Invasive Aquatic Grass

[Fotno]

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/FOTNO2/pondgrass2.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/FOTNO2/pondgrass3.jpg

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/FOTNO2/pondgrass1.jpg

What is it and how do I kill it?:banghead:

[TheCapitalist]

Looks like is has taken over your desk!!!!!

Leave it on that towel, and I'm sure it will die soon...;)

Just kidding. Is it growing in the pond?

[Fotno]

It came out of a person's pond that I work with.He can't seem to kill it.
It stayed green 14 days after being pulled out of the pond and put in a ziploc bag.
I was hoping somebody could ID it for me.

[TheCapitalist]

I would say either ditch-grass:

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE&query_src=photos_flora_com&where-genre=Plant&where-namesoup=Ditch-grass&rel-namesoup=matchphrase&title_tag=Ditch-grass

Or horned pondweed:

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/Bay/sav/key/horned_pondweed.asp

This got me started:

http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/lifeforms/aquaticplants/fulltextonly.html

Examples of thread-like, undivided leaves:
horned-pondweed (Zannichellia palustris)
ditch-grass (Ruppia cirrhosa, R. maritima)
quillwort (Isoetes spp.)
Pilularia americana

The quillwort and Pilularia did not fit your picture, so...

[TheCapitalist]

Could carp be a solution?

[Guru]

I've seen it, can't name it.
Cows will thin it out.

[Guru]

The bad thing about dealing with grass like this is that if you use a herbicide it might also kill all or a lot of the fish in the pond.

[Fotno]

He's all ready dug all of this stuff out of his pond with a back-hoe and it came back.His cows won't touch the stuff.

[Guru]

Shazam!
I've got some of it too in the little pond by my Mother's house.
If I go to the Co-Op in the next couple of days I'll ask them if they know something.

[Fotno]

BassCatter said he's got a Biologist buddy that can ID it.I still have this stuff in a zip-loc bag,I hope I don't get pulled over.That would be hard to explain.

[TheCapitalist]

BassCatter said he's got a Biologist buddy that can ID it.I still have this stuff in a zip-loc bag,I hope I don't get pulled over.That would be hard to explain.

I think you will be alright.:cool: Have to be one ignorant cop.

Keep us posted on the grass!

[Guru]

heh, yeah, you will be in deep chit :D
No way to make that sound too convincing, lol.
But if they mess with you then you can go throw some of it in the cop's pond.

[Ted]

That looks like Bushy Pondweed - Najas guadalupensis.

Here (http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/database/submerged_plants/southern_naiad.htm)
Check out the 'Management Options' link.

Index Page (http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/index.htm) for that section of the site.


It could also be Baby Pondweed -Potamogeton pedctinatus.

[Honey]

Hey Ted.

He is the smartest person I know. He has all the answers.

[Ted]

Hey Ted.

He is the smartest person I know. He has all the answers.Hi DeeDee.

Not really.

Google. ;)

[optimistik1]

DeeDee does not Google Ted...but she admires people who do! *grin*


I'm glad I don't have it in my pond..even though I think it's kind of pretty in green!
Keep us updated on your research!!!!

[Nana]

Hey Ted.

He is the smartest person I know. He has all the answers.

Hi DeeDee.

Not really.

Google. ;)

Well Ted, we do appreciate that you google for us. It does make you look pretty darn smart 'cause you come up with answers for everything.:clapping:

[Fotno]

Don't let Ted tell you a story.He is one smart dude.

[TheCapitalist]

So what is it???

[Fotno]

Bushy Pondweed - Najas guadalupensis

[TheCapitalist]

I had pondweed, but not the type. Oh well. How will he rid himself of it??

[Fotno]

He's all ready dug it out with a track-hoe.I think we'll go the chemical route now.

[TheCapitalist]

Better living thru chemistry...

[Fotno]

It's probably going to cost a fortune.

[Fotno]

It's going to be kinda costly,but we finally found the proper chemicals to take care of this grass.
Thanks for the help.

[Hawkeye]

have you tried smoking it? If it will get you high, all the hippies will clean it up for you. Hell, just tell them it will get them high. Tell FB that if he eats it, it will make his sticker peck out so he can see it. Dat might work too. :D

[BassCatter]

aquatic glycophosphate should kill it. You can get it at the farmers market behind Carboy's dealership.

[Fish-Bait]

I'd have to print that out and take it too them....I can't even hardly speak those words.