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    Default Salvinia

    Is everywhere on Santee. Large mats are forming in slot of places around the lake.

    I'm not sure if it's Common or Giant Salvinia.

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    It's Giant Salvinia. After watching the damage in Louisiana over the last 20 years, there is nothing worse that GS in a waterway. I'm so thankful that the horribly invasive monoculture hydrilla has been essentially eradicated from our public waters so now a new even more nasty invasive with ZERO benefits can now take over.
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    Friends were down fishing over the weekend and said a mat over a hundred yards long had made it almost to the canal. Oh, and the fishing sucked. Not good........
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    800 carp per acre should be a good start.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    800 carp per acre should be a good start.
    “Grass carp only eating giant salvinia died,” Sanders said. “Giant salvinia contains a metabolic toxin.”

    https://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/...giant-salvinia
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    My next suggestion was hippopotamuses, https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/li...ways/71621410/ but sounds like we might as well just knock some holes in the GSX/Laidlaw/SafetyKleen liners and let it all flow. That should take care of any salvinia worries...

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    They are lowering a lake in LA a whopping 50 percent to try and stop the spread. That's some bad stuff!
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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunwannabe View Post
    “Grass carp only eating giant salvinia died,” Sanders said. “Giant salvinia contains a metabolic toxin.”

    https://www.lsuagcenter.com/portals/...giant-salvinia
    I don't think they have an effective herbacide for it....and I don't think ducks eat it either.

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