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Afternoon fellas! And gals! I have started my pond renovation. Backstory, I bought a property with a 3 acre pond on it. Completely overgrown with different vegetation. I have found it’s Alligatorweed and I have used RM43 on the sections I could to kill it. I have now found that where it was grown up in the middle of the pond, it has created floating islands of debris and mud and roots. I will attach pictures. Do you have any recommendation on getting rid of the mats? I eventually want to get fish and things in the pond so any recommendations for anything else you see will help too. Very new to this. [img]http://[/img][img] https://ibb.co/N9j2s89[/img] [img] https://ibb.co/JBGnMTm[/img]
Last edited by CeauxPilot; 04/09/24 01:50 PM.
New to the game! Will take all help and criticism
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Man that's a MESS. I don't know, some type of a excavator, specialized for your part of the world. My comment will bring your question back to the top for you. Welcome to Pond Boss ! Hopefully give time for someone with similar experience to see your entry.
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What do you have in the line of heavy equipment to work with? At the very least you will need a 4" semi-trash pump if you can pump water out and away, and a long stick excavator. Having an off-road dump truck will help greatly.
You will have to make a plan how deep you want to get it, and have a place to put all the "stuff" that you dig out of there.
You most likely will have to spray it 6 months after you are finished getting all the "stuff" out of there to help stop it from coming back.
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It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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