Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants Need to make Duckweed disappear for short time

Thank you all for your advice. I am going to apply EWEST suggestion and see what will happen. I have ordered the supplies to get started as soon as possible. In the mean time I will continue the manual removal with all the time I can find.

Speaking of manual removal I have a system that works well. It involves a 3” gas powered sludge pump and a screened box on a utility trailer. I build a primitive pickup skimmer for the intake. I mount the pump to the trailer. It discharges directly into a screen box. When I am done I haul it away and unload it. On days with a breeze I setup at the downwind side of the pond. On regular days I get out the prickly rope and collect it to where I setup. I also found a large landscaping rake with some foam attached to the back of it can help rake the duckweed into the skimmer. The more I can rake into the skimmer the faster it goes.