[APD] Fw: Excel = Barley/Maple extract?

["Daniel Larsson" <defdac at hotmail_com>]

> That one is interesting. It says that DOC produced by the decomposition of
> barley in the presence of both oxygen and light causes the formation of
> oxygen atoms that then form hydrogen peroxide in the water. The authors
> postulate that the peroxide kills algae, based on studies of peroxide and
> algae. They also indicate that when algae is suppressed then plant growth 
> is
> enhanced, *not* that when plant growth is enhanced then algae is 
> suppressed.

Exactly, perhaps they should look at it from our perspective.

Not the peroxide recurring nonsense as Hieber points out, but the fact
that in shallow waters, like ponds, the raise in DOC gives the plants
the advantage and the algae decline?


// Daniel. 

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