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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(8,349 posts) Tue May 14, 2024, 04:58 AM May 14

volunteers pull 10 tons of water hyacinths from lake

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volunteers pull 10 tons of water hyacinths from lake (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd May 14 OP

Years ago, I used to have a 1/2 barrel water garden BumRushDaShow May 14 #1

these videos show how invasive they are. Here is the same group cleaning up another canal BlueWaveNeverEnd May 15 #7

Wow! Hope22 May 14 #2

Those volunteers really put a lot of elbow grease in their work Maraya1969 May 14 #3

agreed. it looks like hard, yucky work BlueWaveNeverEnd May 14 #4

OMG it's not just the plants Beatlelvr May 14 #5

yeah... lots of yucky stuff BlueWaveNeverEnd May 14 #6

BumRushDaShow

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1. Years ago, I used to have a 1/2 barrel water garden

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Tue May 14, 2024, 06:59 AM

May 14

and grew some in there. They are good for water plant interest and the nutrient cycling of the water when you have fish (I had a pair of huge comets in it). But they are also invasives and like that video, will completely cover ponds and lakes, essentially blocking out the light to anything under water where they are growing.