littleflavio
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i have read that using seaweed is a good source as nutrients? i just bought a pack of dries seaweeds from the korean grocery whats the process in dong so?
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LeeroySlim
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i use seasol seaweed i think its great. i only use it through veg stage every 2nd feed.
Spanishfly
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The BioCanabium liquid fert that I use is seaweed based. I read the instructions on the bottle.
LeeroySlim
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i just read the post again, i think he actually bought sushi seaweed lol not the nutrient one...lol
Kelp meal is commonly available at feed stores, nurseries and other retail outlets. Normally used as a soil conditioner, its best mixed into a grow medium designed to provide plant nutrients throughout the plant life cycle. It's also an important ingredient of AACT brew applications.
Spanishfly
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Isn´t that the stuff restaurants wrap around raw fish?? LOL
LeeroySlim
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lol now your makin me hungry
littleflavio
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no i diddnt buy the wrap seaweed for sushi...i got the seaweed that you put in soup kinda slimy actually. i just placed it in my plants last night, hopefully i wouldnt harm my plants since i got the wrong seaweed
DRGreyMind
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anyone got advice on using fresh seaweed? i live by the sea and it would be so easy to collect 
Carboniferous C6
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Yeah I use seasol as well, it's great stuff, I think its good for flowering and you can get it organic.
LeeroySlim
Active Member
this is just an uneducated guess from an inexperience grower but perhaps seaweed form the beach would contain high ammounts of salt, and also get ph problems. but maybe wait for a more experienced grower to answer itanyone got advice on using fresh seaweed? i live by the sea and it would be so easy to collect
littleflavio
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i diddnt get the fresh ones LOL, i even tasted the seaweed if its salty. i got the dried seaweed and when soaked it will turn to sheets of slimy seaweed the one u get if you order a seaweed soup in a chinese or korean restoanyone got advice on using fresh seaweed? i live by the sea and it would be so easy to collect
kelp doesnt have salt in it beleve it or not. get some kelp strait outa the sea grind it, make a tea and whooola !!!. that is how seasol does it. SEASOL IS THE BEST ORGANIC NUTES WITH ALL THE NPK AND TRACE ELEMENTS YOU NEED !!!!
Matt Rize
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"You can apply fresh kelp directly to the soil (some people suggest rinsing it to remove the sea salt, but for the past 20 years I've never found it necessary). Arrange it as a 2 to 4-inch mulch layer or include it in the compost pile. Seaweed decays quickly because it contains little cellulose. What's nice too, is that you don't introduce weed seeds with seaweed mulch.anyone got advice on using fresh seaweed? i live by the sea and it would be so easy to collect
You can also apply kelp as a liquid fertilizer at the base of plants to reach the root zone, add it to a drip irrigation system or as a dilute foliar spray. In recent tests at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, soil sprayed with a seaweed solution had 67 percent to 175 percent more roots than untreated soil.
To make your own liquid kelp, add a couple handfuls of seaweed to a 5-gallon bucket of water. Stir the concoction daily for a few days, then strain and dilute it using the ratio of 1 part kelp liquid to 2 parts water.
Any sprayer or mister will work, from hand-trigger units to backpack models. The best times to spray are early morning and early evening, when the liquids will be absorbed most quickly. Spray the tops and bottoms of leaves until the liquid drips off the leaves."
BOOM! How wonderfully simple. PLANT BASED NUTRIENTS! Borrowed from:
http://www.plantea.com/seaweed-kelp.htm
my 2cents: I like to give it a really good washing, even soak in plain water, changing the water a few times.
Matt Rize
Hashmaster
Its not the absorption of salt, just the little cracks and corners that I think may need a little extra rinse. It's an old chef trick that I can't stop using...former life.