Fecal bacteria advisory-Ellacoya State RV Park, Gilford NH

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

Avoiding phosphate... which is easy to do... doesn't help anymore as the additional nitrogen run-off will still result.

I think we'd agree that the best thing to do is use no fertilizer. Ten or so states have banned phosphorous in fertilizer because it is especially bad for the water--promoting milfoil, cyanobacteria, and other harmful growth in lakes

[mowtorman]

https://www.treehugger.com/phosphoru...-lakes-4856639

The large birds... Cormorants...Geese...and yes Loons are major phosphorus producers....they poop all day about 2 pounds per adult.

Loons and Cormorants eat fish all day, geese prefer plants.

Geese are major spreaders of Giardia and love phosphorus fed grass where they poop all night like Center Harbor. Some forum members think this is all funny...another alarmist misinformation campaign but it's not funny when you are locked in the bathroom for a week. I don't think it would be funny if your beachfront was covered in BG algae...might even entice you to sell.

No water quality no party. Pretty soon Braun Bay will have BG algae too. Property values tubulate when you can't swim. A good example is St.Albans Bay on Lake Champlain. Collectively it's all too much of a good thing.

The birds are a problem. Don't swim where geese congregate. Encourage young kids to try not to ingest lake water.

The lake is taking a beating. Blue green algae was on Kanasatka 3 years ago and the only place to go was Blackey's Cove.

Early ice out and warmer summers translates to algae blooms. It's the new normal. Kind of like back when you could say there's no Eurasian Milfoil on Winnipesaukee.

Just restating the obvious. For the sake of tourist dollars and property taxes you would think NH would take these problems on aggressively....or maybe it's too late.

[John Mercier]

Originally Posted by FlyingScot

I think we'd agree that the best thing to do is use no fertilizer. Ten or so states have banned phosphorous in fertilizer because it is especially bad for the water--promoting milfoil, cyanobacteria, and other harmful growth in lakes

Middleton Meredith sells only Bonide (or did) because Bonide uses bromide instead of phosphorous in anything but starter fertilizer. It was also why they did not sell an all-in-one product. By selling the starter separately we could take the time to explain to the customer how important it was to not over do it and have the extra end up in the surrounding lakes.

But I find none to be the best.
By mixing clover into the grass... the clover sets the nitrogen.