Aquatic weed harvesting and control
« Grounds and tree careAquatic weeds in fishponds, lakes, standing water and canal networks. They are cut with floating machines, and removed by hand where a machine cannot reach.
Mechanical harvesting
Heavy floating weed harvesters work like a combine harvester: they cut submerged vegetation and collect it on board at the same time. One horizontal and two vertical cutter bars reach up to two metres below the surface.
This controls submerged, emergent and floating weed species.
For dense weed growth in standing water, lakes and ponds, special machines with rotary cutters are used.
Manual removal
Emergent weeds regrow quickly from deep rhizomes, so in fishponds and in drainage and irrigation systems the whole plant is removed. Different types of rake are used for this.
The same tools clear algae, fallen leaves and other floating debris from the water surface.
Mechanical removal is combined with chemical control using total or selective herbicides.
- How deep does the floating machine cut?
One horizontal and two vertical cutter bars can reach up to two metres below the surface.
- Which weeds can be controlled?
Submerged, emergent and floating weeds: those under water, those growing above the surface and those floating on it.
- Why are emergent weeds removed by hand?
Because they regrow quickly from deep rhizomes. Raking out the whole plant delays regrowth.
- Are algae and leaves removed from the water as well?
Yes. The same types of rake are used to remove algae, fallen leaves and other floating debris.
Is your pond or canal overgrown? Tell us the size of the water surface and how overgrown it is.
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ARHIFARM d.o.o. has been operating since 1992. Overview of registrations and previously issued permits:
- Permit for hazardous-waste treatment in a mobile plant, registration No. 864, dated 22 May 2012.
- Integrated permit for waste collection and transport, registration No. 116, dated 10 September 2010.
- Permit to perform municipal utility activities, code 90000, dated 12 May 2010.
- Decision authorising disinfection, insect-control and rodent-control operations, No. 3/3-10-5600/01, dated 23 July 2001.
