Pond Boss Magazine
https://www.pondboss.com/images/userfiles/image/20130301193901_6_150by50orangewhyshouldsubscribejpeg.jpg
Advertisment
Newest Members
Shotgun01, Dan H, Stipker, LunkerHunt23, Jeanjules
18,451 Registered Users
Forum Statistics
Forums36
Topics40,899
Posts557,074
Members18,451
Most Online3,612
Jan 10th, 2023
Top Posters
esshup 28,411
ewest 21,474
Cecil Baird1 20,043
Bill Cody 15,110
Who's Online Now
15 members (JasonInOhio, Theo Gallus, H20fwler, Shorthose, Requa, Justin W, LeighAnn, Bob Lusk, catscratch, Freg, DenaTroyer, Blestfarmpond, Snipe, RAH, Rick O), 812 guests, and 196 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#488131 04/03/18 01:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 8
T
OP Offline
T
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 8
I have a 3/4 acre deep pond in Galveston County, Texas. Its well stocked with blue and channel cats and copper nose bream. I also have a few LMB that arrived someway, not sure how. Along the banks of the pond I have cattails very thick and need to thin in certain areas. I have bought and used some chemical herbicide designed for ponds that want injure fish and it seems to work ok but was wondering if anyone has a better idea maybe mechanical, as to how to get rid of some of these cattails?


I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a puppy dog.
Davy Crockett
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 491
Likes: 13
M
Offline
M
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 491
Likes: 13
like most tubers, you're better off digging them up than trying to treat with chemicals


Mat Peirce
1.25 acre southeast Iowa pond
LMB, BG, YP, WE, HSB, RES, BCP
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1
Offline
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1
I use AquaNeat which is one of the herbicides recommended by the Illinois DNR for control of cattails. It's a pond safe glyphosate like Rodeo and AquaPro. Seems to work well for me at a 0.75% solution with a surfactant in a pump sprayer. I try to make sure I get it all covered, not just a few leaves on one side.

Last edited by Bill D.; 04/03/18 05:52 PM.

[Linked Image]
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
Bill D. #488173 04/04/18 01:34 PM
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 8
T
OP Offline
T
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 8
Thanks Bill, I have some herbicide my wife ordered and have used it last year and it works fine, the problem I have is I have so much to spray, so many cattails. My arm gives out by pumping the sprayer, I guess I'll pickup a 12 volt sprayer one of these days.
I was also thinking of building a rake like devise that would fit on my tractor, just haven't done it yet. I believe something like that could be built and should work.


I would rather be beaten, and be a man, than to be elected and be a puppy dog.
Davy Crockett
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1
Offline
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1
I have a little 21 gallon 12V sprayer I pull behind our little tractor. It works great when you have a lot to spray.


[Linked Image]
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1
Offline
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1
Just closing the loop on this. My efforts with AquaNeat were 100% successful. I went from cattails invading 2/3 the perimeter of my puddle to gone. I am currently cattail free.


[Linked Image]
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 27
D
Lunker
Offline
Lunker
D
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 27
Just wondering where one could acquire AquaNeat. I have two ponds, biggest is 1 acre and am wanting to limit the spread of the existing cat tails. Right now, they are not a problem but will be within a few short years if something is not done and digging them out is certainly labor intensive.


When you are right, no one remembers; when you are wrong, no one forgets.
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1
Offline
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 6,080
Likes: 1
Originally Posted By: Dick Faurot
Just wondering where one could acquire AquaNeat. I have two ponds, biggest is 1 acre and am wanting to limit the spread of the existing cat tails. Right now, they are not a problem but will be within a few short years if something is not done and digging them out is certainly labor intensive.


A friend of mine in the landscape business got the AquaNeat for me at one of his suppliers. If you can't find AquaNeat, any pond safe 53.8% glyphosate herbicide, such as Rodeo, should do the same thing. I also added nonionic surfactant to the spray (I used Cygnet) which I think is important for good results.

Be sure to cover the entire plant. Anything that hasn't turned brown in two or three weeks should be sprayed again. Don't forget to remove and dispose of any seed heads you see.

I am happy to report that I am still cattail free!

Last edited by Bill D.; 11/02/18 10:09 AM.

[Linked Image]
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 66
J
Offline
J
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 66
I’m planning on ordering rodeo for cattails. Anyone have any input on what stage in the plants life to spray them? Appears supposed to wait til the plant is mature so that means fall but was hoping to knock them down now instead of seeing them all summer. Any thoughts? Thanks

Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 8,792
Likes: 68
Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent
Lunker
Offline
Chairman, Pond Boss Legacy award; Moderator; field correspondent
Lunker
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 8,792
Likes: 68
After a 2 second Google search, here's this:

Glyphosate is most effective when it is applied to young plants that are actively growing. After the plants are full grown, their tubers are also mature and the chemical cannot move from the leaves to the rhizomes to kill them. ... Dormant tubers, or tubers that are unattached to the foliage you spray, will not be killed.



Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

[Linked Image from i1261.photobucket.com]


Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 1,220
Offline
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 1,220
We always tried to hit our cattails as soon as they started to green up, spraying both sides of the trail out to open water (about 100 yards) and it would keep the path open all summer.


.10 surface acre pond, 10.5 foot deep. SW LA. The epitome of a mutt pond. BG, LMB, GSF, RES, BH, Warmouth, Longear Sunfish, Gambusia,Mud Minnows, Crappie, and now shiners!!...I subscribe!!
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 66
J
Offline
J
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 66
I decided to go with Roundup Max Concentrate. Local price for 2.5gal was $55 and it's 51% gly compared to many generics of 41%. It also has a surfactant in it. Going to go spray in the coming days. Maybe i will able to be included in the billions of dollars lawsuit smile If anyone would like to share what mixture you used for cattails I'd sure be interested. Thanks

Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 96
Likes: 5
K
Offline
K
Joined: Apr 2016
Posts: 96
Likes: 5
Originally Posted By: jwetovick
I decided to go with Roundup Max Concentrate. Local price for 2.5gal was $55 and it's 51% gly compared to many generics of 41%. It also has a surfactant in it. Going to go spray in the coming days. Maybe i will able to be included in the billions of dollars lawsuit smile If anyone would like to share what mixture you used for cattails I'd sure be interested. Thanks

The surfactant in that mix is extrememly toxic to amphibians and as such not rated for water use.


Link Copied to Clipboard
Today's Birthdays
Bob Lusk, GaryK, GrizzFan, PhotographerDave
Recent Posts
Happy Birthday Bob Lusk!!
by Theo Gallus - 03/28/24 10:27 AM
Paper-shell crayfish and Japanese snails
by H20fwler - 03/28/24 10:22 AM
Brooder Shiners and Fry, What to do??
by Freg - 03/28/24 09:42 AM
Alum vs Bentonite/Lathanum for Phosphorus Removal?
by DenaTroyer - 03/28/24 09:38 AM
Relative weight charts in Excel ? Calculations?
by esshup - 03/28/24 08:36 AM
Dewatering bags seeded to form berms?
by Justin W - 03/28/24 08:19 AM
Reducing fish biomass
by FishinRod - 03/28/24 08:18 AM
New 2 acre pond stocking plan
by esshup - 03/27/24 06:05 PM
1 year after stocking question
by esshup - 03/27/24 06:02 PM
Questions and Feedback on SMB
by Donatello - 03/27/24 03:10 PM
2024 North Texas Optimal BG food Group Buy
by Dave Davidson1 - 03/27/24 08:15 AM
Freeze Danger? - Electric Diaphragm Pump
by esshup - 03/26/24 09:47 PM
Newly Uploaded Images
Eagles Over The Pond Yesterday
Eagles Over The Pond Yesterday
by Tbar, December 10
Deer at Theo's 2023
Deer at Theo's 2023
by Theo Gallus, November 13
Minnow identification
Minnow identification
by Mike Troyer, October 6
Sharing the Food
Sharing the Food
by FishinRod, September 9
Nice BGxRES
Nice BGxRES
by Theo Gallus, July 28
Snake Identification
Snake Identification
by Rangersedge, July 12

� 2014 POND BOSS INC. all rights reserved USA and Worldwide

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5