I bought a pond about 8 months ago and discovered last month that I am the proud owner of tons of hydrilla.

Pond stats: the pond is in Northern California, is a little over 3 acres, has a maximum depth of 17-18 feet but probably averages 5-8 feet (I haven't done a scientific average depth calculation). Once the hydrilla became obvious it had covered about 50% of the total pond.

I manually have removed a bunch of it using a purchased rake and one that I have created. I know that this isn't the best method since the hydrilla fractures and can regrow but I was desparate.

The hydrilla seems to have died back quite a bit in the last month or so, possibly from the excessive heat we have been getting, I am not sure.

I have read about using a combo of Cutrine Plus and Weedtrine D and Cide Kick II.

My questions are this...

(1) Has anyone else used this combo and what sucess did they have?

(2) Is there something that would work better than this combo?

(3) Is there a particular season of the year that this should be applied?

Help, I'm drowning in hydrilla!!!!

JHAP
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