Guidelines for Mechanical Lake Weed Control

Guidelines for Mechanical Lake Weed Control

Mechanical lake weed control is the physical removal of lake weeds from the lake or pond. It is not merely weed removal by machine. These are some things you should think about before embarking on a mechanical aquatic weed control programs:

Mechanical lake weed control

1. Only use this method, particularly the mowing method, if you are resigned to the idea of mowing your pond or lake on a regular basis, just like mowing your lawn.

2. Use good equipment that will not fragment the weeds and cause replanting. The smoother the operation, the less the fragmentation. Using something that will shatter the lake weed into thousands of pieces, which makes collecting the fragments difficult, and not collecting them a bigger problem.

3. Gather all plant fragments from the water. Aquatic weeds are notorious for their ability to reproduce from fragments. Some species can reproduce from fragments at 50 percent or more. One plant could become more than a hundred fragments, which could in turn become half as many new plants, multiplied over thousands of plants, the result could be disaster!

4. As in all control methods, as long as the water color, or water depth remains the same, the weeds will recur. Try to do something about changing these factors. Wherever sunlight can penetrate to the bottom, weeds will grow. Lake Management Lake Weed Control Water Depth Secchi Depth
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