kelp/seaweed

[brendon420]

i just picked up a free compost bin and i loaded that bitch up with worms, a bit of soil and of course worm food. i am so excited to make my own soil, is it possible to use just the worm castings as soil, or just a soil additive

 

[DR. VonDankenstine]

i just picked up a free compost bin and i loaded that bitch up with worms, a bit of soil and of course worm food. i am so excited to make my own soil, is it possible to use just the worm castings as soil, or just a soil additive

1/2 dried worm crap/ 1/2 big chunk perlite. Great for veg...

 

[skunksta]

i even found a sea weed mulch you can buy. cool aye, good for thouse long hot summers

 

[brendon420]

im on a bartering system with the ocean i pick up trash for a while and i can take as much seaweed as i pleaseweed

 

[brendon420]

1/2 dried worm crap/ 1/2 big chunk perlite. Great for veg...

do you know if i would have to buy a "chunk" online i have seen what you are referring to, just never in a store? any idears?


ssssshhhthanks

 

[DR. VonDankenstine]

do you know if i would have to buy a "chunk" online i have seen what you are referring to, just never in a store? any idears?


ssssshhhthanks

The guys at my local hydroshop are growers who know how to take care of there people---If they dont have what I need they will order it for me and have it at the store in 4 days----I help them with alot of questions and research and they give me a great deal-----it all works out-----------Ask your guys to order you in some.

 

[chronicprince]

max sea and fish emulsions are two products that it sounds like you may enjoy ....

 

[thebeerstalkin]

when searching to buy kelp or seaweed products, make sure it is in the "meal form". I know that kelp meal has many trace minerals and secondary nutes that are leached away in the normal "plain" kelp supplements.

 

[blackout]

i have heard this is a good additive to soil after you wash the salt off. i found and article on it. thank god i live in california

Seaweed project in BC | Cannabis Chronicles

does anyone have any prior experience with it and how to process it for soil use or even fertilizer. blending? mashing? pressing?

i used to use it as a mulch outside ,after giving it a damn good wash first, plants seemed to love the stuff ,but a bit on the smelly side for a while,now i am in the hills i dont get the chance to get it ,maybe i will make a trip down the beach as it is winter here so a lot should be washed up

 

[brendon420]

i highly recommend it, to this day i have yet to spend over 5 bucks on nutes and ferts, nature rules.

 

[Seamaiden]

You've got this backwards . . . ie: brown sugar comes from molasses processing. Thought you might like to know?

Molasses is the end result of sugar refining. My grandfather used to be a sugarcane farmer.

 

[SquirrelGod]

im trying to sprout some seeds and i have germinated them fine i was just wondering if i can use a tiny amount of my kelp tea to help with the sprouting, ive read its best not lay off the nutes until its a few weeks old. in the link in my original post it discusses how the nutrients in kelp aid in rooting, and seed germination, does anyone have any experience with it?

Organic kelp tea can be added at any age because it's organic.

 

[brendon420]

thank you for clearing that up for me

 

[Seamaiden]

Brendon, I used to live in sunny San Diego for several years. I LOVE San Diego. I lived in San Carlos, we had a little Chrysler Hydro-vee with a 70hp Johnson that was HELLA fun, especially on weeknights on the bay (San Diego, Mission is ok, but not as much fun cuz you can't break your boat on tug wakes).

I got myself some seaweed extract yesterday and used it as a foliar feed. Being the fish-thing that I am, I wish to hell that they would call it by its proper name (macroalgae, as opposed to microalgae), and tell us what species or at least genus they're using for this stuff. And you know what else? It smells GOOD, as in, "Hey... could I cook with this stuff?" good. Yeah! I know. But hey, look at what the Japanese have been doing with seaweed for hella days.

 

[brendon420]

i wonder who the first person to stomach eating sea weed was, its crunchy and salty and slimy..but can be used to make some goooood sushi lol
thank you for displaying such an interest in this idea, every commercial fertilizer is read has some trace of kelp in it if not half of it. its about time US got their seaweed industry rolling, its amazing how many commodities and jobs seaweed could provide. so thanks for stopping by i hope this thread encourages more people to do their own work rather than go buy a bottle of something.

 

[greenxgirl]

if we're talking kelp then check out Guarantee Organic - Organic Fertilizer and BioStimulant

they have awesome kelp based products including one that is just pure kelp (it's called Guarantee Organic) and kelp is considered a biostimulant rather than a fertilizer. it's like a multi vitamin.

 

[brendon420]

cool first post, thanks for the info

 

[SoSoStoned]

instead of using seaweed.. i got some seaweed extract, you can usally find it at a garden shop.. its all oragnic.. and super potent. i mix it with my bat guano..

 

[brendon420]

im trying to eliminate all costs from growing herb, thats why i collect my own and process it at my house. thanks for the tip though

 

[overfiend]

just picked a whole trash bag full of seaweed to mix with my compost

the shitty thing is i saw like 6 tampon applicators washed up on the shore WTF you would think people would change their tampons in a more discreet place