pig weed?

[extxdirtdigger]

at least that is what i have identified my problem is, now i need to know how to get rid of it, & keep it gone.
the pond is fed by runoff, & has had the problem for as long as i can remember. (20 yrs.)
i'm new to this site so any HELP would be appreciated

 

[sissy]

welcome and never really heard of pigweed

 

[DrCase]

Welcome to the forum
As far as pig weed
Pull it when its small and keep it from going to seed

 

[adavisus]

The Pigweed are fast growing fast seeding native plants resistant to herbicides

You can choose from a couple of strategies, live with it and consider planting tough plants that can out compete and look perty on a pond so's pigweed becomes a background foliage plant

You can frequently till all the ground that it affects

Nuke the lot with a nukular option, like Sodium Chlorate, or covering where they grow and solarising the ground

Regards, andy

 

[j.w]

extxdirtdigger
Maybe get some piggies

Seriously I read on the Internet that Scientists are engineering a solution to kill pig weed,but it won't be ready for another seven years. The article was dated 2009 so you have a few more years to wait

This guy cooks it and he also cleans these pans up pretty darn good using electrolysis. He cooks up the pig weed at around the 7 min spot on the video for those of you w/ a short attention span

 

[extxdirtdigger]

well the pig weed i am speaking of is in a pond, sort of like an algie that floats, but has little leaves above water & itty bitty roots in the water

 

[Ruben Miranda]

Hello
Ahh you are talking about Duck weed then.

It is hard to get rid of once it is a established.
My Fish and turtles eat it so I can not keep it in the pond.

The only advice I could give is keep scooping it out as much as possible and try to get it under control.
what also might help is put in a faster stronger plant to soak up the nutrients that should help slow down get rid of the duckweed.

Ruben

 

[extxdirtdigger]

your right it is duck weed. i've been told fish will control it, but only fish i could find were grass carp, & a individual can only buy them with a permit, & my pond is small, & i could only get 2. 2 won't do much i don't think. do you know any other fish?

 

[shakaho]

Goldfish will eat it up completely.