It is a common mistake for folks to think shallow ponds are green because algae is covering the surface of the water. While algae certainly is present, not all green plants near the surface are algae.

Shawnee County has a duckweed problem. The small leafy plant is often confused with algae as it covers the surfaces of ponds, lagoons and other still bodies of water.

My pond gets full of duckweed very quickly in summer. It makes good compost, but I'm fed up with clearing it. How can I get rid of it for ever?

Duckweed presenting a problem across MN ponds 01:59. ST. PAUL, Minn. --There's something thriving on stormwater ponds across Minnesota and it's catching the attention of researchers and appears to ...

Studies have shown that one hectare of duckweed can produce between 10 and 18 tons of protein per year. In comparison, soy beans, the most widely grown legume in the world, produce just 0.6 to 1.2 ...

Different effective methods exist to control and manage duckweed overgrowth in a pond, and today, we will be making an all-natural duckweed killer spray. The Coconut Mama Posted: April 7, 2025 ...

Duckweed is a plant that grows naturally in Cambodia’s lakes and ponds and is often used as feed for chickens, ducks and pigs by farmers who collect it from the places where it grows wild. One man, ...

Gardeners, however, are advised that overusing barley straw in the ponds can kill fish. ... it does not work against higher or vascular plants like duckweed, watermilfoil, ...

For many pond owners the sight of a green film across their prized body of water is all too familiar. While there are a multitude of aquatic plant species that How to fight Watermeal and Duckweed ...

Green-covered ponds may be still or stagnant to the eye, but there is no lack of activity. In fact, often the green covering is a collection of thousands of individual floating common duckweed plants.