Giant Salvinia

[ProvidenceSwamper]

[ProvidenceSwamper]

Haven’t been on here much recently. If it’s already been posted I don’t give a shit.

[cajunwannabe]

That's one nasty invasive. Santee Cooper is fixing to wish they had 40,000 acres of hydrilla back instead of that stuff.

[turbo]

Next headline:

It's the Poker Run's fault!

[santee11]

The south needs another invasive plant like I need a hole in my head.

[Griffin]

I'd bet he farm it was introduced by Santee Cooper to keep their aquatic control program in place. What better to make sure you continue to be allowed to stock carp and spray the lake?

[DRDUCK]

That's one nasty invasive. Santee Cooper is fixing to wish they had 40,000 acres of hydrilla back instead of that stuff.

You Know It. Back in the day I burnt up a lot of motor's but we killed the heck outa ducks.

[Moonlight Hunter]

I'd bet he farm it was introduced by Santee Cooper to keep their aquatic control program in place. What better to make sure you continue to be allowed to stock carp and spray the lake?

Ayup.

[Strick9]

I'd bet he farm it was introduced by Santee Cooper to keep their aquatic control program in place. What better to make sure you continue to be allowed to stock carp and spray the lake?

Nailed it. Whats even better for them? Yep nothing eats it period minus a few specialized insects.

[cajunwannabe]

I'd bet someone had giant salvinia in their backyard pond and the flood of 2015 washed it down into the lakes.

Now imagine Marion and Moultrie looking like this pond in Louisiana completely covered with salvinia.




Weevils were put on the above pond in July 2016 and this picture was taken before teal season 2016. (Back to introducing an invasive non native species to combat an invasive non native aquatic vegetation species. No telling what the weevils eat next when they're done feasting on salvinia)

[willyworm]

We can't seem to catch a break. All I want is native SAVs back.

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[Silentweapon338]

From a quick search:
Carp are not all that effective on this plant.
Sonar has it listed on its label. Tx says Sonar works well Ls acts like it doesn't work as well.
Diquat is defiantly a killer, but apparently this stuff can still reproduce while brown.
The Salvinia weevil works, and when it runs out of food it crawls on land and then fire ants kill it.

Not sure about ducks, but this stuff appears to be bad new for fish. It soaks up all the nutrients and nothing else can live under it. This is all according to LSU.

[ProvidenceSwamper]

McCord has been there for a minute. Old as baseball.

[jwilliams]

Glad carp don't eat it. We have plenty of fireants to kill the weevils. Sonar is bad crap.

[willyworm]

I recall going to a meeting with Bog and despite testimony from DNR biologists that the health of the carp weren't good, Larry still wanted to vote for more carp. Judging by the Biologists's reaction he wasn't happy with that.

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