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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


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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





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Rose doesn't cover grasses, sedges and rushes, does it?


Welcome again - plz would adjust your date !


Certainly - what would you like me to adjust it to?


1st April and make sure it stays on that date!

Alan


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"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:13:36 +0000, Pete Stockdale wrote
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Certainly - what would you like me to adjust it to?



Not addressed to you -my request was to the O.P. --Pam

Sorry to confuse !




Ah, now I understand! The OP's post is dated tomorrow at 08.49 :-)


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Sally in Shropshire, UK

Hi

Oooops, sorry, didn't notice...Is done ( date). Thanks for
suggestions....will keep cutting and hope for the best

Pam


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Sally Thompson writes
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


It sounds like one of the rushes or sedges. I'm assuming it's growing in
the ground around the pond rather than in the pond itself, so there are
two questions:
a) has the area got wetter over recent years, thus allowing this thing to
flourish? In which case, it may be becoming too wet for the daffs, so it
may be a lost cause.
b) if not, then would applying something like glyphosate to individual
plants have any ill effects on the amphibian life?


Hi Kay, about 3 years ago 3 or 4 of these plants just appeared, not a
problem at first, narrow at the bottom and fanning out, they grew slowly
on the ground at the side of the pond and looked quite arractive, then
last year hubby tidied up the edges of the pond and dug out all he could
of them, as they were spreading too much....but they appeared again and
now they are coninuously growing round about a third of the pond, the
daffs are thriving where these plants aren't...but haven't come up at all
where these plants are...Will put photos up as soon as my son comes
home....

Thank-you all for the comments and suggestions....Very helpful group.
Pam



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