Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants Constant cycles of FA

Dense stocking of crayfish will help manage FA significantly and annual stocking of TP if legal in NC, but the crayfish are cheaper and will create a self sustaining population unlike TP. Also takes a few years for aquatic vegetation to get established - once it does, it helps compete for nutrients being used by FA. You can plant beneficial cultivars of pondweeds, sedges, rushes, lilies, ellgrass, etc. or wait to see what mother nature provides. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's an invasive species like coontail, etc. You can roll the dice or be proactive.