Visited the 3 acre pond this past weekend during a family reunion. It looks like the pond site will be remaining in the family for at least the next few years.
As expected, the pond was totally covered with duckweed and water meal. Also saw lots of bull frogs. The 2 biggest problems seem to be the trees surrounding the pond, and the trees surrounding it. 80-100 years of leaf litter on the bottom and very little wind getting to it to stir up the surface.
I've suggested to the person living there that they could make some fish traps to sample what might be in it besides frogs and turtles.
We also talked about using an aeration system starting next spring when the water temps warm up. There is electricity less than 100' below the pond dam, so I'm thinking to put the aeration unit on top the dam and running 4 diffusers, 2 would use 100' of sinking tubing each along the face of the dam in the deeper water, and 2 using 200' of sinking tubing each for further out in the pond. Then try aeration for a year to see how much it helps before starting to dump chemicals, pond dye, or bacteria into the water.
Year two might need to try spraying something like Clipper? Although it would be costly for a 3 acre pond and the goal for now is to just have something to look at besides a complete covering of green.
Last edited by HaBi Farm; 09/24/19 07:48 AM.
