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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Athens, GA
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Hi,
I want to start using Kelp meal in my fertilizer mixture, and am wondering if any of you may have a good source for this product. I can't find any locally and the shipping is a significant part of the cost. I have found this site: http://www.noamkelp.com/index.html which seems to be about the best price for a 50# bag of the stuff. Has anyone else purchased from North American Kelp, or could recommend an alternative source? Thanks in advance for any replies...
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: NW Indiana
Posts: 1,150
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I've ordered from both Nitron Industries (http://www.gardeniq.com/store/produc...al,176,94.aspx) and Fedco (http://www.fedcoseeds.com/ogs/search...m=8731&index=4).
Kelp meal is comparatively expensive and, of course, shipping 50 lb. bags anywhere is pricey. Kelp meal is used as a feed additive for livestock, so you might try local feed stores. Here's one in Athens: Mary's Tack & Feed: http://www.marystackfeedpet.com/index.htm This site lists a few more. http://www.polocenter.com/health/feedusga.htm |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Athens, GA
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Hi 41N,
Thanks for the links, but I haven't been able to find a local source for kelp meal. I haven't ever used it, and only got the idea to try it after reading the excellent Mother Earth article you posted the other day here: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organ...ur-Garden.aspx ! The truth is, i don't have any experience using seed and kelp meal as fertilizer; How important do you think using (seed and/or) Kelp meal is in your organic fertilizer regime ?? Thanks in advance,
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Fairfax, VA Z7
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This will be my 1st year using Kelp meal I ordered a 25lb bucket from vitaminseaseaweed ... for $45 shipped to Fairfax, VA don't know if I can post the link but if you add dot com to the end of the name you'll get their site and under seaweed-agriculture-products you'll find the item Kelp Meal. Hope this helps
I should be receiving my order next week I'll let you know what I think of it in use. George |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: NW Indiana
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
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I think alfalfa meal adds a lot of what you get from the kelp, too. Nice thing with the horse alfalfa pellets I get is that they have molasses as a second ingredient. And, they're about $8.00 for 50 pounds. If I put some in water for a few hours they disintegrate.
Maybe some alfalfa pellets and a smaller portion of kelp would work? I bought some one pound bags of kelp on Amazon for about 10$ a bag last winter. You can also get roasted seaweed in large bags at the Asian stores. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a
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I think ozbo.com had 20# bags of kelp meal for about $18 if you can't find it at a feed store, and they were doing all shipping for 4.95 a while back. I know I've seen it in feed stores here, but it was about a $1 per pound there as well so I decided greensand and azomite were a more cost effective source of trace elements.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Alabama 7.5 or 8 depends on who you ask
Posts: 727
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: WV
Posts: 604
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Neptune's Harvest has a 12 lbs of kelp meal product. They ship it for free: http://www.neptunesharvest.com/km-612.html
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California Central Valley
Posts: 2,543
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One thing I learned from Tomatoville is that hydroponics stores are a great source of organic gardening stuff, so I googled athens ga hydroponics and found this source
http://www.florahydroponics.com/prod...search=seaweed which has 5 lbs. kelp meal for $14. http://www.florahydroponics.com/product.aspx?id=2922 I've always used the liquid seaweed concentrates, which I find at nearly every garden center around here. Seaweed adds trace minerals. Alfalfa is a great N source. Last edited by habitat_gardener; September 7, 2012 at 01:52 AM. Reason: looked on page 2 |
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