Water Hyacinth
(Eichhornia crassipes)
Description
Plants free-floating or rooted in mud. Leaves large and broadly lance-like extending from inflated stalk. Flowers blue, violet or white. Roots are dark and fibrous. Leaf blades may be up to 8 inches long and 2 - 6 inches wide. Plant height is variable from a few inches up to 3 feet tall. Reproduces by fragmentation or by seeds. Common in tropical and sub tropical areas of the United States (Florida, Texas and gulf coast region).
Suggested Treatments
| Cutrine-Plus & Reward Tank Mix | 1 to 1 mix, 2 gallons of consentrated mix per surface acre, dilute with water to provide even coverage , add 1/4 oz Cide Kick per gallon of solution, spray evenly over foliage. |
| Rodeo | Dilute 1.3 oz of Rodeo and 1/4 oz of Cide Kick to one gallon of water, this solution will treat approximately 1 surface acre. |
Use restrictions of treated water with Cutrine-Plus & Reward Tank Mix
| Drinking | Swimming | Irrigation | Fishing |
| 3 Days | None | 3 Days | None |
Use restrictions of treated water with Rodeo
| Drinking | Swimming | Irrigation | Fishing |
| None | None | None | None |
