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volunteers pull 10 tons of water hyacinths from lake (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 OP
Years ago, I used to have a 1/2 barrel water garden BumRushDaShow May 2024 #1
these videos show how invasive they are. Here is the same group cleaning up another canal BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #7
Wow! Hope22 May 2024 #2
Those volunteers really put a lot of elbow grease in their work Maraya1969 May 2024 #3
agreed. it looks like hard, yucky work BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #4
OMG it's not just the plants Beatlelvr May 2024 #5
yeah... lots of yucky stuff BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #6

BumRushDaShow

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1. Years ago, I used to have a 1/2 barrel water garden
Tue May 14, 2024, 05:59 AM
May 2024

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.

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