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Parrots' Feather infestation!
Hello all!
I'm very happy to see this newsgroup! I'm a moderately experienced ponder with both earthen and lined ponds. My father in law, however, has a large (1 acre plus) artificial lake that he dug and has stocked for fishing. It's really very nice. But someone gave him some parrots' feather because he commented that his pond didn't have a lot of plants in it- and now all he has is a surface that is almost totally covered with parrots' feather! All that is not is the deepest part of the pond. He's tried pulling it out by boatload, alicides, and 'many other things' and between the two of us we have no solution other than to pump the pond out and bulldoze it all out. Does anyone else have any ideas before he has to destroy his pond? Thanks! rik |
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Parrots' Feather infestation!
Wish I could get that much, since it's cut down my algae growth.
Only thing I could think of, is adding more fish, to eat the stuff up. -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Parrots' Feather infestation!
First we're glad you found us!
Parrot's feather is a real pain to get rid of. I pulled all of mine out of a small bog garden and the stuff was still growing in the moist compost a year later!! Go here -- http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/pl...s/aqua003.html But you'll need to find what is legal in your state. I would contact the county extension office. good luck and we're happy to have you here! k :-) http://tinyurl.com/6bguh ~ new pond keeper info http://tinyurl.com/yp64db ~ slide show of pond |
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Parrots' Feather infestation!
Hmmmm from reading that web link, looks like you can just do cuttings of
parrot's feather, and it'll send out rhyzomes? Always looking for ways to increase plants in my pond... -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Parrots' Feather infestation!
Anyone have water hyacinths, water lettuce, and parrots feather they
are 'thinning'? I missed our pond societies plant sale last Saturday and am needing those plants for my veggie filter and bio-mech filters. I will pay the shipping! Thanks! Dale My pond ... http://home.pcisys.net/~muaddib/ |
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Parrots' Feather infestation!
" wrote:
Anyone have water hyacinths, water lettuce, and parrots feather they are 'thinning'? I missed our pond societies plant sale last Saturday and am needing those plants for my veggie filter and bio-mech filters. I will pay the shipping! Thanks! Dale My pond ... http://home.pcisys.net/~muaddib/ Hi Dale, I have a bunch of water hyacinth I can send you. I can jam a lot into one of those USPS priority mail things. I think it cost about $11 last time I did it. Let me know: Joe___bizqwick.com, remove the dashes San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Koi, Goldfish, and RES named Colombo. |
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Parrots' Feather infestation!
I have had experience of parrots feather in quite large ponds - but not as
large as 1 acre. We had to pump the water out then overlay with about 2" earth or black polythene. After 18 months the parrot feather is gone - as has everything else. Upon refilling many former plants will regenerate from seed. Sorry to give you the bad news, Davy "rmx256" wrote in message ... Hello all! I'm very happy to see this newsgroup! I'm a moderately experienced ponder with both earthen and lined ponds. My father in law, however, has a large (1 acre plus) artificial lake that he dug and has stocked for fishing. It's really very nice. But someone gave him some parrots' feather because he commented that his pond didn't have a lot of plants in it- and now all he has is a surface that is almost totally covered with parrots' feather! All that is not is the deepest part of the pond. He's tried pulling it out by boatload, alicides, and 'many other things' and between the two of us we have no solution other than to pump the pond out and bulldoze it all out. Does anyone else have any ideas before he has to destroy his pond? Thanks! rik |
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Parrots' Feather infestation!
I don't have any better advice than the others. Except to ask if
you could get anywhere with grass carp? They are pretty good as cutting vegetation here in MS. I am glad that our parrots feather is not in our acre pond! It is in our cement pond and in out lined berm ponds. Never a problem. Jim |
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Parrots' Feather infestation!
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:23:06 CST, Phyllis and Jim
wrote: I don't have any better advice than the others. Except to ask if you could get anywhere with grass carp? They are pretty good as cutting vegetation here in MS. The trouble with Grass Carp is they only eat Parrot's Feather after eating everything else. They leave the roots intact so the Parrot's Feather recovers. Maybe a balance could be established. Steve |
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