Lily Pad Removal and Lakeshore Restoration
Lily Pad Removal and Lakeshore Restoration
Lily Pads are a beautiful aquatic plant and provide critical habitat for fish and other aquatic life, but an overabundance of lily pads can cause issues on lakes and ponds that are used recreationally.
Swimming and boating in areas of the lake where lily pads have completely taken over can be difficult and potentially dangerous. Depending on the severity, lily pad overgrowth can even pose a threat to the integrity of the lakeshore bottom and even the greater lake ecosystem.
Managing Lily Pads can be a frustrating task to undertake on your own, as the spider-web-like root system (tubers) is incredibly extensive (and often buried under muck and sediment,) and the pads themselves regenerate at an astonishingly fast rate.
Thankfully, our team at Scuba Weed Control specializes in removing lily pads and has an extensive history of helping lakeshore owners achieve clean, safe, usable waterfront access.
Lily pad management starts with assessing your situation, defining your goals and vision for your waterfront, and outlining the treatment area. Every lake, pond, bay, and channel may have different factors that contribute to lily pad growth and thus require a specifically tailored management plan. Once we assess your lakefront and develop a personalized service plan, our crew will begin the restoration process.
In most cases, we recommend multiple visits in the same season so our team can continually target active roots (tubers) in the assigned service area. As new pads grow, our divers will trace the stem of the plants down to the root and dig out the entirety of the root structure. Because of how wide-ranging lily pad roots can grow, it often takes multiple visits to eliminate the majority of the root structure. However, repeated treatments in the same area will lead to compounding improvements over time, even in the thickest areas on the lake.
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Keep your waterfront clear with professional scuba weed control. Remove invasive plants safely and effectively—contact us today!
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7500 Golden Triangle Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55344, Unit F14
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+1 (612) 968-8764
