i just found this article that might be good news for those of us in North Louisiana that are cursed with the giant salvinia problem. I sure hope this pans out.
http://www.ktbs.com/story/24673104/2...-survives-cold
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i just found this article that might be good news for those of us in North Louisiana that are cursed with the giant salvinia problem. I sure hope this pans out.
http://www.ktbs.com/story/24673104/2...-survives-cold
I hope it is true, anything that will help rid us of this mennis
I feel that if we can get us a cold tolerant weevil, then salvinia will not be near the problem for us that it is today. i understand that that best control of salvinia is with weevils if they can tolerate their environment. Hopefully there will be a g big effort to get these weevils where they willwork in North louisiana.
Not sure about introducing the weevils, I know from personal experience they will destroy crops as well. So I hope that this idea is well thought out by intelligent, well informed folks before being implemented.
Never heard that before. everything I have read says that the only thing they bother is salvinia. Tell us more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracker123
Got agree with Tracker 123, someone thought Nutria was a good idea too.
Nutria were brought in to control the water hyacinth. The hyacinth were also brought in on purpose. So, sometimes it's best to leave things alone.
how bout love bugs? Id love to get ahold of that genius!
What were they for?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kman
Urban legend holds that lovebugs are synthetic—the result of a University of Florida genetics experiment gone wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishervet
OK JR, that was good - I liked that.
that was funny........Quote:
Originally Posted by jig rig
LOL! I'd buy that!
They were brought in...get that.....to eat some kind of parasite or something off of sugar cane....turns out 100 trillion of them later....whoops...they don't eat that.
Any recent pics of Bistineau? The freezes really put a dent in the salvinia and water hyacinth on Lake Martin be interested to see if the freeze knocked it back on Bistineau and the other lakes. I rode around the lake and the Ruth Canal all day yesterday and only found a few living patches of either one.
My observation (totally non-scientific hypothesis:crazy:) is that the native duckweed outcompetes the salvinia. The same places that have duckweed seem to have duckweed every year and the salvinia doesn't get in there. Now that the salvinia is gone from other areas, the duckweed moved in and took over. Anyone else notice anything similar?