Lily Pads taking over

[hammr]

Hello Group,
I live in NY on a small man-made lake(made in the 40's) that is not
more than 8 feet deep at the deepest point with an island in the
middle. Anyway, as the subject says, the Lily Pads are taking over. 30
years ago one could swim around it. 20 yrs ago we could boat aroundit
.. Now it is nearly impossible to get any boat around.(row boats)

Anyway, the back of the lake is lost I think. We want to keep them
from encroaching on the front of the lake. Aquacide was used up until
6 years ago when we stocked up with grass carp. We still row in boats
and stand in the shallows pulling up what roots we can, keeping our
swimming areas free of them, but this is alot of work.

I have heard that aerators are the solution. Comments?
Any small and productive Lily pad/root eating machines out there?
Any new technologies available?

[Ka30P]

Ponds eventually fill in.
I'm afraid you are going to have to
dredge it.
Call your local county extension office for help, advice and regulations.
Also I'd check out the internet group
misc.rural

good luck!


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

[how]

"hammr" > wrote in message
om...
> snips
> Anyway, as the subject says, the Lily Pads are taking over. 30
> years ago one could swim around it.

Hi,
There is a tool that can be thrown in the pond and dragged back by rope that
will cut vegetation for removal. Never had to use one myself.
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/product.detail/iid/1708 to
check one out
Aerators won't help eliminate lilies.
HTH -_- how
no NEWS is good

[RichToyBox]

A few years ago, a botanist at the national botanical gardens gave a talk on
lotus, and someone wanted to know how to kill the lotus that had taken over
their mud bottom pond. His answer was to use roundup. The small overspray
is consumed as soon as it hits the water, so will not harm fish, or so he
said. I haven't tried it, but he said that that was the way they controlled
different species in different parts of the gardens.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"hammr" > wrote in message
om...
> Hello Group,
> I live in NY on a small man-made lake(made in the 40's) that is not
> more than 8 feet deep at the deepest point with an island in the
> middle. Anyway, as the subject says, the Lily Pads are taking over. 30
> years ago one could swim around it. 20 yrs ago we could boat aroundit
> . Now it is nearly impossible to get any boat around.(row boats)
>
> Anyway, the back of the lake is lost I think. We want to keep them
> from encroaching on the front of the lake. Aquacide was used up until
> 6 years ago when we stocked up with grass carp. We still row in boats
> and stand in the shallows pulling up what roots we can, keeping our
> swimming areas free of them, but this is alot of work.
>
> I have heard that aerators are the solution. Comments?
> Any small and productive Lily pad/root eating machines out there?
> Any new technologies available?

[how]

"RichToyBox" > wrote in message
news:FXZKc.118872$JR4.53991@attbi_s54...
> A few years ago, a botanist at the national botanical gardens gave a talk
on
> lotus, and someone wanted to know how to kill the lotus that had taken
over
> their mud bottom pond. His answer was to use roundup.
> snip

Hi,
Roundup is illegal to use on water, there is Rodeo that is also glyphosate
salts with a different carrier. There are many more if the chemical route is
what works for you.
http://www.aeratorsaquatics4lakesnponds.com/moreinfo.shtml
HTH -_- how
no NEWS is good

[adavisus]

Try picking up some 100'x20' sheets of black plastic sheet, from
Lowes, figure a way to moor the sheets over the areas where you want
to clear the waterlilies, I don't know how long it will take but
complete darkness should kill large areas fairly reliable. that would
be a lot of organic matter, going off...

If you can drain the pond, it's fairly easy to knife them out realy

Regards, andy
http://www.members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.html


> Any small and productive Lily pad/root eating machines out there?
> Any new technologies available?

[adavisus]

Try picking up some 100'x20' sheets of black plastic sheet, from
Lowes, figure a way to moor the sheets over the areas where you want
to clear the waterlilies, I don't know how long it will take but
complete darkness should kill large areas fairly reliable. that would
be a lot of organic matter, going off...

If you can drain the pond, it's fairly easy to knife them out realy

Regards, andy
http://www.members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.html


> Any small and productive Lily pad/root eating machines out there?
> Any new technologies available?