polarisxcsp
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Anybody have any suggestions on getting rid of cattails? I don’t have an abundance of them but I would like to get them taken care of before the wreak havoc on the whole pond.
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Getting rid of cattails
- Thread starter polarisxcsp
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No personal experience with it but I have heard you need to cut them off above water lever and then use a very high concentration of vegetation killer on the freshly cut stems. Might be best to paint it on so you aren't spraying a ton of chemical in the water. If they are in an area that is just damp you can try cutting them down to ground level and putting a black sheet of plastic over them. The sun will heat the area enough to cook the roots.
You may want to check the laws
In MN cat tails constitute water which puts the DNR in charge (no matter how small a body of water). Under no circumstance are you too remove, change, alter your water front without prior approval from the DNR. We are also blessed with conservation districts that add to rules governing bodies of water. There are a bunch for rules but I believe one of the most common rules is not to change more than 10% of your frontage. Check before you cut. DNR fines are not small!!!!
In MN cat tails constitute water which puts the DNR in charge (no matter how small a body of water). Under no circumstance are you too remove, change, alter your water front without prior approval from the DNR. We are also blessed with conservation districts that add to rules governing bodies of water. There are a bunch for rules but I believe one of the most common rules is not to change more than 10% of your frontage. Check before you cut. DNR fines are not small!!!!
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I have never done this, but have seen someone do it. The way to make it work, is to just kill off the outside edge slowly, across a few years. take a rag soaked in round up, and wipe the stalks as you wade by them or float by in the boat. Then the edge dies off a couple feet. Then the next year do it again. After a few years, you have more space, and haven't made a big mess. Or drawn any attention to yourself... Not that I condone breaking the law.... just saying this is what I've heard someone else do.
In MN cat tails constitute water which puts the DNR in charge (no matter how small a body of water). Under no circumstance are you too remove, change, alter your water front without prior approval from the DNR. We are also blessed with conservation districts that add to rules governing bodies of water. There are a bunch for rules but I believe one of the most common rules is not to change more than 10% of your frontage. Check before you cut. DNR fines are not small!!!!
LMCD can blow me
HardwaterHoosier
Member
they should be easy to control. Just know the area an volume of your pond. Over treating a pond can deplete the Oxogen and cause a fish kill.
Reward is a common herbicide used in ponds. Just make sure you read the label and understand it. If you're unsure of the volume of the pond, do small portions (1/3 or 1/4) of the pond at one time.
There are plenty of home owner catalogs out there with excellent customer service.
Reward is a common herbicide used in ponds. Just make sure you read the label and understand it. If you're unsure of the volume of the pond, do small portions (1/3 or 1/4) of the pond at one time.
There are plenty of home owner catalogs out there with excellent customer service.
powder_poacher
New member
cat tails should be easily controlled with glyphosate aka roundup. you can't spray roundup in water but you can spray rodeo aka glyphosate. rodeo cost much more than roundup.
LMCD can blow me
EZ!!! Why don't you tell us how you really feel!!!!!!!
I totally agree with you on LMCD. The funny part about them is thay allow some on to put in a 500000 lb boulder retaining wall but will not allow someone to take a tree out that had fallen into the water. Maybe it goes back to your motto with a curve. It's not who you know, It's who you BLOW to be able to get things done!!!
Polarisxcsp- Good luck how ever you do it. Remember to never leave evidence LOL!
polarisxcsp
New member
Thanks for the advice guys. I’m going to do some experimenting this weekend. If we hadn’t got so much rain the past few weeks then I would be able to walk right to the cattails but now they are dang near in the middle of the pond. I need a canoe or something to get closer to them.
HardwaterHoosier
Member
yet this year.Used to work at a golf coarse with ponds. Get copper sulfate and sprinkle in area. Weed be gone.
How's the river? We have a place in Genoa and havnt been up there. Hoping to make it at the end of the month