It really doesn't look like chara to me and I doubt that it is widgeon grass. I think your old pond had Southern Naid. That stuff grows a lot deeper than 3 feet and can fill a small pond. One pond I fish had chara ... but now this stuff has taken it over. I infer it will outcompete chara from that experience. Like anthropic said, you don't have to have your nose next to it to smell it. If it was out of the water, you would have probably got a whiff. Like anything, a little is good for ducks and fish alike ... but ... too much is bad for growing large fish and there is risk when there is a high standing weight of this weed to have a fish kill. The ducks will bring it in to Texas ponds. I would not hurry things along that path.
Last edited by jpsdad; 04/15/21 08:11 AM.
