sometimes I am so anxious to look at blue water instead of a cover that I go ahead and uncover it and just deal with the mess. It is kind of just up to you.
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