Stretch your fertilizer dollar with kelp products
Agriculture has had a tough year with escalating fertilizer costs. Many of you are wondering how this will all shake out, and more importantly in these uncertain economic times, how to make each dollar invested in your business stretch further.
We at Cambrian Biotechnologies would recommend incorporating kelp into your plant growth plans. You may not realize that kelp seaweeds have been used by man for centuries to assist and encourage crop growth and yields. The earliest known usage of this natural material was when farmers collected cast kelp from the ocean shores and transported it to nearby fields. They then spread and dug it into the soil where, of course, natural composting processes would break the material down and convert the organic seaweed compounds into forms available for plant nutrition.
In those days, this practice was limited to farming areas situated close to shorelines where kelp deposits were regularly available. This meant that the use and beneficial effect of kelp on plant growth was known in only certain coastal areas of a few countries.
All this changed in Norway in the 1950’s, but more about that tomorrow. The night grows long, and as Chief Technology Officer for Cambrian, I must off to bed before another day of kelp projects begins.
Tags: biotechnology, cambrian biotechnologies, kelp, Organic Farming, organic fertilizer, Sustainable Agriculture, sustainable farming