Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Creating habitat Beneficial Vegetation for the Southeast

If you know that Eleocharis baldwinii will be a problem, then the first year I'd just let it grow then towards the end of the first year before it sets it's seeds either hit it with Diquat or Fluridone. (if you don't have water flowing in or out of your pond I'd use Fluridone.) Wait until year 3 before planting any plants that cost $$ because you might have to hit it again in year 2 to kill any seeds that hadn't germinated before you whacked it the first year.

Any plants you put in the pond will get whacked by the chemicals. Grass Carp don't prefer it, so they will eat everything else you plant and leave that for the last thing to eat.

I just don't see the reason to spend $$ on plants to kill them when you kill the Eleocharis baldwinii.