Aquacide Blog — glyphosate

What is a Phragmite?  Though it sounds like an exotic insect or rare incurable disease, Phragmite, is commonly known as Reed Grass.  Invasive Phragmites arrived in the 1800s from ballast on ships that arrived from Europe.  This ballast contained sediment and seeds or rhizome fragments that were frequently dumped along the shoreline.  Phragmite is a large, coarse perennial grass that can grow up to 15 feet tall.  The leaves are 2-2.5 inches wide and 8-15 inches long that alternate on the stem.  Phragmites have a distinctive seed head with feathery plumes at the stalk end which appear mid-summer and last...

A customer recently contacted us regarding Cattail control and Cattail Removal. Below is his question and our response. Question: I have about a ¼ acre pond with an average depth of 4 feet and a significant amount of cattails.  The pond was established about 13 years ago and has a significant population of fish: mostly bass and blue gill.  Each year I have “gloved-up”  and dug through the mud to pull up the root systems for cattail removal, but this past year I skipped and the weeds are winning!  Do you have a product that will target the Cattails without...

Watercress (nasturtium officinale) is native to Eurasia, imported to the U.S. as a spicy cooking herb.  It is a healthy low-calorie vegetable that when neglected can be a problematic invasive weed.  Watercress is an emersed weed found in shallow areas near the shoreline.   It has alternate leaves with the end leaf not paired and a cluster of white 4-petaled flowers that rise above the top of the weed. Cutting only makes the problem worse. 1)      Dig up Watercress root and all before it begins to flower.  Remove weeds to an area away from shoreline and allow it to dry. 2)     ...