OT clean up a pond

Couple of points:

1. Don't do the whole thing at once as you need to allow the fish a place to go when you are treating a portion. I think the label says no more than 1/4 of the area at one time and tells you what the gestation and waiting period is. The vegetation merely sinks to the bottom; fish float. Ha!

2. If you deplete your pond of all vegitation, any fry fish will be at the mercy of any preditor fish and next years harvest could be wiped out in a matter of days.

Mark

Roundup works great on aquatic vegatation. I was told by a county extension agent to use it instead of Rodeo. Rodeo is the same stuff as Roundup, but marked for use in water and much more expensive. When using Roundup, it will only kill weeds above water level like cattails etc. Only kill about 1/3 of the weeds at a time as the decaying vegetation will suck the oxygen out of the water and kill your fish.

For below water level growth, the Blue Dye is supposed to limit the suns penetration in the water and help to alleviate algea growth. Don't know if it works, never tried it.

For the "sea weed" there are pellets you can scatter in your pond to kill it. Don't know the name of it, might try a Google search.

Dug

Roundup is not labeled for use on water & would be a real offence that I could get charged with where I live. And yes the county does pull us farmers over & check out licence, wind speed, & label following stuff so this is not a 'pretend' caution, one can get in real trouble for this where I live.

There is a glysophate product made for use on water, I think 'Rodeo', and is what you would want..... .

--->Paul