Pond Boss Forums AQUATIC VEGETATION Controlling unwanted plants Is water hyacinth a terrible idea?

Honestly don't know if netting would contain it, someone with more expertise than I would have to answer that. I do know that if you ever decide to eliminate the floating plant, it has seeds/shoots in the pond bottom that will come back again and again for years. Also, hyacinths increase water evaporation and actually raise water temps in the summer when you might not want that.

On the plus side, they really are pretty & make fairly good cover for small fish. When three friends and I raked out as much as we could, the LMB went nuts hitting the suddenly exposed prey fish. Unfortunately, two weeks later the water four guys spent hours raking looked just as hyacinth choked as it did before!