10-27-2013, 08:51 PM
Hi All,
I have 2 dams on my farm. One is pretty big at 550 000m3 which was completed about 2 years ago and the other dam is a small coffer dam of only about 28 000m3. I have a problem in the smaller dam to control the weedgrowth. I dont mind the reeds along the outside of the dam, but there is snotty grass growing just below the surface.
This little dam always used to dry up in summer and therefore the weeds would die. I cant dry it out anymore as I need to use it as a coffer dam to pump up to the big dam all year round. The dam has some tench in it, and lots of food. Its a good source of frogs and things for the bass. I'M NOT PUTTING IN CARP, and I have seen dams with grasscarp in them, and it takes far too long to give an effect. I need something to sort this out quick as my pumps are getting blocked up 2 - 3 times a day with weeds!
I need to chemically remove the weeds in the dam, without killing fish/frogs and other life that is in there.
Does anybody know of a product? I remember a long time ago in the stywe lyne there was a advert for a product called: MIDSTREAM? does one still get it? Waybe RipRap can help here as I think they sprayed the weeds in Wriggels?
All help will be much appreciated.
Ian
I have 2 dams on my farm. One is pretty big at 550 000m3 which was completed about 2 years ago and the other dam is a small coffer dam of only about 28 000m3. I have a problem in the smaller dam to control the weedgrowth. I dont mind the reeds along the outside of the dam, but there is snotty grass growing just below the surface.
This little dam always used to dry up in summer and therefore the weeds would die. I cant dry it out anymore as I need to use it as a coffer dam to pump up to the big dam all year round. The dam has some tench in it, and lots of food. Its a good source of frogs and things for the bass. I'M NOT PUTTING IN CARP, and I have seen dams with grasscarp in them, and it takes far too long to give an effect. I need something to sort this out quick as my pumps are getting blocked up 2 - 3 times a day with weeds!
I need to chemically remove the weeds in the dam, without killing fish/frogs and other life that is in there.
Does anybody know of a product? I remember a long time ago in the stywe lyne there was a advert for a product called: MIDSTREAM? does one still get it? Waybe RipRap can help here as I think they sprayed the weeds in Wriggels?
All help will be much appreciated.
Ian