PP will be spent, neutralized, turning a brown muddy color and can then just
be dumped. You don't need much PP. One pound will treat a lot of plants,
the pond several times, and you will still have some left over.

I have at least 2 pond dealers in my area that have PP. It is a HazMat item
so it is very expensive to ship. Look around the pond places or one of the
water treatment companies. One of my pond sources buys in bulk from a water
treatment company and repackages.

Be sure to wear eye protection and not use in a breeze, because it is like
lye in that it will burn moist tissue severely.
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RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"Bill" wrote in message
m...
I found the reference and it was from Doc Johnson @ KoiVet. His reference
was "Pull sensitive plants to baby-pool and treat with Formalin in this.
(25
ppm 8-12 hours) ". I have not a clue how to figure 25 ppm??? The PP that
Rich suggests sounds doable. I just don't have a ready source for it or
have
any idea of its cost as compared to Formalin (in small quantities).

Rich if you happen to respond to this - do I take the PP out at some point
and/or how long must you leave it.
Thanxx
Bill Brister


"RichToyBox" wrote in message
news:X_Fgc.23803$yD1.57487@attbi_s54...
I think that what you are referring to is potassium permanganate. The
PP
will clean the plants and pots and soil of any parasites without killing
the
plants like salt would. I think you can also use formalin, but I
haven't
seen any info on it. For PP I usually do about triple strength for
treating
plants that I would for treating the pond, that is about 1 teaspoon per
200
gallons. The organics will burn up the PP pretty quick without heavy
dose.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html
"Bill" wrote in message
om...
I cannot find that particular site right now, but I am almost sure
that
I
read somewhere that when removing plants to a kiddie pool (salting the
pond)
they should be treated with formalin. Does this sound right? If so
what
does this do? If this is correct I'm sure the dosage was expressed as
applying in ppm. How do I figure that.
Thanxx
Bill Brister - Austin, Texas