Our new irrigation pond adjacent to the 11th tee and 17th green has performed very well in its first year, handling it's primary job of storing water. Of course, the pond is also important to aesthetics and as a hazard guarding the 17th green. Weed control in an irrigation pond is somewhat limited because, as you may suspect, we can't treat the pond with herbicides that would eventually be applied to turf via the irrigation system. For most of the year, we've had some subsurface weeds growing in the lake and they were getting thicker as time went on. Lucky for us, they have started to diminish for whatever reason. Perhaps the plant's lifecycle is coming to a close, or the soil is no longer supporting growth, or salt build up may play a role. I'm just glad to see less plant life than more, without any expense to the club.
We do have some cattails growing around the edges and we will remove those by hand. Just the other day, we had Huckleberry Rafael out on some floating pallets pulling the reeds with Marvin guiding the raft. We do have a small boat for such purposes, but they were having so much fun making quick work of the problem that I just took a pic and moved along.
Weed control is very important because it very much influence the aeration process badly which in turn will be very harmful for the pond or the aquatic life under it. Thanks for sharing this amazing content about weed control. Very helpful!
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