I have had to stop my enzyme/bacteria application for the time being. Rising temperatures and lower water levels have caused an explosion in the regrowth of the Floating Heart (Nymphoides Peltata). The surface of my pond had been cleared by using Rodeo (Glyphosate), but many of the roots still persist and I am having to reapply Rodeo to many areas. I have a weed cutter and a pond rake and have been removing as much of the submerged plant matter as I can reach. I am surprised to see how many of the roots are still alive. One half of the pond is looking good now. Imagine very large al dente spaghetti and you will understand what I'm pulling out. I'm considering a contact herbicide to get to the roots, but I can't get 2,4-D in Texas, so I'm looking at other products. I can clean most of the pond out with my cutting and raking, but this plant is so persistent that it must be totally eradicated, or I will be spot killing it forever. This plant entered my pond by my own mistake, I cleaned out a small 2000 gallon lily pond by the house last year and some remnants of Floating Heart made it to the larger 1 acre pond. This stuff is evil! I am winning the battle and still expect to have the cleanup totally finished by the end of the summer. Thank goodness for modern chemistry. I still plan to add more "witches brew" after I have the raking done. More news later.
