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Submitted from the field by Mark and Braden<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are well into the spring and we would like to share some observations from the field.\u00a0 We are seeing reports of algae forming much earlier this year than last year.\u00a0 In our area, SW Minnesota, spring was closer to normal than the past two years.\u00a0 We are warmer and much dryer.\u00a0 We also had a light winter season.\u00a0 Our own observation of ponds we treat directly is an early algae growth.\u00a0 No scientific data here but I wonder that with the last two seasons being cooler and wetter additional nutrients were getting into the ponds and now that we are warmer the algae has a lot of energy available and these are the perfect circumstances for algae to thrive.\u00a0 When you add up added nutrients, warmer soil and water temperatures, presto algae.<\/p>\n

Solutions:<\/strong>\u00a0 Complete a preventative Captain application. (Call customer service from instructions and cost).\u00a0 Captain is a Sepro product that is a chelated copper.\u00a0 When copper is chelated the copper stays suspended in the water column which as a contact killer is much more effective than a straight copper sulfate product.\u00a0 To apply Captain you must mix it with water, (follow label directions or call our customer service to help) in a sprayer and apply directly to the water.\u00a0 We would recommend several applications to start treating one third of the pond every 7 days for a total of three treatments.\u00a0 For larger ponds we like to spray the literal zone around the pond every 7 days as this is the area where the algae start growing on the bottom.\u00a0 After this initial treatment follow up with our all-natural AquaSpherePro to work on removing the excess nutrients and sludge layer in your pond.<\/p>\n

As always if you need some help or additional information please call our pond experts for further details.\u00a0 We will complete a Pond Treatment Plan for your pond using google earth without any obligation to you.<\/p>\n

**Although we are an all-natural company we do realize there are situations that require the use of an algaecide. That is why we have found algaecides that are compatible with our all-natural products.\u00a0Our all-natural products do not kill algae or weeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted from the field by Mark and Braden We are well into the spring and we would like to share some observations from the field.\u00a0 We are seeing reports of algae forming much earlier this year than last year.\u00a0 In our area, SW Minnesota, spring was closer to normal than the past two years.\u00a0 We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nField Observation - Healthy Ponds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Out in the field two of our pond experts have been experiencing algae early this year. 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