Calcium nitrate meal (not snack)?

[sjamesNorway]

Originally Posted by RayR

Steve, you would want fish hydrolysate, not fish emulsion. Hydrolysate doesn't usually have as strong a smell. I don't know how long the scent would be noticeable in a greenhouse, but outside it disappears pretty quickly in the soil.
Is it really hard to find liquid or soluble kelp powder in Norway? I mean Ascophyllum nodosum, the most common species of kelp used for plants is also known as Norwegian kelp

Ray, I've done an extensive search. Hydrolyzed fish is not available as a fertilizer in Norway, and I haven't been able to find kelp in any form in any garden center. You'd think that Norway as a fishing nation, and a country where Norwegian kelp is the dominant seaweed along the coast, would have these available to gardeners, wouldn't you.

I can only explain this by saying that vegetable gardening is not very popular in Norway, and organic gardening even less so.

They do have a tradition of using kelp and fish as fertilizers along the coast, but this hasn't found its way inland.

I have often been frustrated to read about all the goodies for growing you have in the States, and the prices compared to here. I haven't even been able to find a soilless mix for starting seeds. The closest thing is called "cactus and seedling mix". In the garden center, the biggest bag of perlite is 6 liters (6 1/3 quarts) and costs $13. 500 grams (a little over a pound) of blood meal cost $16.50. I often have to compromise because of cost. But enough of griping.

Steve