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| We have a pond that has been overtaken by plants. The ball of plants is so huge and heavy that we have no idea how to get it out of the pond. Does anyone have a suggestion? The pond is approximately 10 feet by 15 feet and the plant ball covers about one third of the pond. |
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- Posted by nancym1956 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 18, 11 at 20:29
| I know of no other way than to get a knife or a pair of sharp scissors or pruners, and start cutting it out in pieces. |
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- Posted by adriennemb z3/4 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 19, 11 at 2:05
| Beer will help. And a college kid or two. Works in Canada anyway. |
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| When my water lilies took over my pond I had to cut them up in pieces to get them out. Since I have a liner in my pond another forum member (nosambos) suggested I use a hacksaw blade to cut through them. This prevented me from accidentally cutting through my liner and worked like a charm. Although it took a long time. Jenny |
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| Drain the pond of water that can saturate the plants, leave the plant mass to drain as far as is practical. Salvage pieces of plants that you like, snipping well rooted and shooted young hardy rhisomes for re planting When the plant mass is really dried it will weigh considerably less and yank out in large manageable chunks. Getting a rope round large sturdy clumps like iris and towing them out with a riding mower, or vehicle would save some lifting, using planks as a ramp to drag the mass up and out of the pond I'd estimate the lifting weight of dried pond plants can be a lot less than 20% of a wet mass, assuming there is a large volume of dirt and sediment accumulated that the plants have grown among |
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| Thanks for the suggestions. We drained the pond, put the fish in a tub and got in the pond and cut out the "island" with a sharp knife, pruning saw, and hatchet. It took four days, but the pond is without the island!!!!! My husband said it probably weighed a ton. |
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- Posted by adriennemb z3/4 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 25, 11 at 15:55
| Hee, you should have used the beer on the college kids. |
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