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Shoreline plants now submerged. Will they die? #561374 09/12/2023 7:17 PM
by Knobber
Knobber	New pond continues to fill with water. In early spring, we had a 6-week dry spell where the pond level remained pretty constant. Many shoreline grasses/plants grew up strong around the perimeter in the spoils. I don't know exactly the species of the plants and how water-tolerant they are. After a very wet summer, the pond level is up another 18 inches or so. Much of the grass is now partially to fully submerged. If this trend continues, will the grasses perpetually in the water eventually die off? I hope some do, in order the open up the shoreline.

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Re: Shoreline plants now submerged. Will they die? #561397 Sep 13th a 04:04 PM
by FireIsHot
FireIsHot	Originally Posted by Knobber Originally Posted by Sunil I think it depends on what type of plants they are and how much the water level fluctuates. The predominant plant looks to be rice cutgrass, which prefers wet, fertile, silty, soil. It gets aggressive in disturbed wetlands, which my renovated pond is. Originally Posted by FireIsHot Knobber, do you know how deep the unwanted plants are? I raise and drop a small pond of mine, and grasses sometimes die, but the stalk remains. I would think they'll drown out, but like Sunil said, it depends. They are growing anywhere from 0 to 30 inches of water. Too early to tell on this new pond who much the water level will fluctuate. I think this grass is here to stay. It is just a matter of the depth of water in which it can tolerate. Gotcha. Rod beat me to it. Really nice looking property.
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Re: Shoreline plants now submerged. Will they die? #561422 Sep 14th a 06:24 PM
by H20fwler
H20fwler	I use CattPlex with a surfacant, safe for fish and keeps cat tails out of my ponds fine. Have used it for years and have been very pleased with it. Cat tails go yellow a few days after spraying and die clear into root system.
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Re: Shoreline plants now submerged. Will they die? #561532 Sep 19th a 07:34 PM
by esshup
esshup	I don't bother raking it out.
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Re: Shoreline plants now submerged. Will they die? #567811 Jun 12th a 01:11 AM
by Knobber
Knobber	Originally Posted by FishinRod I like the new pic of your pond. Is that the new drainage pipe in the background? Now that you have your water level at its "normal pool elevation", you can start creating the shoreline look and habitat that you desire. Keep eliminating your invasive/undesirables. You said you previously planted some pickerelweed. Keep planting more things you do like. Invasives have a much easier time colonizing into "open ground". Have you looked at any of the shore iris plants, or very slow-spreading lily pads? Might be some good plantings available for your area that your wife can also see from the house and score you some additional "good husband" points! Thanks! Yep, that is the new overflow pipe. It drains into a swale and low area which was the original runoff route before the pond was renovated. Yes, the waterline is now stable. Now I can build a dock in addition to creating the shoreline. There are cattails mixed in that grass, and I think I should eliminate most (all?) of them before they get out of control. I plan on more pickerelweed planting. I also planted some spike rush, but not sure if it made it. I have blue flag iris in a small garden pond that I can transfer to the big pond.
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