Lisa, Here is what I am doing, I got this from another user years ago.
1. Empty your water storage tank every Fall. 2. First thing in the spring mix up a 20% chlorine bleach in a 5 gallon bucket. I actually use 3 gallons. 3. Pour this into your storage tank and turn on your system and let it run for several hours. 4. Hopefully you have a discharge bypass on your system, and pump the chlorine solution back into the 5 gallon bucket. 5. Let the system sit over night and the chlorine should volatilize out of the pads over a few days. 6. If the chlorine odor bothers you put a 20% vinegar solution into the tank and it should help clear up the chlorine odor. I put a plastic sheet over plants close to my pads to keep the chlorine off of them. I have never burnt anything with the chlorine or had any problems with my Pluerothalids that live on the bench close to the pads. --Tom /----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tom Hillson Orchid Grower Specializing | [EMAIL PROTECTED] In Paphs and Pleurothallids | http://www.orchids.iastate.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |"There is always room for one more Orchid!!" On Jan 16, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Lisa Thoerle wrote: > This past summer was the second season I've had a Kool-Cel wall in the > greenhouse, and I clearly wasn't very successful at keeping the pads > clean. Kool-Cel is the stuff that looks like a Brobdingnabian's > implementation of corrugated cardboard; you pump water over it, allow > it to trickle down, and pull air through the wet pads to cool > evaporatively (if that can be an adjective). > > How do folks keep their Kool-Cel pads clean and free of algae? > What do > you use, how often, and how much? How long do your pads last? Are > there better pads available than the ones from Kool-Cel? Where do you > buy your replacement pads? > > Many thanks, > Lisa, pleurothallidiot with gummy pads > > -- > Lisa Thoerle, Little Compton, RI > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
