I'm one of the oddballs on this site that thinks there's a place on my pond for cattails. I use them at the north ends for erosion and nutrient control...which of course means I have to keep removing them on the 1/2 of the pond I DON'T want them.

I use a combo approach...mechanical cutting/pulling where I can get to them via tractor and/or scythe, and occasionally spraying them with shoreklear for the really hard to reach areas. For me cattails aren't something to be eradicated. Instead I just try to keep a balance.

Ask me in a few years if this works out...I don't pretend to know what I'm doing. I'm pretty much making it up as I go.

Dale

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