"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
al.net...
On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:49:18 +0000, Pam Cook wrote
(in article ):

hi,
new to the group...I have a problem that I hope u can help me with
plz.....We have a pond, natural, no liner or anything, I have planted
daffodills all round it but the wild ducks have brought a plant that is
choking them,, it is a tall grass like plant with spikey stalks and
little
brown balls that grow part way up the stem.... It is spreading like
fury,,
even tho' hubby dug it up last year...originally they were individual
plants, but now they are just continual....Is there anything I can use to
get rid of them that won't harm other plants or the hundreds of fish
that
breed in the pond...or..frogs or frogspawn etc.??? I am at a loss as to
what
to do.....
Thanks,
Pam



Pam, welcome to the group although you have joined it at an all-time low
in
its history. However, please don't be put off but just try to avoid the
flak
if you can :-)

I have a pond too, but I can't identify your plant from the description,
although someone else may instantly recognise it. Is it possible to take
a
photo and put it on a web site somewhere so we can all look at it? There
plenty of free photo-hosting places around. Also, is it growing in
particularly boggy patches?



--
Sally, Thank you for replying....I will ask my son to take a picture of
the plant, Someone said it was sedge????? It is about 18 inches high
and does grow in the boggy ground right at the edge of the pond...I have
just seen the frogspawn, earlier than last year...The roots of the plant
are very dense and you cannot pull it up..flaming nuisance..Wild ducks
trash the pond every year around this time, and bring all sorts of
un-welcome plants.....the stalks of the plant are round and very sharp at
the end (I got poked in the eye by one last year...ouch !) Hope this
helps some-one identify it and come up with a solution....
Pam