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Control Watermeal

Many people ask how to get rid of watermeal. The following options can be considered for how to control watermeal.

 

Manual/Mechanical Control:

If you are considering how to remove watermeal, physically seining this plant can be a somewhat effective method of control. However, physical control can be difficult. Watermeal can re-grow from any seeds remaining in the water.

 

Herbicide Control:

There is an option for how to kill watermeal that offers great control.

  1. Semera or Flumigard + surfactant (for ponds or lakes) – granules that are dissolved and mixed or liquids that are mixed and diluted with water and sprayed over the plants (early morning is best), fast acting.

 

When treating watermeal,

  • It is important to apply product evenly over all active plant growth; this plant can replicate rapidly from untreated or surviving plants.
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