Duckweed removal after dive

[Idive]

After reading the Kitty sink thread on TDS and talk of Duckweed being spread, I thought I would ask here instead of hijacking that one.
I would like to know how you all deal with cleaning your gear off after exiting a site that has Duckweed? My first trip to Florida was last fall, so it was my first exposure to the stuff. We are coming back in March and so I am curious as to what can be done to avoid moving it from one place to another.
We did Orange Grove, for example. It's not like there is a place to rinse off after, or is there?
Dave

[FW]

After reading the Kitty sink thread on TDS and talk of Duckweed being spread, I thought I would ask here instead of hijacking that one.
I would like to know how you all deal with cleaning your gear off after exiting a site that has Duckweed? My first trip to Florida was last fall, so it was my first exposure to the stuff. We are coming back in March and so I am curious as to what can be done to avoid moving it from one place to another.
We did Orange Grove, for example. It's not like there is a place to rinse off after, or is there?
Dave

No running water in the park. You could bring your own, though. One person I know has a garden sprayer full of water to rinse gear.

[Dark Eternal]

How long does this stuff stay alive after being dried out? Unfortunately, since I do live 800 miles away, there are normally several month spans between my trips. Also, once gear is dry, the duckweed is easily brushed right off. This doesn't really help for consecutive days of diving though.

[amphipod06]

The duckweed will dry enough overnight that it will be easy to brush off. If you are diving elsewhere on the same day you will likely bring some with you...

Dive safe,

Celia

[LakeCityDiver]

I would like to know how you all deal with cleaning your gear off after exiting a site that has Duckweed?

I have never done it. The only time my gear may get rinsed off is if I dive salt but there is a good chance not even then.

[FW]

I have never done it. The only time my gear may get rinsed off is if I dive salt but there is a good chance not even then.

I think I have serviced some of your regs. It takes a week in an ultrasonic cleaner, with 100% acid to get the salt crud off

[Webmaster]

There are worse things to carry with you. At least duckweed is edible.

[Greenwood_60]

Easier than getting it off, is not getting any on you as you exit. Just use some of your leftover gas to clear a hole, and exit through it. The stuff seems pretty easy to spread. It now covers Cow, and 50% covers Convict. It would not supprise me if P1 is covered soon.

[TONY CHANEY]

And what is so bad about it? Everything I read just states positive things about it. I.e purifies the water, prevents algae, you can eat it, animals use it, it is native to Fla. etc.

[Kelly Jessop]

"Duckweed colonies provide Habitat for micro invertebrates but if duckweed completely covers the surface of a pond for an extended period it will cause oxygen depletions. These colonies will also eliminate submerged plants by blocking sunlight penetration. "
http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/plant-iden...mmon-duckweed/