How To Remove Duckweed

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

I have two ponds 1 1/2 acres, 25 feet deep in southern Ohio. I put 6 Amurs (triploid carp) in each pond and never have problems with pond weeds. They are eating machines, but do not reproduce. When I cut the grass, they follow me and eat whatever clippings go into the pond. My ducks and geese also eat it.

[@commonsenseprojects]

Wow. That’s awsome. Thanks for the info. I heard they help but it always sounded too good to be true. I’ll try that next season. Where did u get the carp.

[@olsonlr]

Very clever. Good thinking. I find it is a very short lived fix since it regrows soooo fast!

[@NaturePondAdventure]

I spent far too much time gathering duck weed this summer... No where near this side, I ended up using a bit of 2x4 and collecting manually over and over again!

[@bobbg9041]

Just build a water tote with a wall of 3 layers of screen with an outside wall of 4x4" chattel fence and pump the top layer of the pond off with the discharge hose into the tote the water will drain back into the pond, the weed back into the tote and you can move to with a farm tractor and compost it in the tote, then spread it on your lawn.

[@commonsenseprojects]

@@bobbg9041 good idea. Thanks.

[@poorgamer9717]

God bless you. Love from Bangladesh❤

[@whiteoakgoldenretrievers4446]

This was so helpful. My ponds are covered with this stuff. Is there anything that kills it?

[@commonsenseprojects]

Yes chemical treatments are available and very effective but very expensive. Unfortunately once you have eliminated one problem you create another. Theres a product called Wipeout. Along with pond die. I have a 3/4 acre pond and the cost was $1,400. But soon after that algae began to grow. And had to treat that. I never had algae before. Visit www.weknowponds.com. Or call 586- 336 -7663. They have the answers you need.

[@mamoru-son4831]

Thank you, I like your idea

[@maggiefeld3910]

Yes, everyone wants a "natural" answer for Duckweed removal. As you can see a humongous amount of work went on here. I can think of a million better uses of my time. I have been a Certified Commercial Aquatic Herbicide Applicator for 30 years. 12 oz. per acre of Clipper aquatic herbicide will cause no harm to the pond, degrades in a few days, and you will have a clear pond in about 14 -21 days with little work other than heaving a five-gallon bucket of solution into the pond.

[@commonsenseprojects]

Good to kno. Thanks for the tip.

[@dakotakyd]

Chemicals, chemicals & more chemicals, how do you know it’s safe? Tell that to all the cancer patients out there

[@ColinMill1]

Such solutions don't address the fundamental cause of the excessive duck weed - an excess of nutrients in the pond. Skimming off the weed takes out a lot of nutrients as the duck weed is high in nutrients. It can be used as feed for chickens or composted.

[@randyfonk575]

How many hours did you invest total...all day?

[@commonsenseprojects]

In total it took me about 20 hrs.

[@MarkCooper-z4k]

Nicely done.

[@moconservation]

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[@commonsenseprojects]

Sure. Go ahead. Be sure to Let me kno how things work. I’d love to hear about it.

[@commonsenseprojects]

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[@commonsenseprojects]

Did u make your educational video?

[@moconservation]

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[@jamesschenk1963]

Good job

[@cd1168]

Nice job

[@urbanothepopeofdeath]

I wait until a storm comes through. it piles up the duckweed and thats hard the work!

[@urbanothepopeofdeath]

*half

[@minh4835]

Add some tilapia. They love duckweed!

[@commonsenseprojects]

Sounds like a good idea. Where did u get the tilapia?

[@federicomachon8841]

Buy some chickens or pigs and feed it to them is great stuff

[@commonsenseprojects]

They would turn out be some big green chickens.