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This is where I source my kelp both dried and liquid. They provide some good info on their site as well.
Owsome, thankss..
This is where I source my kelp both dried and liquid. They provide some good info on their site as well.
yes I like this, not flashy just honest looking. The Key one above has Potassium HydroxideThis is where I source my kelp both dried and liquid. They provide some good info on their site as well.
I like this https://www.amazon.com/SEA-90-Organic-Fertilizer-Hydroponics-Plant/dp/B00HXHH0II?tag=duckduckgo-d-20 its very complete :-) can be used to boost soils as a top dress in spring, can be used to make teas, its awesomenessThis is where I source my kelp both dried and liquid. They provide some good info on their site as well.
Received an email back today from the company saying that Sea crop 16 is OMRI listed. Not sure why it isn't listed on their site, but which product did you find contained potassium sulfate?yes I like this, not flashy just honest looking. The Key one above has Potassium Hydroxide
and so isnt organic so i would swerve it, esp since you might add Kelp and Potassium Sulfate which would be organic.
Received an email back today from the company saying that Sea crop 16 is OMRI listed. Not sure why it isn't listed on their site, but which product did you find contained potassium sulfate?
this one below mate has KHydroxide, so non organic, wasnt speaking about Sea-16 I think, sorry I was confusing everyone..this one below..non organicReceived an email back today from the company saying that Sea crop 16 is OMRI listed. Not sure why it isn't listed on their site, but which product did you find contained potassium sulfate?
Owner of a local grow supply store gave me a sample of this kelp supplement to help with the hot Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil I'm using (have minor nitrogen toxicity symptoms). His primary argument being that this kelp supplement has enzymes that will help break down excess nutrients.
The high dose of K is reason enough for me to try the kelp (I'm going in week 5 of flowering), but I was curious about the enzyme aspect. Anyone have experience or knowledge about this?
I'm stuck on the whole "kelp = enzymes" thing, which is based on my knowledge and understanding not just of kelp, but macroalgal (and a few microalgal) forms. What microbes growing on a saltwater algae would possibly be present, and working, once they're processed into a solution or meal for plant application? I can't think of any that would survive, let alone go to work in terrestrial soil and do anything.It is true to say that the microbes in this product will almost certainly convert starch and so any related nutrient in this field would be reduced, but I fail to see how adding N fixing microbes would reduce N levels in the media, this is poppycock it seems to me.
Not equal. I've used Azomite and I now use Sea-90, including in my aquaponics. For some reason it was using the Sea-90 and not continued applications of Ca that stopped all BER I was experiencing in my soil cultivation. I don't have that problem in my AP system. In fact, I see none of the nutrition-related problems in the AP that I would observe in the soil. I have always been a fish-thing, I think I always will be.I use azomite but would like to give sea 90 a shot in the future when my bag runs out. Is it apples to oranges? Or are they about equal?
I'm stuck on the whole "kelp = enzymes" thing, which is based on my knowledge and understanding not just of kelp, but macroalgal (and a few microalgal) forms. What microbes growing on a saltwater algae would possibly be present, and working, once they're processed into a solution or meal for plant application? I can't think of any that would survive, let alone go to work in terrestrial soil and do anything.
I'm stuck on the whole "kelp = enzymes" thing, which is based on my knowledge and understanding not just of kelp, but macroalgal (and a few microalgal) forms. What microbes growing on a saltwater algae would possibly be present, and working, once they're processed into a solution or meal for plant application? I can't think of any that would survive, let alone go to work in terrestrial soil and do anything.
Reading further I see that you're stating that cyanobacteria live within an unnamed kelp species. This is news to me. I'm not claiming to be an expert on macroalgal forms, but I do have access to experts and I worked that reef trade for a long time, edited a book on natural marine fishkeeping and even worked a large public aquarium in SoCal for a while... Do you have citations? I'm not saying outright you're wrong, but this is news to me. A lot of what you're saying about kelp is news to me. For example, kelp (all macroalgal forms) gain their nutrients directly from the water column they're immersed in and photosynthesis, not via microbes such as the zooxanthellae that exist in hermatypic corals.
Not equal. I've used Azomite and I now use Sea-90, including in my aquaponics. For some reason it was using the Sea-90 and not continued applications of Ca that stopped all BER I was experiencing in my soil cultivation. I don't have that problem in my AP system. In fact, I see none of the nutrition-related problems in the AP that I would observe in the soil. I have always been a fish-thing, I think I always will be.
Sea Crop is not the same thing as Sea-90 from what I've been told. Sea Crop has 'ormus'. Sea-90 is seawater that's had most of the NaCl removed. Doesn't even get hot when you drop water onto it the way saltwater mixes do (for making seawater to keep marine animals).
yes we can DNA test, at cost of course via the local uni here so its worth further investigation for sure, just perhaps not by me with a limited background in sea microbes. In light of certain Algae as pre cursor for land based plants, I dont think it would be inconceivable for strains of phototrophs to be readily assimilated by land based plants. There are multiple strains of blue green algae able to exist outside of salt water conditions, and morphogensis is uncovering some bizarre hidden DNA triggered by alternations in flows of current and charge so lord knows whats truly possible and or probableYes, none of this is news to me. But what species would continue to live in a terrestrial or even freshwater world? That's the original question being posed that I'm addressing.
I fully believe there is yet more to learn about how various macroalgae live and grow and symbiosis with a critter such as cyanos certainly isn't impossible, I just wonder about its likelihood, especially given the fact that those whose studies are focused on a given specie have not discovered such to be the case (and, what about the zooxanthellae?). :) My own suspicions are that what you've been observing have come along for the ride, so to speak, rather than being an integral part of, if you will. Just an observation.
Are you able to do DNA testing? As I'm sure you're already aware, it is by this method that many new microbes are being discovered and described.