This Pipewort is what I have at my place:
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Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee
I know nothing about the legalities of the situation, but why would you want to get rid of it?
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A good question:
it only flowers in August anyway. It may be denying exotic milfoil a place to propagate—we have
zero milfoil here.
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Originally Posted by Fred Rat
Do I just pull it or dig them out?
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You could pull the long shoots—they're the "flower".
If you dig them up, the
plants will be gone, but the medium in which they are growing—mud and plant debris—likely will drift over to your neighbors', not winning you any friends.
Nearing sundown, the most effective predator of the Mosquito is the Dragonfly. Damselflies and Dragonflies often use the flowers as a safe perch above the water; otherwise, spiderwebs at docks and overhanging tree limbs will entrap many of them. They're not an aggressive plant: we've had them at our place for 52 years, and they're no more prominent than before.
Many islanders draw their water from the lake and, before 2006 anyway, every neighbor along this local mainland shoreline did too. Neighbors might be concerned about adding herbicides—a measure that's temporary anyway.
Those plants have a practical side, too. When I had my speedy Tornado catamaran sailboat (which has deep centerboards), I could slow a crash at the dock by first "harvesting" a big wad of them!
