We’ll have a look at the most effective strategies for removing dam weeds so that your farm’s water body remains pristine, inviting, and most importantly, effective. Farm dams can quickly succumb to the unrelenting spread of aquatic plants, particularly if you’re unable to contain the spread of weed seeds.

It may be possible to reduce or eliminate an aquatic weed through well planned management strategies, such as diverting inflow of nutrients. The weed problem may also be seasonal and naturally fluctuate and disappear over time.

1. Safe eco-friendly herbicide treatment to bomb the weeds and kill them at their root source. 2. Mechanical removal of weeds with speciality tools like dam harvesters, rakes, skimmers and nets.

Weeds in farm dams can compete for nutrients, block water flow, and reduce water quality. In this comprehensive blog post, I will explore various methods and strategies to effectively remove weeds from a farm dam, ensuring the continued productivity of your agricultural endeavors.

Follow the below steps for the greatest chance of eradicating emergent aquatic weeds from your dam for good

Which type of aquatic weed are you wanting to treat? Choose an option: Floating weeds; Emergent weeds; Submerged weeds

There are numerous aquatic plants that grow in farm dams, streams and waterways and fortunately most are rarely a problem. However, when water becomes rich in nutrients aquatic plants can grow vigorously to a point where they become a nuisance or are considered a weed.

Control aquatic weeds in your dam your way. We stock a variety of different manual tools, lake bottom blankets, herbicides and probiotics—to reduce nutrients and starve out weeds. Tackle any aquatic weed, whether floating, submerged or emergent.

There are many ways to tackle an overgrowth of water weeds in your dam, and these include both manual removal and the application of products like Biostim. Below, we’ve given you an idea of the kind of treatment you need for each kind of weed.

Do you need more water and fewer weeds, reeds, less silt or sand in your dam? Our dredging services include the removal of all types of sediments in all sectors of industry. This includes mines, estuaries, dams, lakes and more. Reed and weed removal is done by our light-weight amphibious machine.