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Snot Weed at Glory Holes

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Created by Bender > 9 months ago, 1 Nov 2013
Bender
WA, 2226 posts
1 Nov 2013 9:52PM
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my local is now basically unsailable ina SW'er

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Windxtasy
WA, 4014 posts
1 Nov 2013 11:27PM
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Disappointing. Has that happened before?

Bender
WA, 2226 posts
2 Nov 2013 8:14AM
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Not on this grand scale

Windxtasy
WA, 4014 posts
2 Nov 2013 8:47AM
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So what is the usual scenario? Does it die off after a few hot days?

Bender
WA, 2226 posts
2 Nov 2013 8:54AM
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Hopefully with the low tides in November it will die off and get washed to the shoreline. It will be a stinkfest

Mark _australia
WA, 22586 posts
2 Nov 2013 10:14AM
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Somebody needs to accidentally spill a lot of diesel around it.....

red
VIC, 738 posts
2 Nov 2013 2:03PM
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Hey Bender ... we used to get the same thing here on lake connewarre (an estuary lake) but we found that you could create your own little luderitz!..Jacques and I spent a couple of runs just glugging through the snot on a nice broad course and that created a footpath sized channel through it... amazingly flat water (in fact too flat!) but a hell of a lot of fun!

Windxtasy
WA, 4014 posts
2 Nov 2013 12:08PM
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red said..

Hey Bender ... we used to get the same thing here on lake connewarre (an estuary lake) but we found that you could create your own little luderitz!..Jacques and I spent a couple of runs just glugging through the snot on a nice broad course and that created a footpath sized channel through it... amazingly flat water (in fact too flat!) but a hell of a lot of fun!


That idea has potential... of course the Leschenault estuary is usually pretty flat in that area anyway

snides8
WA, 1731 posts
2 Nov 2013 1:07PM
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Someone should blow ithe place up!
That should help ;)

decrepit
WA, 12223 posts
2 Nov 2013 11:55PM
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Are explosives a weed fertiliser????

Looks like a magic run in a westerly now though

ratz
WA, 473 posts
3 Nov 2013 9:54AM
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its still ok up in kiters corner ben, though not as flat..

Mark _australia
WA, 22586 posts
3 Nov 2013 5:33PM
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I am still pondering what overseas people must be thinking when they see the title.
May end up with less euro's this year

yoyo
WA, 1646 posts
15 Nov 2013 1:17PM
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Gardeners 'at fault' for algal bloom
HAYLEY GODDARD, South Western Times November 15, 2013, 11:37 am

The hideous build-up of yellow algae in the Leschenault Estuary could be the fault of residents in the region, according to ECU natural sciences associate professor Dr Mark Lund.

Dr Lund speculates the run-off from farmers along the Collie River might not be the major cause of the algal bloom in the waterway.

He said the blame could sit with residents not paying enough attention to their gardening habits.

"Unfortunately it doesn"t take much for a bloom to occur if the conditions are right," Dr Lund said.

Dr Lund said it was hard to pinpoint the cause of the bloom, but attributed it to a number of nutrient sources, such as farming, the golf course and development along the Brunswick and Collie rivers.

He said growth in Kingston, Treendale and Eaton and the associated gardens were likely to be at fault.

"What you put in the garden can enter the ground water in places near the river," Dr Lund said.

"Any fertiliser which is not absorbed could be washed into the drains.

"It could just be a small spike, but that is enough to start the bloom, which then supports itself."

Dr Lund said the problem could be solved if residents and farmers paid more attention to how they handled their properties.

According to the Department of Agriculture and Food WA website, there are several possible strategies to alleviate the issue, namely using low or slow-release phosphorus fertilisers.

Department of Water regional delivery and regulation executive director Paul Brown agreed that following the Leschenault Water Quality Improvement Plan was the best option to protect the estuary.
"The plan sets out a number of management actions to improve water quality, including reduced urban nutrient use, horticultural best-management practices, improved irrigation and fertiliser practices and improved effluent management of dairy sheds," Mr Brown said.


Bender
WA, 2226 posts
15 Nov 2013 2:02PM
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Only problem is the Dept of Waters "Management Plan" doesn't get rid of the weed there now!!

It's got worse


Thes pics were taken on Tuesday








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