Article number: 8717677720453 View all from EM Agriton > View more: Special cleaner > EM Agriton - Bokashi EM Pond Balls 8 pieces These pond balls are great for making and keeping pond water healthy. The number of useful micro-organisms is stimulated. The water quality is significantly improved. Algae growth is prevented, making the water clear. Aquatic plants will grow better and the aquatic life will become richer and healthier. This also applies to fish. Biodiversity therefore increases! The Bokashi pond ball will slowly fall apart on the bottom. The micro-organisms will spread and ensure a healthy natural balance in the aquatic environment. This process takes several weeks to several months. The pond will then remain clean for a considerable period of time. 8 pieces Algae growth is prevented Composition of a pond ball EM-A, clay minerals fermented bran EM ceramic powder Use: 1 ball per m3 (=1000 liters) How do the Bokashi balls work? EM Bokashi Balls contain EM, among other things. EM is the abbreviation for Effective Micro-organisms. EM is a group of 80 different types of effective micro-organisms. Each of these Effective Micro-organisms has specific tasks and they also promote each other's functioning. These micro-organisms are collected in the wild; they are not modified or manipulated and are grown in a natural way. EM is therefore pure nature from nature. The functioning of EM is based on the so-called dominance principle. Of all micro-organisms, 5% are regenerative (constructive, effective, positive) and 5% are degenerative (degradative, harmful, causing rot). The remaining 90% are followers and follow the leader. EM belongs to the regenerative group. So when the constructive micro-organisms are most strongly represented, you get a positive effect (fertile soil, clean, living water, healthy animals and people), because 95% of the micro-organisms then work constructively and the 5% harmful micro-organisms cannot grow. But on the contrary, if the decomposing micro-organisms have the upper hand, then you get rotting processes. Because the EM Bokashi Balls are spread on the bottom of the lake, the pond, the micro-organisms spread in the clay and the silt of the bottom and settle there permanently. The positive micro-life spreads over the water again, causing the water to recover. In Japan, an entire sea has even been cleaned in this way with EM! A sea that is in open connection with the ocean. Product specifications EM Pond Balls - 8 pcs Item description EM Pond Balls - 8 pcs Item number 8717677720453 Type of packaging Standard Country of origin Japan What is EM? EM is a mixture of freely occurring Effective Micro-organisms and is used to increase the natural resistance of soil, plants, water, humans & animals. What does EM consist of? EM contains different types of effective micro-organisms. Each of these Effective Micro-organisms has special tasks. The micro-organisms also promote each other's functioning. These micro-organisms are collected in the wild; are not modified and manipulated and are grown naturally. EM contains the following Effective Micro-organisms: lactic acid bacteria, yeasts, actinomycetes, photosynthesizing bacteria and fungi. EM is therefore pure nature. How does EM work? The special thing about EM is the combination of aerobic and anaerobic micro-organisms. Aerobic means "living with oxygen" and anaerobic means "living without oxygen". In the scientific world it was always assumed that these two groups could not possibly live next to each other because the conditions under which they live are each other's opposite. Both groups also occur naturally together in the soil. Aerobic and anaerobic micro-organisms have in common that they can change substances into antioxidants. These have a beneficial effect on the health of soil, plants, humans and animals. Micro-organisms work according to the dominance principle, and in this way restore the microbial balance. What is the dominance principle? In the world of micro-organisms there are different groups. There is a small group of dominant 'effective' micro-organisms, a small group of dominant 'harmful' micro-organisms and a large group of so-called followers. The group of followers work together in nature with one of the above-mentioned dominant groups. In practice this means that they join the most suitable dominant group. There is a continuous power struggle between the effective and the harmful organisms. The "billions of followers" simply wait to see which of the two groups gains the upper hand. Then they adapt and follow or imitate the winner. If the 'good guys', the effective micro-organisms gain the upper hand, they exert their constructive and disease-suppressing influence on all kinds of areas (e.g. air, soil, plants, water, humans, animals, ...). Correct use of EM in the household, the environment, agriculture and horticulture can promote the increase of effective micro-organisms everywhere. How does EM work further? EM is a living substance and does not work in the same way as an antibiotic or a chemical agent. EM increases the population of beneficial micro-organisms. EM does not kill. It is not an antibiotic, but rather a mixture of life-stimulating micro-organisms, known from various food preparations such as: beer, wine, sauerkraut, ... EM works gradually. Depending on the application, you can expect an effect between a few hours (e.g. odor nuisance) and sometimes a few years (e.g. soil fertility). The effect of EM is partly based on a combination of fermentative micro-organisms. The metabolic products that arise during fermentation are widely known as antioxidants, vitamins and enzymes.