Bulrush

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Went in the afternoon to the dam at the boys house to remove the bulrush around the dam. The dam was almost empty so it made access to the bulrush a little bit easier, the soil in the dam is turf soil which is very thick and makes getting stuck very easy.
Bulrush is a plant that grows in dams and lakes. It can grow to 10 feet in length and grows very dense. Fish use these plants as hiding place from predators as well as for food. These plants put a lot of nitrogen into water, they have a huge impact in particular on small dams.
We went in with rakes, forks and slashers to cut, rake and collect the bulrush, there after we took the bulrush to the compost heap as new materials to be decomposed.
The unit standard we covered was control of problem plants and harvesting of flora.