kelp is it really just seaweed in this video we're gonna get into it you're here with mark bowell
and dave hansen on perfect gardens tv as promised part three kelp product review down to earth
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uh we're seeing the benefits and now we're going to go down into the soil and put an amendment
that's potentially going to help further the biology below every single time before we get into
these we actually jump on the call with literally one of the the head guys over at down to earth to
uh to extract information that literally they're not able to say because of liability reasons and
it's so nice to be able to get into these videos in depth and i just want you to know to be able
to share that information with clarity versus sharing just a bunch of bro science that is confu
confusing to the industry so once and dave go ahead and please take over thank you so we're
going to dive into uh the benefits of kelp um the kelp meal is coming in at a 1 0.1-2
for the mpk value benefits of kelp meal so like a lot of our amendments it's going to
help create stronger healthier plants that's what we're always looking for aids in root development
creating those larger roots that we're looking for and why that's important is because it's going to
potentially access more in different parts of the soil allowing better uptake of water and nutrients
so it's been found to have auxins in it and auxins is a plant hormone that helps the plant regulate
certain stem growth upwards towards the light the kelp leafs actually are filtering the nutrients
so this is if we're saying why is help such an abundance of micronutrients it has this ability
it's filtering water in and out so as these are out in in the ocean and seas they're in the water
they're up on shores they have the ability to take in these micro nutrients and trace compounds and
this is what we're keep talking about it's not just about the mpk so even with the back mono
we're building up our micro and trace elements the same thing with the kelp it's shown to also
be a bioactivator and we're going to see a lot of of certain products and might seem like it's kind
of repetitive but why is it a bioactivator and we have to remember if we're feeding the soil
and that's what we're trying to do then we're just creating uh further food sources so as the biology
and the microbes and the bacteria start breaking down they're naturally going to be reproducing
and furthering their their population growth so if the population growths are are more abundant
then the process of breaking down that compost as well could be could be sped up under the
right conditions it's still going to take you you know to mix your compost and to do certain things
so you don't get bad bacteria yeah you said you said something right there that that was like
pulling it out back from our previous conversation uh was when you think about the ocean right it's
a it's a more of an alkaline environment high sodium environment right and so if you put sodium
into our soil what's going to happen it's going to react with too many things and things aren't going
to want to play around together basically and it's just really interesting kind of like what you said
and just absorbing that in my mind is that all these trace minerals that are are basically every
single time the rainfall trace minerals go through our humic layer and go out to our our rivers and
then go out to our ocean and then when the these trace minerals go out there it goes into this high
uh sodium environment and like you said it's being a still the the the seaweed's absorbing
these trace minerals and it's like what we're talking about they're processing techniques right
they literally harvest it wash it just washing the salt off because most likely the sodium isn't
and it's really interesting the sodium is probably not being absorbed into the plant because it's too
large of a molecule when i really think about that so it's kind of the oasis you know what i'm saying
like yeah i would agree yeah really interesting i just like i was like boom oh wow interesting
like and it can absorb the trace minerals but it keeps the the higher salt content out of the
out of it so all they have to do is just wash it off yeah boom all right sorry keep going no that's
no that's i like that that was that's excellent point and another great benefit you can use it
during transplanting so going back up to the first part of the slide we're talking about auxins are
the plant hormones that are potentially going to help further your growth so if you're going into
transplanting you know you can keep the same regimen if you're using different products
um like micros or something to inoculate um with a with the fungi you can add this in
the soil in the substrate and it's only going to further the diversity for that root development
so transplanting you can be part of your routine if you choose to do so and of course it's a great
source of potassium moving on application methods it's same thing similar we can add it to our
compost and as i stated before if scientists kind of shows it is it being a a bioactivator
and it's because it's just another food source and availability for for all the living matter
that's in the soil to start colonizing and creating more healthy populations compost teas
sorry about it just to add to what you're saying is why that happens is we're talking about the
basically the root systems they basically produce bacteria right and so they're going out there and
eating eating the the bacteria and also producing their own bacteria basically the the reason why it
helps stimulate the root development because as the roots take up the bacteria and depend
upon whatever is missing within the plants the bacteria also are responsible for stimulating the
the hyphen the root uh the root hairs so i i think having these trace minerals uh there
and because the plant is is probably deficient just kind of starting off and because there's
bacteria hopefully on the seed if they're not sterilized it um so in a sense when it goes out
there and eats these minerals it like we're talking about it helps further re-stimulate
those root developments because there's more of a food source uh a trace mineral abundance and
i'm just kind of hitting that in my head too yeah i mean and science shows that they show you know
the fibrous hairs the increase um and and there's that movement of bacteria in and out of of those
of those cellular structures of the of the root zones and stuff like that and you know basically
the plants are like farming it's kind of cool to think about compost teas great way to add
nutrients and root enhancements to your worm compost teas top dressing personally you can
do it i i personally would like to have it deeper in the substrate and the reason being is we have
to remember that it's it's the dried material it's going to absorb moisture kind of re-hydrate itself
and i i kind of like that in the root zones if i can it's not that you can't top dress and work it
in there but what i find often is that you see a lot of it still on top as it rehydrates and
doesn't necessarily penetrate into the substrate as other minerals would with its solubility it's
a physical form so it's a little bit different absolutely can just from my experiences i like it
in the soil near the roots and a foil spray giving plants trace elements that they might be missing
always do a small test before applying a crop and i'm probably going to say that over and over
i always recommend if you've never used something take the time make sure your ratios measurements
are correctly take a plant isolate it spray underneath the leaves we have to remember the
stomata is underneath that's where you're going to get the benefits of the absorption of those
micronutrients and give it a give it a little bit you don't want to ruin a whole crop because you
didn't have something dialed in and remember guys if you are going to do a fuller spray
treat water with one ml drops of balance to clean the water before adding in the kelp to
to really take advantage of everything and once again more trace elements so it's a dual process
dual benefits guaranteed analysts and application rates so as stated in my other video this is
this is the minimal there could be fluctuations of higher amounts um but not lower so we have a total
of one percent water insoluble nitrogen so further has to be broken down to be made available for
the plant i'm available phosphate is 0.1 percent and what i like is the soluble potash 2 percent
so this is why it's good for teas and and to promote that so if maybe not top dress you
can make a tea if you're trying to you know get that root enhancement and further stages of your
plant's life or if you feel something funky going down there it's more rated available and then our
applications uh we have in our vegetable gardens which um you can go online to read and for us for
our containers for new plantings add one to two tablespoons per per gallon of soil something like
something that just popped on my mind right here is linganite you know lately uh we've been seeing
uh more dry backs and some because of people not realizing how water soluble the linga knight is
and through the dry back period creates um a pk or a nitrogen fossil a potassium excess
and we've we've talked about have you seen that in the channel a few times on the membership side
now i'm kind of thinking is maybe they go less on the lego knight and add in the kelp for a top
yeah i know you said not the top dress isn't the ideal and i agree with that but maybe potentially
using a little less lego night and adding this the kelp in there for going into week four
on with flowering might be a nice mixture because i also think as it collects water it will probably
hold water as well and kind of be more forgiving for the linga night no absolutely absolutely and
me and you were talking about the lego knight i'm kind of doing some side thoughts and
experiments so we'll have more to come to that especially when we review that because that's on
our list to come so it'd be good to dive deep into that our conclusions uh great way to enhance your
root system so we talked about the the beneficial hormones to enhance those roots give them a
better capability to dig deeper make bigger more bountiful roots to access the water and nutrients
contains a lot of trace elements good food source for microbes and bacteria and and that's what i
love hitting on every time is that we're going to create this diversity through different products
for food sources so we often say that with organics we're not feeding the plant we're feeding
the soil and it's very important to me to always constantly remember that because if they have
the food source then they have the accessibility to provide nutrients to the plants and there is
other available forms to fit your needs not not necessarily from down to earth but if you're in
a deep water cultivation or hydroponic systems there are liquid forms of seaweed and kelp you
know further your research on that as well if it does and will suit your needs for your grow
and it's great for transplanting we talked about that it could be an additional benefit when moving
forward and upsizing your pots an additional thing why kelp probably is so beneficial
is because it has a lower amount of k2o it's not going to be such an antagonist to the calcium
that you're you're adding to the plants as a plant is dramatically growing i think if i remember
straight um having too too much k2o will inhibit the calcium and so by having a little less though
is islam law of tolerance is real i think why calp also potentially is such a beneficial
growth stimulator early on because it's it's it closer into the thresholds of these macro and
trace minerals that are needed during these specific times of growth for specific plants
dang yeah good thought it always seems like calcium is always the the one that's getting
affected too it's always getting bullied by those other nutrients getting locked out and not able to
move around like it wants to like you know it's like looking at its mobile friends and it's like
but that's a good thought i like it so we're gonna end this spice uh we are what we put in our soil
and i'm a big believer in that that um through our communities and through our knowledge we
can expand and create very beneficial foods and uh there's a willie william logan quote
that i'd like to share with you guys and it says how can i stand on the ground every day
and not feel its power how can i live my life stepping on this stuff and not wander at it
and i love this quote because that's exactly how i feel and when when you have vegetables and you
you further your knowledge of the biology of the soil it's just endless amounts of information in
our science and dedication dedicated people that are continuing our knowledge and growth really
expand the complexity of life and how beautiful it really can be so i just wanted to share that
with the community dave thank you so much man please remember to like share and subscribe
and here are just a few of the snippets that we were able to get from a recorded conversation
of making decisions in line with one of our values here at perfect gardens is doing our due diligence
so let's go ahead and open up to some of the in snippets with adam from down to earth we've
already had i seen some comments of people you know talking about you know depleting pacquano and
these are all concerns that the different parts of the communities have and i explained you know
all the source from certain amount of caves and uh what about heavy metals they're talking about
heavy metals and i know that's a sensitive subject with with food and everything and i'm like oh god
like i don't know if our standards are they low like do we fully understand it because like you
look at like there's arsenic and apple seeds like i have to avoid that when i had chickens
and there's i think in cherry pits there's levels of certain toxins that yeah if we consume them
at higher levels we can you know get sick but you know so that's like one thing leads to another
so my lack of knowledge of what the community brought you know i don't look at it as a negative
it's like okay let's research heavy metals now like okay does bat guano really have that like
let's dive into it you know so it sparks so much throughout our community sure and you
know specifically speaking to heavy metals registering products with certain states
and also uh getting listed for omri requires the adherence to basically that your product
meet certain thresholds anyway so thank you for that that's a valid point yeah and i can't
tell you off the top of my head what the omri standards are but they're more stringent than
the state standards are right and but you know that could easily be found and uh it does get a
little hairy when you look at some of the states like california where they have instead of a input
threshold they have a finished product threshold which is an order of magnitude more stringent than
the input threshold because you know they're talking parts per billion and in inputs you're
talking parts per million and you have whole crops that are you know reliant on passing these tests
so people can get really really into it but you know if you can't have any of this show
basically nature has heavy metals in it your backyard has more than you know more than any
of these inputs do and you could also throw other materials like uranium in there and such you know
it exists ubiquitously throughout the environment um but we have sort of a
knee-jerk reaction sometimes when we see any presence and that that's problematic
because again usually your backyard has more than these inputs that you put in if you just went out
there and ate some soil or something like that yeah have you ever read the book silent spring
uh it's been a long time i was an environmental studies major so yes i did but it's been 25 years
but when people say parts per million i i just think well go resilient spring because they talk
about parts per billion baby three generations later yeah absolutely yeah i mean you know the
application of ddt was considerable at the time so parts per billion really matters if every
if everything is concentrating up the food chain it can be a real problem
where do you pull your kelp from our kelp is currently coming from the north atlantic
so generally canadian waters uh but that can change you know basically the north atlantic
the ascophylumnodosin is the i'll say it's a gold standard because it's what everyone goes for but
i don't know that it's necessarily the best in quant in quality but it is a harvestable kelp from
cold nutrient-rich waters and that's really what most kelp out there is though there are certainly
people trying to exploit other available kelp supplies it remains to be seen whether warm water
kelps are as nutrient rich and nutrient dense as cold water kelp generally you know the water isn't
as nutrient rich i wouldn't think so on a warmer uh yeah yeah there's you know there's a reason
that whales go north to eat or south to eat but uh yeah it's generally going to be the north atlantic
usually canada but that can change into ireland norwegian waters and things like that basically
guys this is what i do every day i input some basic data i put in the current watts that the
lights are at the hanging height highest rh lowest rh the day temp the night temp if i water and how
many gallons that's over five plants so if it says two gallons that's two gallons over five plants