Hi Rainman,
Thanks for responding.
�lower your pond water level about 4-5 feet this winter to expose the clover. Full winter exposure may kill it off.�
I�ve already tried that and it does not work, it actually made the clover cover a larger area because it went to a deeper level. I left the pond at a 4� lower than maximum for over a year thinking maybe I could drown it by raising it the next year and that didn�t work either.
�If your water stays a little muddy, you may need to add AGRICULTURAL lime after the renovation as well...a soil test will confirm the need, but since your pond is in the woods, acidic water is virtually guaranteed for you.�
That is something I didn�t know and will look into it further. Thanks!
��Just restock in the proper proportions for the size pond you end up with....�
Restocking is something I will be going over and over again with the forum and I do have some ideas that may be unorthodox or even very poorly advised and unworkable but all that is going to wait until I have the primary objective of eliminating this water clover problem. Before I joined the forum I believe I read your web site on blue tilapia and want to learn more about the seasonal stocking of that species to help keep weed growth down but I don�t think they will eat the clover any more than any other fish species. But if somebody knows they do please prove it to me and I can save a lot of time and effort. Something must eat this water fern that comes from Australia.
�open up or thin some of the trees around the pond to expose it to more sunshine.�
I�ve been slowly working on this since the beginning and it is actually more open than the photo makes it look. But I need to be careful, one thing I really like is the privacy of the pond site and my land is a fairly narrow but long strip so I need to clear carefully to maintain that privacy.
Thanks again.
