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A old timer told me today that he had cattails around his 1/2 acre pond so he cut them oof below the water level by about 6 inches and said that new shoots tried to come up but died before reaching the surface, he said they drowned :rolleyes: But I will say that he didnt have any cat tails in his pond. He made what looked like a sled that was tied to a rope he would wade out in the water and hook the sled rails into the dead cat tails at the base and his buddy would drag out the wad of cattails with his tractor
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Originally posted by trialsguy:
A old timer told me today that he had cattails around his 1/2 acre pond so he cut them oof below the water level by about 6 inches and said that new shoots tried to come up but died before reaching the surface, he said they drowned :rolleyes: But I will say that he didnt have any cat tails in his pond. He made what looked like a sled that was tied to a rope he would wade out in the water and hook the sled rails into the dead cat tails at the base and his buddy would drag out the wad of cattails with his tractor I dunno... When I cut my off even below the water level they come right back up again. It's Round Up for me from now on. Once they turn yellow I cut them off and remove with a weed cutter.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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Can you use RoundUp on cattails?! It seems like overspray/run off from rain will get the RoundUp into the lake water... thoughts on this? Thanks.
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Roundup is not labeled for aquatic use.
Another product called Rodeo has the same active ingredient (Glyphosate), but is not acutely toxic to fish.
As far as "drowing" cattails, I have read studies that proved that it worked, I have not tried it though. Now would be a good time for me to do it since the lake is low and getting ready to be on the way up with the rainy/hurricane season.
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Hello, Sebof. I am a resident of Washington state and I believe that the use of Rodeo is not permitted in this state. My lake is not stocked with fish but I take it that using RoundUp instead would be acutely toxic to frogs, birds, etc.?
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Directly from the Roundup MSDS
12. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: Do not apply directly to water. Do not contaminate water when disposing of equipment washwaters.
ECOTOXICOLOGICAL INFORMATION: Studies performed with a concentrated solution of the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate indicate the following:
MON 0139 Technical (62%)
48-hr LC50 Daphnia: 930 mg/L, Practically Nontoxic
96-hr LC50 Bluegill: >1,000 mg/L, Practically Nontoxic
96-hr LC50 Trout: >1,000 mg/L, Practically Nontoxic
96-hr LC50 Carp: >10,000 ppm, Practically Nontoxic
Maybe it's not so bad. I looked at the Rodeo data and it basically said the same thing.
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