RE: Paulownia now cattails

Even here in the desert we get cattails in places that are wet during the
winter, like retention basins. Ponds here are mostly man-made and no one is
going to let them get filled in, so the cattails have to be dredged out
every couple years. 
Even my own little pond at home in a stock tank gets overgrown with cattails
if I'm not careful. 

Cyndi 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Andrea Hodges
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 1:06 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Paulownia now cattails

They aren't too bad in big ponds here, but in drainage ditches, smaller 
water areas, etc they do tend to become an issue. I'd never thought about 
them being a problem until I saw a pond filled in as Donna described. Kinda 
stinks as I really like them.
A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Paulownia now cattails


> We had them forever when I was a child.  They never filled up any of the 
> ponds or swamps we fished in.  Maybe they are just bad for onramental 
> ponds. They are not at all invasive around here.
> zem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vera Metzke" <vmetzke@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Paulownia now cattails
>
>
>> Zem
>> Not sure anyone addressed the cattails!  Mother nature uses them to level
>> out the earth?  When they establish they catch and drop all debris 
>> possible
>> to fill in the waters and continue to do so while they spread to continue
>> their mission.  Lovely for dry dry arrangements - bad for ponds!
>> Vera
>>
>>
>> On 5/21/06, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Around here they take over- I mean to the point where
>>> they have dried up small lakes. They totally engulf
>>> the lake, the next year or so there is no room for
>>> water anymore and it becomes a swamp- then before you
>>> know it, someone is building a new subdivision on the
>>> new found land... sigh.
>>>
>>> In a pond like my mothers, it is not a natural pond-
>>> so the roots will poke thru the liner and then we will
>>> really have a mess on our hands...
>>>
>>> Donna
>>>
>>> --- Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Okay, I give up.  What's the matter with cattails?
>>> > zem
>>
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