MFG 2016: Kelp Meal for Vegetable Gardens: What Is It, How Do I Use It, Do I Need It?
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- čas přidán 24. 01. 2016
- This video focuses on explaining Kelp Meal and its uses for vegetable gardens. I discuss where it comes from, how to use, the cost and do you really need it.
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Do you absolutely need Kelp Meal? No - not in anyway, in my opinion but I want you to decide. It is way too expensive for 4 pounds and there are too many other organic alternatives if you want to stay organic, compost is just as good and chemical fertilizers work. My goal is to inform you about many of the products out there so you can determine if it is product you want to buy and use. Simple!
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You're missing the point of Kelp meal. It doesn't have a lot of macro-nutrients (N-P-K), but it does have over 70 vitamins and minerals and high levels of growth horomones, especially auxins, cytokinins and gibberellins. Kelp helps improve the overall health of the plant. Saying Kelp is a waste of money is the complete opposite of everything I've read and all the advice I've got from experienced growers.
I knew there would be some educated people in these comments. Did this guy even read about it?
You said it befor I did. No one uses kelp for npk.
Yep ! And shop around ,
I'm trying this stuff on Butternut squash to see if it helps with HEAT wilt. I rehydrate it (1 tea gal) for about 18 hours, and then water with it once a week. So far, big difference!
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You don't use kelp meal for the macros. It's used for the micros
Thank you this guy is a dumbass. Even if it does cost $20 and helps your buds get twice as big and your plant growth and Roots it's f****** worth it
I don’t mean this as a negative but I don’t believe you understand kelps beneficial l-amino acids and plant hormone benefits on plants at all..the NPK value and large amount of trace minerals is just a part of its pluses...you should look into kelps value in its cytokines, auxins and gibberellins before spreading just surface level understanding of this product, and at my local feed store kelp meal is $18 for a 40lb bag...I’d stick to preaching ppl away from box stores and amazon as much as possible and not the Kelp haha.
Anyone interested in plant science as a subject look up Harley Smith lectures here on CZcams..definitely worth it 👍
Kelp meal isn't known for its high npk it's how it improves the soil. But your points are very valued kelp or seaweed isn't that expensive where I live.
Kelp meal is a soil conditioner . Its. Not used for it high NPK value . It's used for its other enzymes , microorganisms, amino acids and b vitamins. It just has a low NPK . So basically you aren't using it for the NPK .
Thanks for this info.
More great information Gary. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes Bob.
Thanks, I saw this in time to cancel my Amazon kelp meal order.
I hope you do, only cause your money is hard earned and you cand cheaper alternatives. Good luck.
Love your reviews. Thanks and keep up the good work!
People who kelp use for the trace minerals. Ive used a concentrate in which makes 65 gal., for about the same price as the above vid. What I found was that it kept my over wintered cuttings very green. Use it for the trace minerals and you will be OK. My plans are to make some brewed tea mix with seabird guano and kelp.
People don't use it for the NPK that I know of. Same with volcanic rock dust
I agree kelp meal is getting rediculous. You can get MUCH more use from it by brewing it with alfalfa meal for 24 hrs for an organic plant growth hormone tea.
Another good video,thx gary
Bravo Gary. Thanks, that should help someone.
Big Espoma Fan here.
That’s CRAZY! I think I paid like $22 + tax today for a 27lb bag of Plant Tone, which is a 5-3-3. Sounds like much better buy..
I do use the Kellogg Fish & kelp water soluble; which I’m also a big fan of. 32oz (which is plenty for me) under $9. It’s a 2-2-2 and I’ve gotten awesome results from it.
Won’t use anything but those 2 products. Great vid sir 👍🏻
Pays to look around and buy in bulk. Thanks
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You should research more of the benefits
Thank you so much!
I don't buy this stuff, I make it from the seaweed I find on the shore. I take it home wash it, dry it until it's crispy, crumble it up and bottle it until ready for use. I usually treat my plants to 1 tsp per houseplant - and 1 tbsp for garden plants. It really stimulates the plant's growth and development - my plants are further along and healthier than my neighbors- everyone who visits my garden noticed.
Seems like you could buy a giant bag of compost for that price!
Hi Gary, I went to the beach and picked up a lot of see weed and threw it in the compost pile. Done deal.
I'd like to do what the Native Americans used to do. They would throw the bones of a fish in the bottom of their planting hole. Have you considered doing this? There's a fish store near my house and as an experiment I'm trying it out.
I did this for my tomato & pepper plants last season & got great results! Dig a very deep hole & put fish scraps from a fish mkt, epsom, asprin. Wonderful results & the squirrels thought so too:-/
+wonderlucha My Grandfather was from Sicily and an excellent gardener.. He would put fish bones and carcases in the planting holes, as wells as crushed clam, oyster and crab shells...
+Robert Ciulla Awesome!!!! I'll be heading to the fish market this weekend and hopefully they'll give me their leftovers.
It's definitely old school, and has produced great results over the years... Myself, I use a liquid fish / seaweed fertilizer product made by Neptune's Harvest..
+wonderlucha As long as your hole is deep enough you'll get good results. I dug mine 2x as deep as i normally would for tomatoes.
I've recently found your channel & I'm excited to see a Zone 7 Gardner w/clay soil. Question 1: What area in Z7 are you located? Do you have meet & greets (I'm not on fb). Q2: if we want can we just use dried seaweed you can get@an Asian grocery?
Gary- it is effective to keep squash bugs away from squash.
Kelp? Nope
Can I use seaweed from the grocery store and how to I apply it
I just got back from Walmart with two sacks clearanced out for $4 a sack- just wanted to try it but would never pay $17+ for this!
Using kelp in your garden is not for the 5-5-5 it is used for certain things. Like preventing shock to plants, it adds trace minerals you can't get from other fertilizers.
I'm researching Kelp to buy for my Soil & Vegetables. your Viddy google Suggested. I wanted to actually SEE what Epsoma Kelp meal looked like.
& Yaye you have it in a Cup.
I'm already subbed for years.
I'm looking into mainly an Animal Feed Kelp. But, wanted to compare the Looks.
& to mention NOT All Kelp is the same or created / harvested Equally.
I do AGREE ,, Epsoma - Neptume ect. it's too high Priced,, even 7 years later.
But.. Kelp with its trace minerals & benefits are Real.
Check a feed store/Coop. Where I am a 55lb bag of Kelp meal is $45.00 (Canadian)
I just paid 32 dollars on Amazon for 5 pounds!
You know what I like about your video? You are down to earth and not fanatical. Keep up the awesome work.
Look into kelp meal elsewhere, this guy wasn’t very educated when he made this video
Foliar feed?
I'm really new to gardening for my own food and I found your videos to be very informative and concise. I'd love some mentions of fertilisers and such for container gardening. And a quick question. Do you have any data on rabbit manure? I read that unlike other manures it does not require composting before use. We have one happy little bunny and I'd love to use rabbit pellets as my fertilizer but your explanation on soluble and insoluble fertilizers has me worried that my container soil lacks the wildlife to break it down. Really enjoy your videos. Cheers!
+NotOfThisAge Growing up in Miami, my family raised rabbits in our backyard. We fed them salad scraps & they esp. enjoyed tomatoes. After awhile we realized we were also raising tomato plants. No fertilizer, other than what a bunny's digestive tract provides, and we had some wonderful, healthy plants which went on to produce great tasting tomatoes...when we could beat the wild rabbits to the fruit.
+Judy D Thanks for the reply! It sounds like a great little circle you had going there with the bunnies and tomatoes. I can't seem to find enough data on rabbit "manure" so I might do an experiment with two basil plants. One with rabbit pellets in the pot and one without and see if the plant does take in nutrients from the pellets or not. :D If it works, the little spoiled piglet will earn her basil from now on.
+NotOfThisAge Most if not all organic stuff from animal and plants needs some composting. But not always sitting in a pile for a long time. It varies. Basically soil life needs break the form of manures down to a usable form for the plant. Rabbit manure still needs that but it could be done will in the soil. If you put some manure and a shove of earth dirt in your container soil life will spread.
+Gary Pilarchik (My First Vegetable Garden) +Gary Pilarchik (My First Vegetable Garden) Thank you so much for the info! I'm really excited about my first little garden. I planted my chives just a few hours before your video went up. But I still have some seeds and I will try the over-seeding method. :D
This guy has no idea what kelp meal is for. It is to provide trace vitamins and minerals, it is not "fertilizer" in the sense that the NPK would be a factor in using it. I use a different brand that has even lower numbers. I also feed it to my worm farm, worms love it. Kelp meal is AWESOME.
It is a fertilizer of trace elements and it is not needed at that price. Pulverized banana peel is as effective. If you don't mind the cost it is fine to use or if you find it on sale. You worm farm is already supplying what is needed. Kelp is just extra.
Gary Pilarchik still, you have no idea what you are talking about in your videos. actually, what you are doing here is trashing Espoma company, I wonder if they would be interested in seeing this video, did you obtain their permission to advertise their product for them? In reality, all I get from this video is that you don’t like prepackaged single-ingredient organic amendments, well, some people do. Btw, espoma is a great company.
I brought liquid seaweed today, it is not a fertiliser, I buy it for the enzymes it contains, the enzymes help uptake of nutrition to the roots by up to a 50% increase, it works even better when combined with Humic and Fulvic acids, do some research.
it is not a fertiliser in the way you are thinking it is, these enzymes also break down dead roots in hydroponics decreasing the risk of “root rot”.
The lower the NPK levels the better as I already have my NKP dialled in
There are many other benefits not every plant supplement should be rated by how much NPK it contains.
@@TheFrogfeeder your missing his point of the video
This guy obviously doesn't have a clue. Kelp is used for the Hormones, Auxins, Cytokins, Giberrilin etc. Not for the NPK.
It's good for building your own super soil.
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$6 at Walmart for 3lb of Dr Earth All purpose organic fert. Done.
That works.
The price has gone down in 2020. I agree, too little for a whole garden. I use it for my potted vegetable plants....also just dry out some banana peels, you can achieve the same if not better results.....
Banana peels are good stuff
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There is a place called North American kelp that sells freshly harvested quality kelp for cheap. Check them out they are the real deal.
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Would this be a good replacement for sea minerals?
It is but only if you soil needs it
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Same thing.
Now in 2022, a gallon of kelp extract liquid fertilizer cost $34 before tax...
I already have alot of nitrogen in my garden so grass clippings are out.
you are wrong my fair man! kelp has benefits that has nothing to do with npk. you need to do your homework.
Just saying for the price its not needed, with all the other stuff. Nothing good old compost doesnt give for free.
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I make my own for free. I live beside the ocean.
Gary do you even know what this does to your plants I bet you don't kelp is one of the best things to use for your plants kelp and humic acid
sawjar sawicki I just said the same thing in another comment, I buy seaweed extract for the enzymes they contain they help the uptake of nutrients, works even better when mixed with Humic and fulvic acid
Kelp has iodine, used by the thyroid. Very few natural sources that don’t come from ocean.
It's the trace minerals and natural growth hormones, not the npk..
sounds like chris fix is it you
Ok...7 yrs later ,,
Maybe not just this Name Brand ,, but what's the Views on Kelp meal now?
Kelp or Alfalfa is great for soil amendment , compost, adding it for a fertilizer.
(Especially for VEGAN organics)
Its funny, that Vegans don't realize their Vegetables in supermarkets + , are Fertilized by Blood meal, Bone meal, bat, bird, cow, & chicken poop.
I don't know ,, if worm poop is "Vegan" ha ha
Omg I can get you kelp for FREE!!! Of course you'd have to pay me for shipping lol.
Thanks for the info. I’m $18 richer!!
One thing you didn't mention is that mostly what people are paying for with this is the packaging and transport. In an effort to be organic and sustainabpe, by purchasing this, people are generally just sustaining the transportation industry. Burn lots of fossil fuels just to 'feel good' about what you are putting in your garden. In the end, it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If I lived near the ocean and could harvest kelp myself, I would, it is a good soil amendment, but paying someone else to truck it across the country when I can compost other stuff? No thanks
Kelp meal is awesome, makes teas with it. Opinions are like assholes. I've been growing weed for 20 years, kelp helps with microbiology. This is the same guy that believes chemicals fertilizer is good to eat...
Nah... it is expensive but works for you on a specific crop. Not needed in a garden. And I agree with the opinions comment.
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Good grief where's he buying from ? I wouldn't pay that astronomical price either. Kelp on the other is a staple in my pin. Certainly not using it for NPK values.
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Do you not pay attention to your plants??? Its loaded full of bacteria, vitamins and microbes that help break down soil and help your plants grow much faster. Ive used kelp and i wouldnt grow certain plants without it.
Not anymore than other cheaper sources. Nothing special in it.
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Don't lesson to CHEAPOO it's from the sea things you can't get on land!!
It is expensive and not needed if you are on a budget. And the land has the same minerals as the sea.
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