cattails

curtkeiser · Nov 27, 2017

What is the best way to kill cattails in a 15 acres pond?

Dune Country · Nov 27, 2017

harvest them and sell the tubers to a health food store

4520BW · Nov 27, 2017

Roundup

Texasmark1 · Nov 27, 2017

I buy Aquathol Super K pellets from Aquatic Management Systems. Use my hand held, hand crank fertilizer/seed spreader to apply. Just stand on the bank and crank a couple tablespoons full, walk 15-20 steps and do it again. Doesn't take much. Best to do in the spring when new shoots are coming out. Guarantee you a pond that was ripe to be overtaken with zero now and for the last 5 or so years, well worth the money. Non toxic to fish if used as directed. I tried Roundup on some vegetation this summer and lost 30 bass, some in the 5# range. Bad mistake. Course if you don't have any fish........

JDEM · Nov 27, 2017

Get some muskrats to move in. Why do you want to kill the cattails? I wish I had more.

Lazy WP · Nov 27, 2017

Roundup isn't labeled for it but works great. There is a glyphosate product that is labeled for it, but I can't remember what it is. Costs about 10 times more then Roundup.
Cattails are terribly invasive in some areas. I fought with them for a number of years, then 1 year they died and I haven't had them since. In my stock tanks I use Copper Sulphate, again not labled but it will kill them, and algae and what ever fish you have.

curtkeiser · Nov 27, 2017

Come and get them Will split profit 50/50.

Brown Swiss · Nov 27, 2017

There you go, they taste like cucumbers.

pat sublett · Nov 27, 2017

Rodeo

LarryH · Nov 27, 2017

simazine---don't get burned on the price I have it call link_disallowed asl for doc

jeffcat · Nov 27, 2017

Cattails are bad enough. You want a mess try having water lilys. There is a very large pony, small lake, down the road and some idiot home owner on the lake planted just ONE about 15 years ago. You can almost walk from one shore to the other across them. Looks very pretty when they bloom but the lake is totally choked with them now. No canoe, motor boat, nothing anymore. Also every idiot tree hugger doesn't want even some copper sulfate in the water so they now just live with a big floating carpet of junk.

keh · Nov 27, 2017

Every year I hear more reasons why I'm glad I don't have a pond.

KEH

504 · Nov 27, 2017

Karmex DX,high dollar stuff, but it will kill weeds in the water.

2x4 · Nov 27, 2017

deepen the sides of your pond. Will make a sharp drop-off but cattails cannot grow in water 3 foot deep or deeper. That's why you only see'em on the edges. Unless, of course, the whole pond is less than 3 ft. deep. And muskrats will bore holes in your dam, so soon, no pond.

blue_tractor_man · Nov 27, 2017

I've been a licensed aquatic applicator for 33 years. I would recommend per 100 gallons of spray solution-1 gallon glyphosate (Rodeo), 1 pint imazapyr (Habitat), and 1 gallon of a good aquatic approved surfactant. Spray to wet. The later in the season you apply the better it will work. You will need a pretty strong pump to get good coverage. You can use non-aquatic versions of the herbicides I listed, but it is illegal and you do it at your own risk. Both of those herbicides have a very short life in muddy water. They are both quite safe to use. Do not use in an irrigation pond. Read and follow the label directions.

David Snipes · Nov 29, 2017

I had an old pasture with a pond which was overrun by cattails. I Introduced cattle - they loved them and ate everyone until the roots starved out.

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