So it's August here in Alabama and this pond behind me has become dominated with duckweed, watermelon and misheatophone. These can be tricky species to control especially because they're so small to where grass carp basically can't process them as those grass carp age they just can't consume those three species and also because they can't be shaded out through fertilization or die because they float. So basically we're left with chemical control options. Those options being the herbicides of flumeoxasin, fluoridone and carfentrazone. When controlling the small floating plants of duckweed, watermelon and misheatophone with herbicides flumeoxasin or carfentrazone it's important to treat the marginal area or fringe of the pond as these small floating plants often cling to the shoreline and also on and around other shoreline plants. If this population near the shoreline goes untreated it would ultimately serve as a source for reinvestation. Once the margin has been treated it's important to distribute the rest of the herbicide as evenly as possible throughout the surface of the pond by a surface application is seen here. Now these techniques did not apply to the application of fluoridone as it works as a volume treatment and must remain at concentration in the pond for at least 45 days in order to be effective. This makes outflow in weather patterns and important consideration before choosing to apply fluridone.