WipeOut PondWeed Defense

My 1/2 acre pond has been perpetually covered in duckweed since we purchased the property. After reading a lot of material, this was the first product I bought to try and clear it up. I applied it in the late spring after the pond was already covered with duckweed by mixing it in a sprayer, and wading out in rubber boots a few feet from the shore. I sprayed just under the surface, trying to walk and cover the largest area I could. After a month, I was preparing to come back here and say the product didn't work at all. The duckweed appeared to change color, but was still present on the water. After a very dry year, we finally got a rainfall and that churn of the water made all the dead duckweed sink, and we had a perfectly clear pond the rest of the year and through the fall and winter! I mention this, because some reviewers seem to think that you can spray this in the water, and all organic material will magically disappear in a week. That's not the case. You need to apply early, or be prepared to wait for results. This year I'm going to apply it earlier in the spring as a preventive measure. Yes, the price is eye-watering, but I've decided if it costs $200 a year to have a clear pond, it's worth it to me. 2 YEAR UPDATE: I applied this to an already-clear pond in the spring (late March) and the pond stayed clear the entire season into the winter. The price on this product is gradually increasing each year, so while it is very effective, I'm going to start looking for competitors that use the same active ingredient (Fluridone).

I would give this product 100 stars if I could. Easy to use and the hardest thing was waiting the 45 to 60 days to see if worked. IT WORKED!!! My 76 yr old husband was able to easily able to apply it to our pond that was covered in lily pads. Worth every dollar.

It’s been a month and my pond looks worse than it did before. No duck weed died. It’s a small detention pond.

Our pond is about a third acre and the Lilly pads took it over. We had a professional treat the pond with an oxygen destroyer and yes it did great damage to the pads but it also wiped out a lot of the fish. I decide to try this and two weeks after dosing the pond most of the Lilly pads are gone and the rest are dying off without any fish lost. I see babies all over the edge of the pond. 😀 I had to treat it again after we had several storms which raised the water level. I picked up a half of the amount I originally put in and I see it is working. Our issue is the weeds started coming up in the middle of the pond after the level increase and they went along either the entire shore line. I think it works well but I have the dosage wrong.

It works, but it takes a very, very, very, very long time. If you think you're going to spray this stuff in the pond, and within a week, see results, you are going to be very displeased. You are looking at at least four weeks to start seeing results and more like two months to really notice any difference. However, it does work. I had a pretty bad infestation of lily pads and sprayed this stuff on the pond (I have a two acre pond that is very deep on the deep end... Probably thirty feet deep... But roughly 1 of the acres is on the shallow end and around the perimeter, it's no more than four feet deep.... so it was lily pad heaven). This stuff is crazy expensive. I am sure that there's about a 500% markup on this stuff. Apparently, there's just no real market for lily removing a herbicides, so to have you over a barrel.

Was it worth the money. No. Did it pick up some debris, weeds yes.. and wind washed to shore. I would probably have to do more then 5 times to see a real difference.

This product did wonders for our pond. We have a small quarter acre pond, and after 1 use, the clarity is amazing! Highly recommend this product to rid pond of weeds that often take over.

Works slow, but it works just have patience