Salvania
Unfortuantly my marsh is now full of it. Thoughts on how to get it out of my marsh and open the water back up?
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A mixture of 2-4-D and round-up.
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Chemcal called Reward.
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Noxioux Aquatic plant specialist for the state of Louisiana is in abbéville. They will know what will control it, salvinia is a problem nationwide and will never be eradicated.
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Unless you kill every piece it will come back. The two best things that can rid salvania is a flood where it all runs out, or a drought and it dries up and dies
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Better hope for a hard freeze this winter also.
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The chemical that kills it is expensive and it will come back, we have a canal leading to our pond from the river, we just run the canal and clean it out real good then put mud boat in the mouth of the canal leading into pond and pump it all out of the pond, we get a couple other boats to run around the pond and keep it stirred up while pumping. It actually works quite well, took us a couple years of fighting with this crap and trying everrything u can imagine to get rid of it and this is the best thing we have come up with so far.
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we just drive the boat against a tree and use the boat to pump it.
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Once you get it out use some containment boom to help keep it out. Also here in Terrebonne there are locations that are "growing" salvinia weevils. Check around your area to see if there are any near you.
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Yes, 2,4D will kill it. Will have to spray it twice more than likely to get to the plants underneath the top layer. Like said above if you can get some containment boom to keep it from coming in that works well. Good luck this stuff is the devil and has zero wildlife value. The 2,4D will also kill your favorable plants if you spray it on them
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Reward is trade name for Diquat. it will burn it back, not kill it. In my many years spraying ponds and lakes on Golf Courses, I have never had Reward (Diquat) kill anything and it is pretty damn expensive. Also, do not get caught spraying Roundup in water. It is not labeled and can come with a hefty fine. The Aquatic Glysohates like AquaNeat, Aquamaster are basiccaly Roundup with a spreader sticker added so it will stick to the plants leaf tissue. 2-4D will also help. Mix some 2-4D with a Clay floor dry in a bucket, and chunk it out in variuos spots, this will allow you to get the chemical below the surface. also mix it with the Glysophate for spraying on top
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X2 on the chemical boom we also use them after clearing the pond.
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I just spoke to a chemical salesman yesterday about this problem. Rodeo is an aquatic glyphosate which is the same as Round-up with and aquatic use label. Diquat is an aquatic 2,4-D which is the same as 2,4-D with and aquatic use label. As stated before, don't get caught using chemicals not labeled for aquatic use. Do a tank mix according to the labels. You will have to do numerous applications as it's not going to be a one time deal. Once you have a knock-down reapply anything remaining. Keep doing this until it is gone.
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I have talked to a few people myself this morning and thanks guys for all of the advice. This is not going to be an easy process. I had what was going to be a great freshwater area for duck season this year. Now I guess we will have to see.
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Any idea of stores near me in Houston or Lake Charles that would sale these chemicals?
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probably any feed store
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G&H in Iowa
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I just went to tractor supply in Tomball they had everything. Nice way to spend $1,200.
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Wow, you musta got a lot,or paid a lot.lol I can get those chemicals in at my nursery for pretty good rates.
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Add a little dish soap to the mixture before spraying. This will help is stick.
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Man u gonna b depressed when u show up next year and its all back!! lol
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Ckinchen, check your pm.
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All your looking for is something to "break" the surface tension of the water to allow it to "stick" to whatever you are spraying.
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Casey, can you drain your marsh?
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[QUOTE=ckinchen;500900]Yes I can, I doubt it would all dry out and leave me enough time to PAY to have water pumped back in. The water would easily cost me 8K or so. I can drain it after duck season, then what? Hope it dry's out? Try to burn it?[/QUOTE]
The last part is what I was thinking about. If we have a dry spring/summer this may be a way to get rid of it and not control it. |
i hade a awsome bass pond for the wife and kids and this stuff got in it and ruined it.i tried everthing even seine it out it keep comming back but like they said spay and mix it around.
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Those web footed creatures ain't cheap that's for sure. I figured it out last year and it will make a banker sick the amount we paid for each duck last year but I wouldn't trade it for the world!!
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If you have water right now, forget about eradication this year. I'm in the same boat your in. Maybe try the tarp trick for a landing hole. After 2,4d the hyacinth took a squat but the salvania more than compensated for it. Woodies and squeelers seemed to make the mix with duck weed turn to pure salvenia. I can't drain or keep water low so reward will bankrupt me. I hope to hell the ldwf can find a way to keep this stuff in check with wevels below I10.
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I went down to the lease on Sunday and sprayed all day here are some pictures when I got there. It looks like I have common Salv not Giant.
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Here is a picture from the canal (which is thick) leading to the pond area. The Salv is much more green in the canal for some reason. I did have the ponds sprayed for cat tail earlier in the year by a helicopter service, I am not sure why there is a difference in color.
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That is common salvinia for sure. That is depressing looking at that but its good you are trying to get ahead of it which in many situations is all you can do. You may be lucky though if you can drain it after the season
How do you think it got in there? Is your area leveed off? and...did you wash your boat and trailer?:eek::) |
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It was sitting on the east side of the property for a few years somewhat choked off then the heavy summer rains we had pushed it over to the west (good) side of the property.
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From what I understand while both are bad, common is not as thick or aggressive, is that true? At least I started on this before there was no water showing. |
I know miami corp is using weevils in all their marshes now. Havent heard how good they work though
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Sup Noodle! You alive man?
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Yeah brady i'm making it. Just trying to get by until duck season. You been doing alright?
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Haha sammich knows about them weevils. Lmao had to have been there.
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Casey is that in your marsh south of Klondike?
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