What to do about this??

[Wish]

Lily pad that has shown up in my lake in the last week or so. We saw a few a month ago but now there are hundreds. They are growing in 12 to 20 feet of water. Cant find any growing in water less than 6 feet. Leaf is the size of a softball or smaller. The stems are spaghetti thin. When pulled, the stem breaks a few feet below the water. The lake is in central Florida. It is a small fresh water lake. It seems these could get out of control (kinda are already) very fast considering how quick they popped up. I've had no luck IDing them via computer. Anyone have an idea of what kind of lily it is and how to control it. This is not a lake we can dye or anything. Just lookn to ID and thoughts on control methods.

[norcalibu]

You might try contacting a company like Clean Lakes, Inc. They could probably ID it for you and probably make recommendations for control.

 

http://www.cleanlake.com/

[lottawatta]

I would try your local county extension office ASAP.

link here: http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/

[skidawg]

we had big lilly problems 4 yrs ago (along w several other types of vegitation). sterile grass carp cleaned everything out, even the lillies.

[Wish]

Just got off the lake with the DEP. Turns out to be a native plant that has decided to take a shot at growing in deep water. It looks like a tiny version of what grows along the shores. It also looks very similar (almost identical) to a non native and very invasive lily. So lessons learned

 

Pay attention to any changes to your lake big or small.

Assume nothing. Get the pros to identify a plant, animal or whatever biological change is happening.

Work with your local officials and get appropriate permits.

 

 

We now have a permit to deal with this plant even thow it's native. Thanks for the above info.

Anyone know the best place to get Rodio herbicide??

 

 

 

[BobF]

We picked some up locally at a farm supply store, but you can get it pretty reasonable online, too. Works well and is safe for the aquatic wildlife.

 

http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/rodeo-herbicide-25-gallon-p-1354.html?utm_campaign=Product%20Feeds&utm_source=Google%20Products&utm_medium=link

[rodltg2]

What about this?

 

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/rodltg2/DSCN1894.jpg

[east tx skier]

We had a course in shallow water with a ton of lilies and took to using one of those aquatic vegetation rakes/cutters. Keep them cut below the water level long enough and they will die out. They are a huge pain for sure.