Any advances in the war on duckweed?

[davros]

And I can't keep it alive...

 

[Rusty_Shackleford]

I hate throwing out plants. but it looks like I few pound is going out into the woods as fertilizer.

That's not very responsible. You could be introducing pathogens. Like Chytrid, the amphibian killing fungus. Fish and birds can be carriers.
Now if you soaked the frogbit in a bleach solution and then disposed of them through regular sanitation channels ie throw it in the garbage, you lessen the risk.
As fish keepers we always worry about wild fish stocks, deforestation, pollution, declining habitats. Should we not be stewards of the environment in our own back yards as well?

 

[WhistlingBadger]

That's not very responsible. You could be introducing pathogens. Like Chytrid, the amphibian killing fungus. Fish and birds can be carriers.
Now if you soaked the frogbit in a bleach solution and then disposed of them through regular sanitation channels ie throw it in the garbage, you lessen the risk.
As fish keepers we always worry about wild fish stocks, deforestation, pollution, declining habitats. Should we not be stewards of the environment in our own back yards as well?

If he was throwing it into a pond, sure. But putting it in the woods where it will dry out and decompose seems harmless enough. If we can't do that, then there's nowhere safe to dispose of old aquarium water or plant clippings, either...

 

[Rusty_Shackleford]

But putting it in the woods where it will dry out and decompose seems harmless enough

All kinds of frogs, toads, salamander, newts, live in the forest.
When I was heavily into frogs what was encouraged when draining the false bottom of a vivarium was to mix the waste water with bleach and then pour it down the drain.
Thereby killing any nasties.
I can't speak on modern sewage treatment plants.
Chytrid is nasty.
Read about it link not working

30 Amphibian Species Wiped Out in Panama Forest | National Geographic https://share.google/imxSM5VI5wNy2eJPZ

These are Dendrobates auratus El Cope. Same location as the article.

 

[gimme30]

Our treatment facility uses duck weed as part of the process. I wonder if they complain about being overrun with the stuff too?
Then again they might have really BIG louse combs.

 

[GaryE]

I can clear a kilo of duckweed some weeks, and put it in a bin. It goes into the local compost, after it has frozen solid in winter. It's in summer that these posts make me rethink how I should dispose of it. A lot of it goes into houseplants here, but mot is compost, going to a municipal facility. I haven't been dumping it on the ground, except on a patch of asphalt where no one goes, and where it rapidly bakes and eventually blows away.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford]

An interesting off shoot of the Chytrid story.
This morning I had the early early morning local news on TV. There was a story about the state of WV asking for the help of hikers to determine the population of red spotted newts here in WV. The reason they want a population survey done is because the WV Division of Natural Resources is worried about a coming amphibian fungus. They stated in the story this fungus hasn't even been documented in the U.S. yet. But they are that worried about it. What does that say? It's a killer.