Pond Weed

[Fergie Ploughman]

Cleaned out my pond middle of last year with a 360 and its now got loads of weeds growing in it . Anybody know what they are as I can't really see anything similar on the net. Also, anybody have any good ideas on how to get rid, or at least reduce/control? Someone said it was duck weed, but I thought that was the green stuff that floats on the surface that you can scoop out, whereas this stuff is rooted from the bottom and grows up. I did have ideas of putting some fish in it at some point. Its fed via a land drain and overflows out and eventually into a river.

 

[davidroberts30]

roundup used to be licenced for waterways but i'm not sure anymore

 

[Bury the Trash]

Floating is it? could be one of the Azollas

 

[ollie989898]

Looks ok? It's not duckweed and it isn't that green candyfloss stuff?

 

[Kidds]

Don't know its name but tastes very mustardy.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Few big carp will soon up root it

 

[Bury the Trash]

If you can find out what type it is , because it might actually be an Oxygenating one rather than the other way around

 

[Fergie Ploughman]

Yes, its definitely not blanket weed, nasty slimey shite. I did think Roundup?? Got an app on my phone, I'll take a pic and see if it recognises it

 

[Lincs Lass]

Might be of the water cress family ,,constant supply ,,harvest it and flog it to veggie brigade

 

[ollie989898]

Might be of the water cress family ,,constant supply ,,harvest it and flog it to veggie brigade

Will fish and wildfowl/ducks or whatever eat it and keep it under control?? Doesn't seem to be doing any harm?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Will fish and wildfowl/ducks or whatever eat it and keep it under control?? Doesn't seem to be doing any harm?

The water does look very clear due to the in out flow ,,carp and tench are very good at grubbing up weeds ,,duck sh1t will ad nitrogen to the water which will make it grow faster ,possibly it was brought in by them .

 

[ollie989898]

The water does look very clear due to the in out flow ,,carp and tench are very good at grubbing up weeds ,,duck sh1t will ad nitrogen to the water which will make it grow faster ,possibly it was brought in by them .

Can you just rake a bit out and the fish will do the rest?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Can you just rake a bit out and the fish will do the rest?

They probably would ,,few big mirrow carp are like snow ploughs ,,they snuffle around snails and anything in the way gets uprooted

 

[Exfarmer]

Root it up? This is a water weed done think it will have many roots

 

[Kidds]

Apart from blanket weed I can't think of any water weeds I have come across that don't have roots.
It isn't blanket weed.

 

[Exfarmer]

Apart from blanket weed I can't think of any water weeds I have come across that don't have roots.
It isn't blanket weed.

Yea but few have roots which go into the mud/ subsoil

 

[Cab-over Pete]

It looks like the stuff we get in an open channel from a spring to the nearest ditch.
I was told it’s called Fools Watercress because it’s not the real thing and doesn’t last fresh when pulled. It was very peppery to taste but I was also told absolutely not to eat it as it harbours the mud snail that carries fluke worm.
I dug it all out of the channel and left it strewn about on dry land where it just shrivelled up. A bit came back so I pulled it out again which seemed to knock it on the head.
That was a couple of years ago. There is some coming back again but nowhere near as much.
Keep at it with the digger.

 

[Hindsight]

Cleaned out my pond middle of last year with a 360 and its now got loads of weeds growing in it . Anybody know what they are as I can't really see anything similar on the net. Also, anybody have any good ideas on how to get rid, or at least reduce/control? Someone said it was duck weed, but I thought that was the green stuff that floats on the surface that you can scoop out, whereas this stuff is rooted from the bottom and grows up. I did have ideas of putting some fish in it at some point. Its fed via a land drain and overflows out and eventually into a river.

Is it actually causing a problem? Fools watercress is my stab. If you google fools watercress can see plenty of images.

 

[Fergie Ploughman]

Thanks all.... Its not really causing an issue, just don't want the whole pond full of nasty weed again. It got that thick you could walk across it! Might stick the waders on and rag some out and get fish!