Duckweed Control for Irrigation Pond - 02/19/22 10:14 PM
We have a 1/4 acre spring fed pond with average depth of 8 feet (12 maximum). Intermittently, duckweed and filamentous algae have been a real problem. Last year, May through November the entire surface was covered with duckweed.
We use our pond to irrigate about 1 acre of organic blueberries. I would like to stay away from chemicals in general, although I have used pond dye in the past with little success.
Questions:
Has anybody used herbicide in this situation? If so, what? Needless to say, anything that would harm our crop would be a strict no-no.
I'm currently putting together an aeration system. How much of the duckweed and algae problem with this take care of by itself? I've been lurking in the aeration forum for a while, and have a pretty good idea of what I want to build, but haven't seen much detail on the success of aeration alone to control algae.
Thanks for the help.
We use our pond to irrigate about 1 acre of organic blueberries. I would like to stay away from chemicals in general, although I have used pond dye in the past with little success.
Questions:
Has anybody used herbicide in this situation? If so, what? Needless to say, anything that would harm our crop would be a strict no-no.
I'm currently putting together an aeration system. How much of the duckweed and algae problem with this take care of by itself? I've been lurking in the aeration forum for a while, and have a pretty good idea of what I want to build, but haven't seen much detail on the success of aeration alone to control algae.
Thanks for the help.