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Has anyone transplanted Widgeon grass? #6190418 02/19/16 01:06 PM
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I have a farm and want to get started with the duck hole preparation.

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I've never transplanted it but that stuff is crack for gray ducks and wigeon. We found some potholes on public this year loaded with it and I swear it was like hunting a baited pond.


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http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/management-options/widgeon-grass/

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"Widgeon grass can be propagated by transplanting a large mass of the plant containing roots and seeds into clear, shallow water."


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Never tried it, but the places I hunt that have it are like crack to the ducks!!!


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We got it. Come dig some up


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Re: Has anyone transplanted Widgeon grass? [Re: Jeff Elder] #6190668 02/19/16 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted By: Jeff Elder
We got it. Come dig some up


Tarrant or Matagorda county? We can't keep up with where you live. grin


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Originally Posted By: BarneyWho
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We got it. Come dig some up


Tarrant or Matagorda county? We can't keep up with where you live. grin


No lie


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Re: Has anyone transplanted Widgeon grass? [Re: David Maas] #6191182 02/19/16 10:19 PM
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as long as your duck hole water has some kind of clarity and isn't just a mud hole, it will grow when you transplant. If the water is too muddy for wigeon grass, check the water ph and transplant duckweed. It typically won't attract the variety of species as wigeon grass, but mostly gadwalls with a few others mixed isn't is better than nothing.

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Real question is, do I need to dig up the roots, or can I harvest the tops and move them in mass quantity to the new pond? My lease is covered in it, 30acres of it


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however you go about harvesting it. Whether by pitchfork, rake, manure scoop, etc just get what you can get. But, when you move it to the new pond, you will need to mash some of it down into the mud in several areas. What are the water conditions like where you are wanting to establish it?

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Clear water with a muddy bottom about ankle to waist deep


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should do pretty good especially if there isn't much other competition from other plants. Hope it takes and works out for ya!

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There is nothing, not even any moss, place was dry prior to last yrs rains


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should work out pretty good for you then!

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Originally Posted By: David Maas
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We got it. Come dig some up


Tarrant or Matagorda county? We can't keep up with where you live. grin


No lie


Place in Decatur is loaded up with it. Had to fight the ducks off of it with a gun all season to protect it for you!!!


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Elder you think you could flat rate me some o dat wigeon grayussss?

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Elder you think you could flat rate me some o dat wigeon grayussss?



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Re: Has anyone transplanted Widgeon grass? [Re: David Maas] #6194306 02/22/16 03:42 PM
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The best pond hunting I had for early teal was over a 6 acre pond loaded up with that stuff. Usually I hunt them on big water, but that season was limits every time on that place.

Captain, I would take ya up on that. My brother's feeder pond would be perfect to get some going.


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