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SilverTundra4X4 · Horse Mullet Joined: 13 Nov 2012 Posts: 134

I've been down maybe many a times and have only seen this much weed once ... In the past its been noticeable but never 20-40 ft deep into the beach.

I dont know why i just thought about it - So my question is this .... WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THAT WEED??

I know it has to go somewhere or something happens to it as I've been down to PINS and have seen the whole beach weed less - so what gives?

Do the Karakawas slowly start coming through at night and start repurposing it? Weed fairy? Wink

Johninaustin · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 1113

It rots.

Worst I ever saw it was maybe 10 years ago? The pile at the waterline was four feet high. You had to dig a path to the water.

I never remembered this stuff as a kid, (70's) it seems to be a recent thing.

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:33 am Post subject:

I'm going with the "Weed Fairy" hypothesis.

It's kinda like Global Warming. If I say it's true (The Weed Fairy), and you can't disprove my theory, then EUREKA!!!!! Laughing

Thanks Al Gore, not just for this intrawebs thingy, but for the creative scientific thinking! Cool

[Like most every other thing here along the TX coast, these things have pretty predictable 5 & 10 year cycles, and we look to be heading into some heavy-weed periods, after a few years of relative light-weed conditions. But on the upside, El Nino looks to be kicking back up and with it should be some favorable conditions for increased rainfall [YEA!!!], and poor hurricane conditions [DOUBLE YEA!!!].

dr. akward · Finger Mullet Joined: 02 Nov 2013 Posts: 37

The weeds are used as a stabilizer for sand dunes.

Crmsn · Horse Mullet Joined: 17 Aug 2011 Posts: 144

Poseidon hires cheap labor to mow the weed in the ocean and instead of bagging it up they just let it float to land.. At least that's what my girl believes

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Oil Field Trash II · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 1560

the bluff rats mix with with meth and smoke it.

Stumpjumper1590 · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:36 pm Post subject:

Hopefully it goes to hell... Evil or Very Mad

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ironmanstan · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:44 am Post subject:

Believe it or not, it makes the best mulch / fertilzer. It just rots away. Everywhere you put it things turn green. Too bad they don't bag it up and sell it.
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dr. akward · Finger Mullet Joined: 02 Nov 2013 Posts: 37

It's not legal to sell weed in Texas. Very Happy

lifeaquatic · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:50 am Post subject:

All this talk of weed is making me hungry. Is there a fish fry soon?

(just a flash back to my younger days)
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:30 pm Post subject:

http://www.gisbarbados.gov.bb/index.php?categoryid=13&p2_articleid=6479
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kweber · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:34 pm Post subject:

^ right.. w/o sargassum there'd be no Tx barrier islands...
the weed built the islands... and fresh weed adds nutrients to the dunes to grow vegetation to hold the dunes in place..
and help mitigate hurricanes....
as the sargassum dries, wind pushes it into the dunes. where it adds nutrients to the vegetation which grows and helps hold the sand in place.
and that's why we have our beaches backed behind sand dunes and behind them a bay...
the sargassum is a blessing, really... and an inconvienience certain times of the year... also lots of small stuff thrives in the matts...
which creates a vibrant ecosystem...
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