Crystal Catalyst Organic

[High_Haze]

I found a company claiming to supply an organic plant stimulant for flower;

"Crystal Catalyst Organic is a plant stimulant that utilizes Organic Arctic sea kelp ,Organic plant hormones and Organic L amino acids to stimulate flower growth , trichome and terpene production, and natural defenses in plants . The nectar inside this bottle is an organically derived plant stimulant . Most commercially available plant stimulants are chemicals or concentrates , cooked down and concentrated to enable growers to use the product in small amounts . There is a tradeoff however , in that these products being heated , cooked and concentrated lose much of the natural enzymes , plant sterols , alkaloids and metabolites . Crystal Catalyst Organic has not been heat treated or concentrated in anyway. Its fresh and pure as mother nature intended it and brimming with natural hormones , sterols , alkaloids and enzymes your plant needs.


Crystal Catalyst Organic enables plants to use and assimilate Co2 more efficiently resulting in increased growth, larger more prolific flowers , more flower sites and a 12%-15% increase in flower yields . Crystal Catalyst Organic stimulates plant defenses , resulting in a stronger ,healthier plant able to resist pests and disease more readily . Crystal Catalyst Organic increases Trichome production and Terpene production ( aromatic plant oils ) by 25% . Finally it increases cell division and cell density , resulting in stronger and hardier stem structure needed to support large flowers dripping with trichomes and terpenes ."

Sounds almost too good to be true as far as the numbers, is it a good product none the less? Is there anything else comparable on the market? Has anyone tried this? I originally discovered the product while browsing a forum and a member recommended it but there is little to no reviews anywhere else. I was looking at Humboldt County's purple maxx snowstorm, I have heard good things, but despite their claim at being organic, it definitely is not and has a lot of negative side effects.

Ultimately my goal is to experiment with a product to push my frost to that "next level". If anyone can shed some light on this product or other organic options like it, it would be greatly appreciated.

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[Pattahabi]

Sounds like kelp to me. Save your self some money, go to the feedstore and buy a 50# bag cheap. Imo, it's a pretty safe bet if it's a 'product' you don't need it.

It is known that plants treated with seaweed products develop a resistance to pests and diseases, not only to sap-seeking insects such as red spider mite and aphides, but also to scab, mildew and fungi. Such a possibility may seem novel, but it is in keeping with the results of research in related fields. The control of plant disease by compounds which reduce or nullify the effect of a pathogen after it has entered the plant is an accepted technique. It is in this way that streptomycin given as a foliar spray combats fireblight in apples and pears, and antimycin and malonic acid combat mosaic virus in tobacco. The subject of controlling plant disease by introducing substances into the plant itself is known as chemotherapy, and is dealt with in a useful round-up article in the Annual Review of Plant Physiology, 1959, by A. E. Dimond and James G. Horsfall of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, United States.

Auxins in seaweed include indolyl-acetic acid, discovered in seaweed in 1933 for the first time. Two new auxins, as yet unidentified, but unlike any of the known indolyl-acetic acid types, were also discovered in 1958 in the Laminaria and Ascophyllum seaweeds used for processing into dried seaweed meal and liquid extract. These auxins have been found to encourage the growth of more cells — in which they differ from more familiar types of auxin which simply enlarge the cells without increasing their number. One of the auxins also stimulates growth in both stems and roots of plants, and in this differs from indolyl-acetic acid and its derivatives, which cause cells to elongate but not to divide. The balanced action of this seaweed auxin has not been found in any other auxin.

It has been proved at the Marine Laboratory at Aberdeen that indolyl-acetic acid and the other newly discovered seaweed auxins are extracted in increased quantities by the process of alkaline hydrolysis. We believe that much of the value of our hydrolized seaweed extract is due to this auxin content; but since the amount of auxin in the extract is scarcely enough to promote the increased growth which follows its use as a foliar spray, we think plants so treated are themselves stimulated to produce more vitamins and growth hormones than would otherwise be the case.

At least two gibberellins (hormones which simply encourage growth, and have not, like auxins, growth-controlling properties too) have been identified in seaweed. They behave like those gibberellins which research workers have numbered A3 and A7 — although they may in fact be vitamins A1 and A4.



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How to use kelp meal

Take 1/4 cup of kelp meal and cover that with about 1/2 cup of water and let it completely re-hydrate. Once that is done then pour off any excess water and use that for a kelp meal tea.

Take the hydrated kelp meal and puree it as much as possible to make a kelp meal paste. You’ll want to do this in small batches and store in the refrigerator in the coldest place which is usually in a corner.

When you need to apply a kelp meal tea than add about 2 tsp. to 1 gallon of water, shake until it’s completely dispersed and this is a safe concentration for spraying the leaves and you would probably want to double that amount to apply to the soil.


That’s it!

 

[High_Haze]

Sounds like kelp to me. Save your self some money, go to the feedstore and buy a 50# bag cheap. Imo, it's a pretty safe bet if it's a 'product' you don't need it.

Yea I am a big fan of making my own, I already have kelp but I am curious where the organic plant hormones and L amino acids are derived from. Is that contained in the kelp? That was the reason I am considering it.

Btw I love the quote in your signature, big ups!

 

[Pattahabi]

Yea I am a big fan of making my own, I already have kelp but I am curious where the organic plant hormones and L amino acids are derived from. Is that contained in the kelp? That was the reason I am considering it.

Btw I love the quote in your signature, big ups!

Those are in kelp.

Dr. T.L.Senn states in his book, “In recent years the results of scientific research provided evidence that seaweeds contain more than 70 microelements and that the representation in these plants is considerably higher than it is in terrestrial plants. Of organic substances, marine algae contain, in addition to carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and vitamin substances of a stimulating and antibiotic nature.”



Seaweed contains more than 70 identified microelements plus organic compounds such as growth regulators. NPK fertilizers could not possibly contain all of the microelements and growth regulators which are contained in seaweed.



Dr. T.L Senn states that “when seaweed is used at the recommended times and rates it will supply the amounts of iron, zinc, copper, molybdenum, cobalt, boron, manganese, and magnesium that most crops require”



Plants use tiny amounts of the micronutrients often measured in parts per million or billion. This helps to explain why foliar spraying can be an effective way (in addition to soil drench) to deliver these nutrients to the plant. The plant only needs to absorb tiny amounts of the nutrients through the openings in the surface of the leaves where they are absorbed through the cell walls and translocated by the vascular system to the areas of the plant which requires them. NPK fertilizers cannot be efficiently absorbed into the plant by foliar spraying and are therefore better supplied to the plants in traditional fashion through the soil.



In addition to those micronutrients which are contained in seaweed products seaweed has been demonstrated to assist in the release of micronutrients which already exist in the soils but which are unavailable to the plant because they are in an insoluble form. Chelating (chemically altering the form) a micronutrient makes it available for use. Seaweed contains several chelating agents the most important of which is Mannitol. Thus seaweed can provide more micronutrients to the plant than the seaweed itself contains.



Dr. T.L.Senn states, “Reports that seaweed releases unavailable minerals from the soil have been made. Micronutrients have many functions in crop plant growth and development. The amount and availability of micronutrients will vary with soil types and the demand by different crops. Even though the amounts required by plants are small, the micronutrients are just as essential as the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and in some areas even more so. …..Micronutrients are (also) necessary for plants in times of plant stress, such as flowering, maturing, and during periods of drought”

 

[MistaRasta]

Simplify.

This is the chief principle in organics. Don't be swayed by marketing, it's funny how these companies just put another "amino acid" on their label as if it's special. I can get the most potent ingredients from the most natural ingredients.

Get your self some alfalfa as it contains plenty of growth hormones as well.

 

[High_Haze]

Im down with the simplify. Thank you both for the replies.