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Cattails are a normal phenomenon in many North American environments, particularly happening near bodies of water, and at first appearing rather innocent. At first you may notice one of these plants and think nothing of it. You may even believe that same thing the following day, and the day after that, and maybe several days following that, until that definitive day you peer outside, and your entire pond is overgrown to the point in which you need an air-boat to get through it as if you were situated in the everglades.

Now that you have been overrun by the cunning army of the cattail, what kind of offensive will you do? Would you organize your troops and run in with guns (or pesticides) firing at will? Or will you opt guerrilla tactics? The methods are totally for you to decide, because regardless of what method you decide on, those plants aren’t sentient, therefore they will not notice you coming, indicating that you’ll constantly have the element of surprise. This also entails that you could probably take off the camouflage and take the paint off of your face.  Those binoculars and gas mask likely won’t be needed either.

The options at your disposal are many in the area of cattail destruction, and naturally, since the pond belongs to you (unless for an unknown purpose you have decided to do battle with your next door neighbor’s pond), you are welcome to choose any of the following methods:

Physical Removal – You are naturally, free to attempt pulling the cattails up by yourself. If you do this, try to get to them when they are young, lest they gain strong root and end up extremely hard to pull. That will additionally turn into a huge chore, because by the time that you get around to eliminating them, odds are they’ve already overrun your pond, and there’ll be a ton of them.

Cutting – You may chop down those cattails, though remember that it’s wise to cut them somewhere around one inch under the water line so as to deprive them of oxygen and kill them.

Lowering the Water Line – Cattails, like anything else, need water in order to survive. By lowering the water line, and making sure those plants do not receive everything that they need, you will discover they die out rather quickly, that is unless they have actually broadcast their seed, in which case you will need to do it all over again the following year. If you have no issue with manipulating the water level of the pond every single year, then that will be a viable option for you.

Pesticides – A last resort, because pesticides can damage the organic life within the pond, which would cancel out the purpose of having the pond. Regardless, you can continue purchase any herbicides that you require from both stores, or from online. Simply remember the dangers.

Remember this, you might believe these cattails are a serious issue and you need to eradicate all of them, however take note that cattails serve to prevent erosion, and that is a very good thing. Therefore remember to leave at the very least a couple cattails alive, because every creature (wasps excluded) serve a purpose, even if that purpose is still concealed.

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