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Lazy WP · Jun 9, 2018

I hauled a load of Flax meal up towards Mankato MN this week. Ended up going to New Prague to load wheat midds coming back to Nebraska. Anyway, Minnesota has to be one of the most post card perfect country right now. Most farms were nicely mowed up, and just beautiful. I wouldn't want to live there. Way to many houses WAY to close together, but it was sure pretty to visit.

Got a question for you guys up there though. Are the lakes always cover with algae/moss, or was this just a weird thing?

David G · Jun 9, 2018

The lakes are in full bloom because it has been so hot, also farm runoff does not help.

jeffcat · Jun 9, 2018

Just a little copper sulfate would fix your algae. Buy it on Ebay. Throw some in your little pump sprayer and fill with warm water and shake it up. It will only disolve so much and make a super saturated solution. Spray it on the pond. Couple of days, all gone. Doesn't kill fish if you only apply just enough. Stuff also works great for sewer lines. When you lay the pipes sprinkle a little along the pipes. Kills any invasive tree roots. One more thing. Spray your wood shingle roof and north facing roof with it. Knocks the moss growth down.

flying belgian · Jun 9, 2018

I live 4 miles from Mankato. Born and raised. Thankyou for the compliment. Come up here in January sometime. You will have a different opinion.

Janicholson · Jun 9, 2018

The 10,000 lakes we count probably have a 20% chance of algae today. Usually the smaller ones , less than 20 acres of surface. Ag runoff on most is to blame. Buffer strips would sure help. Jim

ss55 · Jun 9, 2018

In row crop farm country in Central MN, there is about a month after ice out where the lakes are both ice free and fairly clear. Ice out is usually early to mid April. The fishing opener is usually Mother's Day weekend. After that water clarity quickly drops to between one and two feet for the remainder of the summer.

The lakes ice over again by about the beginning of December. The water under the ice clears again by early January when the ice is about a foot thick, safe to tow ice fishing houses to the middle of the lakes behind a full size pickup. Peak ice thickness is usually between 28 to 36 inches in mid February. All permanent ice houses must be towed off the ice by March 1, because it becomes hazardous to drive heavy vehicles on the ice. Insurance companies do not pay for any vehicle repairs or vehicle retrieval if you drop one through the ice, LOL.

JMS/.MN · Jun 9, 2018

No runoff from the over-fertilized cabin lawns?? Yeah- those folks really calibrate.

Goose · Jun 9, 2018

We stayed overnight with friends in Mankato one March. Woke up to 6" of new wet snow the next morning. But, that could easily be happen here in Nebraska, too.

flying belgian · Jun 9, 2018

I think buffer strips are an OK idea but how does that remove nitrates from water?

Janicholson · Jun 9, 2018

The plants (both woody and annual/perennial) absorb the Nitrogen (and other runoff nutrients) to limit their impact on the riparian area or lake. Populations of plants are custom selected to grow fast and be tollerant of the local environment. Jim

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