Cattails are invading the pond
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Deneva on Jun 22, 2016Believe it or not, cattails are edible. FREE FOOD! Google can help you harvest these tails. AND you'll be clearing them out of your pond. Cattails were part of the Indian diet. Healthy too.Helpful Reply
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Janet Pizaro on Jun 22, 2016You can try getting a herbicide suitable for aquatic environments.Helpful Reply
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Wayne on Jun 22, 2016I agree with Deneva. There are hundreds of way s to prepare cattails from making flour out of the pollen to steaming the shoots before the get fluffy, even the roots are edible. They can even be canned and frozen. You can eat them faster than they can grow so you may find yourself actually setting a small section aside just for eating.Helpful Reply
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Sue Sanders on Jun 22, 2016Think I would want to get rid of them rather than eat them. Imagine you could search the internet and find a way to contain them.Helpful Reply
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Janet Pizaro on Jun 22, 2016I would not give advice on eating cattails. Nobody can possibly know what kind of bacteria is in the water. Honestly I think thats the worse idea ever.Helpful Reply
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Alta Bosley on Jun 22, 2016I threw a salt block (about $5.00 @ Big R) into the pond and killed all the cattails for a year. This year they are way thinner. Better than chemicals IMO.Helpful Reply
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Ranger on Jun 23, 2016Put a mob of sheep in - they will eat it down quickly and love it.Helpful Reply
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Happy Powell on Jun 23, 2016Since it's illegal to cut them in SC, I would think of ways to preserve them,sell to florist or on eBay. I would love to have some for dried arrangements.Helpful Reply
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Deneva on Jun 23, 2016To Janet Pizaro: Certainly the pond has bacterial like all ponds, but after they're cooked it's ok. Asparagus is loaded w/bacteria at the top but we cook them after all. Everything we eat raw has bacteria including the air we breathe that makes it's way directly into our lungs. We're still alive though.Helpful Reply
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Deneva on Jun 23, 2016Lol - I've never tried them, but one day I may get curious enough.Helpful Reply
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Pandalana Williams on Jun 23, 2016The Native Americans used them to make bread. The "pollen" on the inside is like a flour :)Helpful Reply
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Ros5416260 on Jun 23, 2016It's illegal in SC? Otherwise you could cut them below the water line. The water with then pour into the center and drown them.Helpful Reply
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Wayne on Jun 23, 2016I notice my last comment on putting preservation of the environment above throwing salt blocks in the pond has been deleted. I will be reposting it somewhere else along with the fact that this website has no regard for the people who contribute or the planet we live on. I will unsubscribe as well.Helpful Reply
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Jean Moore on Jun 23, 2016There are lots of pics in the Bing search engine if you ask "how to control cattails in ponds". Videos also.Helpful Reply
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