(Still have never been able to find myself putting
rotting straw in my pond- but also don't have algae
problems... so who knows. Anyway this is a small town
in jj and k30's state, WA.)

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Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Barley straw sops up algae in Chinook reservoir

By NANCY BUTTERFIELD
Correspondent

About a year ago, Wainamo started placing 8- to 10-foot "wattles"
of the straw around the permitter of the reservoir in the shallows and
suspended 10 to 12 onion sacks full of straw in four rows across the
water. In a very short while, "It was the first time in years I could
see the bottom of the pond," Wainamo said
Why does the straw clarify the water so well?
Wainamo has consulted experts from Purdue University and a college in
California. "It takes a while to work," he said. "The straw has
to decompose first. I think it releases hydrogen peroxide" which
kills the algae. He said the treatment works for six or seven months.


http://ihmp.net/@/ex

or
http://www.chinookobserver.info/main...ticleID=985 4

You would think that barely straw would be alot cheaper tha it is,
considering its just a byproduct of rasing barley much as is straw a
byproduct from wheat etc.......I seen a website with prices on a 40
pound bale of barley that was ungodly in price.........I can buy a 70
pound bale of Well fertilized alflafa hay for about $10, which is
rasied specifically for feed use, and is not a by product like barley
straw is. Heck even wheat straw here is less than $2.50 a
bale..........but a 1 pound pad of barely is over $10.00 in stores.

Barley straw extract is even higher..Guess its all because its
associated with ponds and Koi.......

On 7 Apr 2005 15:50:54 -0700, "kathy" wrote:

===(Still have never been able to find myself putting
===rotting straw in my pond- but also don't have algae
===problems... so who knows. Anyway this is a small town
===in jj and k30's state, WA.)
===
===~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
===Wednesday, April 06, 2005
===
===Barley straw sops up algae in Chinook reservoir
===
===By NANCY BUTTERFIELD
===Correspondent
===
===About a year ago, Wainamo started placing 8- to 10-foot "wattles"
===of the straw around the permitter of the reservoir in the shallows and
===suspended 10 to 12 onion sacks full of straw in four rows across the
===water. In a very short while, "It was the first time in years I could
===see the bottom of the pond," Wainamo said
===Why does the straw clarify the water so well?
===Wainamo has consulted experts from Purdue University and a college in
===California. "It takes a while to work," he said. "The straw has
===to decompose first. I think it releases hydrogen peroxide" which
===kills the algae. He said the treatment works for six or seven months.
===
===
===http://ihmp.net/@/ex
===
===or
===http://www.chinookobserver.info/main...ticleID=985 4


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