Amazing as a fertilizer for seedlings and plants
Star West Botanicals Kelp Powder is the same as Sea Magic Plant Growth Stimulant only MUCH less expensive. Sea Magic comes in small, packets (like the kind veggie seeds come in) and it's $7-$10 for two; Star West comes in a 1 pound bag for about $6. A bag lasts about 4 months and feeds hundreds of seedlings and plants. I mix the kelp powder into my seed starter growing medium for my veggie garden. Once the seedlings have sprouted, I mix 1TBSP with a gallon of water and it serves as a well-rounded fertilizer for all of my vegetables and strawberry plants and provides them with a well-balanced meal full of micronutrients not found in commercial fertilizers. I just bought a second bag which should provide nutrition for the rest of the growing season. I really don't know anything about taking kelp powder orally, but I suppose indirectly I will reap all the benefits of it when I'm noshing on a bumper crop of tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, beans, and more...only without the fishy taste. About the photos: these are lettuce, purple pole beans and tomatoes - a mere 14 days after planting the seeds
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