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    Default Wetland weed ID?

    We have a huge stand of this growing in the duck pond. Is it Smartweed?





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    Yes

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    It ain't worth a damn. Got that shit all in my place. Ain't no seeds on there. Spray that bullshit and plant jap millet. You still have a few weeks.
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    Plenty of seeds on there when its finished......but the ducks around me don’t pay attention to it. I’ve seen the pond surface covered when the seeds drop....woodies, gadwall, teal don’t seem to care.

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    Quote Originally Posted by welltaut View Post
    Plenty of seeds on there when its finished......but the ducks around me don’t pay attention to it. I’ve seen the pond surface covered when the seeds drop....woodies, gadwall, teal don’t seem to care.
    Yeah...that shit has zero value for ducks except mergansers. The minnows like to hide in there.

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    Funny no ducks seem to like it...the mallards, gadwall, black ducks, pintail, wigeon, and teal I’ve watched die over it sure seemed to love it. Funny, wood ducks seemed to prefer jap millet.
    For the ducks

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    Looks good. My experience is that ducks absolutely love it....had 40-50 teal eating on it last week and got a pile more as of today.
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    I think that's Pennsylvania Smartweeed.

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    That's smartweed
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    Cat’s got it.

    It is duck crack. I think they Pennsylvania over dotted.
    Last edited by BOGSTER; 08-24-2018 at 09:13 PM.
    Be proactive about improving public waterfowl habitat in South Carolina. It's not going to happen by itself, and our help is needed. We have the potential to winter thousands of waterfowl on public grounds if we fight for it.

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    Damn good food for a duck
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    Thanks for the replies! I thought it was the good stuff...just wanted to make sure. It’s been in there the past few years but never this much. Sounds like it will be a great supplement to our rice and jap millet.


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    Do y'all mow it before you flood or just leave it standing?

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    Depends- mow for some open water but leave a bunch standing ..... mast mallards I’ve ever seen on public were in NC in a beaver swamp in November not far from Silent Sam
    “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” - Thomas Jefferson

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    mow it like a 3-year old was driving the tractor - just a few crazy paths through it to show open water before the season. The rest will fall with time.

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