Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Fertilization Fertilizing one time a year?

I have a 35 acre lake that is about 15 years old...pretty balanced fish populations and have caught a few LMB over 10 lbs so far...is fertilizing a lake like this, one time a year, a waste of time and money? If you ferilize, does it only make sense to do it more often to keep a continued bloom, or is anything good for your lake (even doing it only once a year)?

I am interested in seeing the responses to this as well. My Dad fertilizes his lake (@ 7 or 8 acres) three or four times a summer with good results. Once usually is not enough for him to get much result. I haven't done anything at my place yet, but am thinking about it since the water is crystal clear and obviously nutrient poor.

http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1428.pdf



Important Points

• Do not try to kill aquatic plants

by applying fertilizer.

• Continue fertilization from year

to year. Ending a fertilization

program will leave you worse

off than if you had never

started one.

• Improper fertilization, once or

twice a year, is worse than no

fertilization.

• If a bloom does not develop

after four applications of fertilizer,

check for lime requirements,

too much water outflow,

too many weeds, or muddy

water.