Increasing Harvest Demand
The demand is increasing every year for weed clearing/harvesting services. As people are realizing that chemically killing weeds destroys the waters in Florida. We have a unique environment that is constantly at war with things like the blue-green algae blooms. These are harmful to people and animals. Using a Herbicide on algae blooms will release the toxins directly into the water.
Truth about Chemical Spraying
Herbicides do NOT remove biomass from your pond. The biomass in an ecosystem includes the mass of all living and dead organic matter. Spraying weeds contributes MORE matter by killing the weeds and leaving them to become sludge. Mechanically harvesting pond weeds is the best way to have a beautiful and healthy ecosystem for your pond, lakes, rivers and canals. The machines remove all of the biomass. Therefore here in Florida, the demand is becoming higher for Pond Maintenance companies who do not use Herbicides.
Chemicals Are Expensive
For lakes, herbicide treatment usually begins with a costly survey to observe the type and location of the weeds. You will need charts of data to display the target areas and a listing of the types of herbicides needed. These reports must be presented by a marine biologist in order to make sure only the invasive species are exterminated. With the rise in cost of the chemicals today it is now more cost effective to hire a Harvesting company. Especially considering the extent of services that they provide. When you hire a herbicide company to spray your weeds you really have no way of confirming proper application or dosage of the chemicals. And you will not see the results for days to weeks. Harvested results are seen immediately!
Aquatic Weed Spray = MORE Sludge
In Florida we are seeing the environmental costs of using herbicides on aquatic weeds. Year after year these weeds have been sprayed. They greatly contribute to the muck & algae that you see everywhere today. People are realizing that we must remove the invasive species, not just poison them and leave to decay and become slimy biomass. The amount of biomass produced by spraying weeds can become very problematic. This is why Davis Land Company’s aquatic weed harvesting is in demand!
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