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Barley Straw Pellets 4.4 lb |
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Barley Straw Pellets 4.4 lbs
Barley straw pellets are an environmentally
responsible, cost-efficient pond conditioner that is a
natural and organic way to a healthy pond environment!
Barley straw and selected natural peats have been
processed and packaged to make them easy and
clean to apply. Manufactured using an exclusive
proprietary process that eliminates the use of wheat,
corn and other binders, the barley straw is harvested
and stored under climatic conditions that assure the
quality of these essential ingredients.
Barley straw pellets work in much the same way as
barley straw...only faster! Whereas barley straw
works by releasing certain natural chemicals as it
biodegrades, so do the barley straw pellets - only
the breakdown compounds are released faster:
dispersing equally throughout the water; reacting
photochemically with sunlight; and activating humic
acids to produce hydrogen peroxide—an oxidizing
agent that also helps to keep the water clear—naturally
and at a low level of release. The humic acid will also
chelate metals such as copper or arsenic. Barley
straw pellets are rich in organic peat which softens
pond water–reducing nitrate and phosphate
concentrations in the water column–and provides
a buffering agent and ion attenuation in lined
ponds that additionally gives them some beneficial
properties of earthen ponds!
Benefits Include:
Matures pond water chemistry
Disperses quickly by simple broadcast of pellets
into the pond or packing in a porous fabric sock
and suspending in pond or available chamber
in skimmer or filter
Buffers pH
Releases decomposition by-products immediately
Works year round
Recommended for use with all Microbe-Lift
bacterial and enzymatic pond products
Provides a slow steady release of beneficial
ingredients through natural activity
Add 2 oz of pellets for every 100 gallons of pond water every six weeks. You may start the application at any time of the year, though they are most effective from Spring to Fall. One 4.4 lb bag will treat 500 gallons for up to 12 months or 800 gallons for up to 8 months. Measuring cup included.
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