Denali Gold

333.okh · February 22, 2011

Can anyone tell me about how it worked for you and how you used it?

http://www.denaligold.us/

333.okh · February 24, 2011

WOW no one has good or bad advice

rnewste · February 24, 2011

333,

This product has VERY limited availability Nationwide. Even in California, not many local dealers for it. Sounds like a great product, but not many outlets.

Raybo

333.okh · February 24, 2011

I have three eight quart bags of it and plan on using it in a tiered mix for starting seeds. Will let you know how it does. Looks beautiful in the hand...

rnewste · February 24, 2011

333,

Yeah, I would love to get my hands on a few bags, but no way am I going to drive from Los Gatos to Berkeley just to get it.

Let us know how it turns out for you. I met Steve Goto a few months ago and he spoke very highly of it. Just wish they had better distribution of the stuff.

Raybo

333.okh · March 11, 2011

Odd texture that is very fine grained....we have it in three stores locally, but our marijuana trade in Humboldt County gets us a lot of garden supplies that others will never see.

davespitzer · March 21, 2011

I would question the wisdom of shipping compost of any kind from Alaska, just because of the cost of shipping. It's also essentially a mined resource, given the slow rate of replacement in that environment. Even a city dweller can find or make good humus locally, without the environmental costs associated with this sort of product. It may be great stuff, but so is local humus.

333.okh · March 22, 2011

Yet it is registered organic and sustainable.....I knew those listings were always a bunch of crap!

davespitzer · April 6, 2011

Well, it's both! It may be organic, and it's certainly sustainable (as long as there are glaciers), it's just that shipping finely powdered glacial till and Alaskan-produced humus hundreds of miles makes no sense economically or environmentally. We can make our own humus and buy local sustainable organic inputs (if necessary) and thereby spare ourselves and the Earth the cost of shipping dirt around the world. Dave

February 22, 2011	#1
333.okh Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 110	Denali Gold Can anyone tell me about how it worked for you and how you used it? http://www.denaligold.us/

February 24, 2011	#2
333.okh Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 110	WOW no one has good or bad advice

February 24, 2011	#3
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	333, This product has VERY limited availability Nationwide. Even in California, not many local dealers for it. Sounds like a great product, but not many outlets. Raybo

March 11, 2011	#6
333.okh Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 110	Odd texture that is very fine grained....we have it in three stores locally, but our marijuana trade in Humboldt County gets us a lot of garden supplies that others will never see.

March 21, 2011	#7
davespitzer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: East of Stockton, California Posts: 97	I would question the wisdom of shipping compost of any kind from Alaska, just because of the cost of shipping. It's also essentially a mined resource, given the slow rate of replacement in that environment. Even a city dweller can find or make good humus locally, without the environmental costs associated with this sort of product. It may be great stuff, but so is local humus.

March 22, 2011	#8
333.okh Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 110	Yet it is registered organic and sustainable.....I knew those listings were always a bunch of crap!

April 6, 2011	#9
davespitzer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: East of Stockton, California Posts: 97	Well, it's both! It may be organic, and it's certainly sustainable (as long as there are glaciers), it's just that shipping finely powdered glacial till and Alaskan-produced humus hundreds of miles makes no sense economically or environmentally. We can make our own humus and buy local sustainable organic inputs (if necessary) and thereby spare ourselves and the Earth the cost of shipping dirt around the world. Dave