One Ton Hydrilla Killa
This went out to a few folks including me:
Just to let everyone know, Lowry Park is sending people over to collect hydrilla and naiad from the lake to feed to their manatees. BunglesLow contacted the park and arrange dthis. Two young girls worked for a couple of hours and hauled away 5 garbage cans full. Manatees eat 10% of their body weight in a single meal. Some weigh in a close to one ton, so this is just to suplement their diet. They plan to return every two weeks, sometimes with a boat. This is a perfect solution as it harvests the plant material instead of spraying it where it just settles down to the bottom. The plants absorb the nutrients, grow and then are removed from the lake in harvesting. I'd like to see if we couldn't team up with Lowry Park for possibly the Love Your Lake Grant, maybe we could get the lake mower so they could have something to help with the harvesting. See mower. FYI - Hydrilla and Naiad are invasive species non-native to Florida. They are common in private aquariums. These plants are aggressive growers and are a problem everywhere in Florida.
[Update] The Lowry ladies have returned for a second load of Manatee Munchies. Seems our little Hydrilla Haven is much closer than their alternate source so let's hope they really fatten their herbivores up using our premium hydrilla. Not only is ours greener, wetter and better but it's a lot closer. Hmmm, did I mention that already?
Just to let everyone know, Lowry Park is sending people over to collect hydrilla and naiad from the lake to feed to their manatees. BunglesLow contacted the park and arrange dthis. Two young girls worked for a couple of hours and hauled away 5 garbage cans full. Manatees eat 10% of their body weight in a single meal. Some weigh in a close to one ton, so this is just to suplement their diet. They plan to return every two weeks, sometimes with a boat. This is a perfect solution as it harvests the plant material instead of spraying it where it just settles down to the bottom. The plants absorb the nutrients, grow and then are removed from the lake in harvesting. I'd like to see if we couldn't team up with Lowry Park for possibly the Love Your Lake Grant, maybe we could get the lake mower so they could have something to help with the harvesting. See mower. FYI - Hydrilla and Naiad are invasive species non-native to Florida. They are common in private aquariums. These plants are aggressive growers and are a problem everywhere in Florida.
[Update] The Lowry ladies have returned for a second load of Manatee Munchies. Seems our little Hydrilla Haven is much closer than their alternate source so let's hope they really fatten their herbivores up using our premium hydrilla. Not only is ours greener, wetter and better but it's a lot closer. Hmmm, did I mention that already?
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