Barley straw products offer Natural Chemical Maturation in a pond. When a pond’s ecosystem is mature and balanced, the water is generally clear and healthy for aquatic life. The maturation process is a function of the micro-biological and bio-chemical properties of the water. These natural breakdown products often include humic and fulvic acid and organic acids that have the ability to sequester inorganic compounds so that their concentrations don’t get to levels that would unbalance the pond’s ecosystem. These substances also lead to natural purification of the pond through a slow release of hydrogen peroxide as they react with sunlight, but in a way that never harms plants or fish, while stabilizing the pond.
MICROBE-LIFT has Barley Pellets that will begin to work in your pond within 7 days. This is the ideal product for lakes and larger ponds of an acre of more, and will take approximately six weeks to completely biodegrade in the pond. Therefore, instead of having to repeatedly add more on a weekly basis, the Barley Pellets do not have to be replaced in the pond more than once every six weeks.
MICROBE-LIFT also has two forms of Concentrated Barley Straw Extract. One has Peat and the other does not. For a koi pond, where we want crystal clear water, the obvious choice would be the Concentrated Barley Straw Extract without Peat. Using Peat in a pond has certain benefits, but in a koi pond, it would discolor the water.
The MICROBE-LIFT/ BARLEY STRAW EXTRACT + PEAT can be more helpful in farm ponds, turtle ponds and fishing ponds where the pH is more important than the clarity of the water.
