Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Good evening.
Here’s a plan – Let’s play “what’s that garden bug?” Be the first visitor to name the insect of the month and win a useful Cambrian gift pack! This could be fun, educational and rewarding?
Anyway, lets talk growing.
We, here in the northern hemisphere, now have to transplant our growing passions indoors.
Our potted babies face greater hardships during these grey winter days, when low light and stale air become the rules of the game.
Ecklonia kelp based products make a difference on indoor plants by enlarging leaves, increasing photosynthesis and thereby giving dear Henry Fern a clear edge!
So how about ‘General Indoor Plant Growth Basics for Dummies?
OK, so you’ve brought that potted beauty home from the store. She’s looking good and you want to keep her that way. Here are some basic pointers to consider:
Light: There’s never enough of it, or window ledges for that matter, to go around. Nevertheless, finding the brightest spot for Ms. Newbie is a good place to start. Most indoor plants should thrive well when placed close to windows located on the sunny side of the home. Not a problem should you be blessed with 14 south facing bay windows in your humble home.
Give her a light EkloGrow® Ecklonia Kelp mist to welcome her home; she will noticeably perk up and settle in within 12 hours. Also sprinkle some slow acting KelpAid® granules over the potted soil surface; it kicks in within about 2 weeks, stimulating soil microbial activity while slow releasing kelp minerals and gel into the soil
We’ll do ‘Water, water, the Potted Plant Killer’ tomorrow.
Good night; thanks for visiting. SP
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Going back to the late 70′s. seaweed products were considered plant growth mineral supplements and used by growers as such..
Plant hormones were, at that time, only recently discovered and their function in plant growth not yet fully understood. It is therefore understandable that the seaweed processes in existence back then did not consider hormonal presence in seaweed and the potential significance of these natural compounds.
It was clearly obvious, after foliar spraying beans and roses with mechanically processsed cytoplasm of freshly harvested & processed Ecklonia kelp, that the resulting growth & flowering ‘explosion’ could not be ascribed to a fertilizer growth reaction as Ecklonia’s N, P & K levels are rather insignificant. It had to be a hormonal growth response.
So, where to find a hormonal analytical expert?
It turned out that a world leading expert in this field was a couple of hundred miles away, based at The University of Natal.
Prof. Hannes van Staden was gracious and receptive to our appeal and initiated a research study which, it turned out, led to the elevation of Ecklonia kelp from being a micronutrient source to an organic hormonally active, valuable plant growth stimulant with the capabilities to significantly increase and improve crop yields. The stage was set & the course clear.
Today, 28 years later, we know with absolute certainty that Ecklonia kelp contains high levels of natural auxin-like and cytokinin-like compounds. These natural compounds, based in a kelp-sourced micro nutrient soup, have the proven capabilities to increase and improve food production around the globe.
G’night. SP
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