"Michael Stokes" wrote in message
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Hi, my friend has a problem with algae in his pond, he wants to know how
to
get rid of it. Hes bought a remover from the garden centre but it has
failed, someone mentioned barley as a retardant, any ideas on how its
used?

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I have seen bails of "straw" put into lakes and moats to stop the growth of
algie,
something to do with ridding the water of nitrogen.
I have a pond and I tried putting a small bail of straw amonst the plants,
it did seem to work.
Cleaning out all the dead plant material in the spring and replenishing with
rain water (loads of nitrigen in tap water) will also help. Plants,
lillies for instance keep the sun off of the water.
A properly balanced natural pond will clear itself.

Also take a look at this site for more imfo
http://aginfo.psu.edu/News/august02/barley.html