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["Idell Weydemeyer" <iwgarden@earthlink.net>]

Take a look at this fascinating thread on all the ways folks have gotten rid of cattails--

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bog/msg0122294110643.html

 

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Road's End Farm
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 9:28 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Tordon and Roundup

 

 

On Nov 14, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Idell Weydemeyer wrote:

I think it is important to be very careful with Tordon. Tordon is toxic to fish and gets in the water table  [. . . ]  Perhaps the cattails will die with just dilute Roundup painted on them -- Roundup is said to be the least toxic of many herbicides but supposedly it is the inert ingredients that can cause many problem.

 

 

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On Nov 14, 2010, at 10:51 AM, jwlehman@aol.com wrote:

I have a new six acre pond and the cattail clumps are getting established around the pond's edge.  About three weeks ago as a test I went to about six of those clumps cut off several of the stalks about 3 inches above the ground and applied a mixture of about 25% Tordon, 25% Roundup and 50% water.  [ . . .] . Next spring I intend to treat all of the clusters as I don't want the pond's banks lined with cattails. 

 

I just checked a Roundup label (readily available online). Quoting from that label:

 

"Do not apply directly to water, to areas where surface water is present or to intertidal 

areas below the mean high water mark. Do not contaminate water when cleaning equip- 

ment or disposing of equipment washwaters."

 

It sounds as if this would be a really bad idea, with either the Tordon or the Roundup.

 

Maybe your local Soils and Water office can tell you some way to control the cattails without causing other problems?

 

 

-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly

Fresh-market organic produce, small scale

 

 

 

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