If your property has an un-maintained lake, restoring it is a good move for two reasons: it could make your property more attractive should you place it on the market, and could it make for enjoyable days and nights of water sports, fishing, cookouts, etc. The only problem, or course, is where to begin. If your lake has been untended for years, it probably exists in a state that requires a strategic restoration approach. Below, we outline such an approach and note the role lake dye products play in it.
Step 1: Start Early
The best time to start tackling an unkempt lake or pond is before warm weather and rain start to make weeds thrive. Furthermore, if you start your project in the heat of summer, the work will go slower, and your chances of quitting will be higher. In lake restoration projects, the early bird indeed gets the worm.
Step 2: Apply Herbicides
If your lake has trees or limbs in its water, you may be tempted to remove these first. Don’t. Instead, focus on preventing weed growth that can quickly get out of hand as the weather gets warmer. Apply eco friendly herbicides that target the waterweeds in your area, and that target weeds along your lake’s banks. By preventing weed growth with herbicides early on, you’ll spend minimal time hacking and pulling weeds, as well as make water bound debris more accessible.
Step 3: Apply Algaecide
If your lake has algae overgrowth (as many untended lakes do), removing it with eco friendly algaecide is key to improving your lake’s appearance and preserving its water life, as too much algae can rob fish of the oxygen they need to survive. By the same token, don’t apply too much algaecide, as many of your lake’s life forms need some algae to survive.
Step 4: Remove Large Debris
Over the course of time, older lakes can gather a collection of dead trees that fell in their water as a result of lightning strikes, soil erosion, or falling after standing dead. Eventually, these trees rot away. But removing them often requires the assistance of a tree removal service, a step you should take if removing dead trees would be exceedingly difficult or dangerous.
Step 5: Applying Lake Dye Products
Once your lake is free of troublesome weeds, algae, and water debris, it’s time to do something about its brackish water color that results from natural sediment. Eco friendly pond dyes make these sediments invisible by coloring your lake a pleasant blue, aqua, dark blue, or reflective black. After the preceding measures, non-staining pond dye transforms your lakes appearance from passable to fabulous, with a single application lasting between 6-8 weeks, depending on your lake’s water turnover rate.
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