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How To Make Straw Sausages
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Research undertaken by Dr
Jonathan Newman at the Centre for Aquatic Plant Management showed that
decomposing barley straw controls algae by the slow release and generation
of hydrogen peroxide. This is the accepted mode of action for all
products containing straw as a result of an intervention at the European
Commission which threatened to ban the use of straw in water for algal
control.
Greenways Ltd worked in association with me on this project. Hydrogen peroxide is a powerful oxidising agent
that changes algal cell membranes so that they are prevented from taking up
nutrients.
Barley straw controls algae,
stimulates aerobic decomposition of sediments, promotes nutrient recycling
through invertebrates and fish, stimulates fish production, stabilises
oxygen levels, removes toxins from water, promotes bacterial activity in
sediments and best of all, it always works!
The full text of how straw
should be applied and how it works is available to download as an Adobe
Acrobat file from here:
Control of Algae
using Barley Straw (pdf)
We supply 100 m long, small
mesh, vegetable sack type green netting tubes to fit standard size Christmas
tree wrapping machines at £42.50 per roll plus VAT and delivery. We supply
plastic mesh bags for smaller applications. We can supply
plastic bottle floats and lids at only 1.5 pence per bottle and we can hire
you a Christmas tree wrapping machine for £65 per week plus carriage to make
your own sausages.
