Aquacide Blog — 2 4-d

Water Plantain (alisma) is a perennial herb, native to Eurasia and North Africa, now present world-wide. Water Plantain grows in shallow marshy soil along the shoreline.  It has stiff lance-shaped leaves 5-8” long that stand above the water surface.  Emersed leaves have prominent parallel veins.  Submersed leaves are smaller and ribbon-like with less defined veins.  Water Plantain has small white 3-petaled flowers which whorl around a delicate stalk that open in the morning from June through August. Water Plantain reproduces from seed and division of corms (a fleshy bulb-like underground stem). Water Plantain is a food source for most waterfowl...

A customer recently contacted us regarding Cattail control and Cattail Removal. Below is his question and our response. Question: I have about a ¼ acre pond with an average depth of 4 feet and a significant amount of cattails.  The pond was established about 13 years ago and has a significant population of fish: mostly bass and blue gill.  Each year I have “gloved-up”  and dug through the mud to pull up the root systems for cattail removal, but this past year I skipped and the weeds are winning!  Do you have a product that will target the Cattails without...

Crested Floating Heart is native to Asia, introduced to the U.S. through aquatic plant nurseries that still market these plants today. It escaped from cultivation in the 1990’s and has been an aquatic nuisance established in public waterways in Florida for years. Today, Crested Floating Heart is scattered abundantly throughout many southern states with tropical climates. Crested Floating Heart has heart-shaped floating leaves at the ends of long stems that are rooted in submersed sediment. It has slender, tapered clusters of tuberous roots on the underside of it's floating leaves and features a small white 5-petaled flower. These weeds propagate from...

A customer recently contacted us regarding lake weed control. Below is her question and our response.  QUESTION: Hello: I have property on Lay Lake (Coosa River) in Alabama. As you will see in the picture attached. I have a huge problem with weed growth along my shore line. I would appreciate you identifying them and offering a suggestion for product usage to destroy and prevent future growth. Thank- you for your assistance in the matter.  RESPONSE: Your photo appears to be Water Primrose. Aquacide Pellets are an excellent systemic option that is best applied early spring as new growth begins...

Watercress (nasturtium officinale) is native to Eurasia, imported to the U.S. as a spicy cooking herb.  It is a healthy low-calorie vegetable that when neglected can be a problematic invasive weed.  Watercress is an emersed weed found in shallow areas near the shoreline.   It has alternate leaves with the end leaf not paired and a cluster of white 4-petaled flowers that rise above the top of the weed. Cutting only makes the problem worse. 1)      Dig up Watercress root and all before it begins to flower.  Remove weeds to an area away from shoreline and allow it to dry. 2)     ...