Too Much Kelp Meal?

just planted some seeds in some soil i mixed up. It was 4.5L sunshine mix, 1.5L worm castings, 1.5L perlite, 3tsp of bat guano, and then i added 30tsp of kelp meal. the directions said to use 5tsp per litre of soil so I went a little less than that to be on the safe side and now after reading a bit i think that 30tsp for 8L is too much. what do you think? is it even possible to have too much kelp meal? there's no n-p-k value on the bag...

soooo nobody can tell me if that's too much kelp meal? i just wanna know if my seeds are gonna be fine or if i should mix up new soil and transfer the seeds to that.

Grind..... You did not say what brand & you did not post a pic of the label/instructions....... so you are not giving us much to go on.
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So, as a rule, it's best to start at half the mixing strength recommended and work up over time with any soil amendment. More is not better, usually less works best.
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Better to underfeed than to overfeed. One is easy to correct, the other is not.
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Hope this helps......
Keep it Real....Organic....
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tbf mate, you cant od on kelp meal, it breaks down slowly, so ur plant hasnt even used it yet. its the same with the bat guano and worm castings, they all take a while to feed ur plants, they break down slowly, at diff times so its tricky to over nute on them.
having said that,thats a lot of nutrients to use tho for 4.5l, i wouldnt use any more for a few weeks.

Grind.... Since kelp (aka-seaweed) grows in salt water, it's impossible to remove all the salt from it.
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The danger in over use is the sodium, more than the nutes. Sodium is a highly soluble / highly mobile mineral........ Mary doesn't like saltwater..........
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Ohsogreen said:

Grind.... Since kelp (aka-seaweed) grows in salt water, it's impossible to remove all the salt from it.
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The danger in over use is the sodium, more than the nutes. Sodium is a highly soluble / highly mobile mineral........ Mary doesn't like saltwater..........
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"A special kelp harvesting method gives this product the lowest sodium content of any kelp meal" - taken from the website of the store where i got it. so i should be fine right?

exactly, you should be fine.

does anybody know how i would treat raw kelp(straight from the sea) to get the salt/sodium out so i can use it on my plants.
I do realise its probably cheap to buy but it seems daft to buy some if i can pick it and maybe boil it for a period to make it useable?
If anyone has knowledge on this matter please share the wealth!
Cheers

why don't you just feed your kelp instead of mixing it with the soil. . .

worm castings are to hot for seedlings

I hope that ^ ^ ^ was a joke

coreywebster said:

does anybody know how i would treat raw kelp(straight from the sea) to get the salt/sodium out so i can use it on my plants.
I do realise its probably cheap to buy but it seems daft to buy some if i can pick it and maybe boil it for a period to make it useable?
If anyone has knowledge on this matter please share the wealth!
Cheers

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Rinse with fresh water, then rinse again to get the surface salt off.

The only thing I know about fresh kelp is using it for worm food and then using the castings. From people who tried to compost it, it gets a bit smelly and they ended up just buying it. LOL

BTW, the kelp sold is harvested from the N Atlantic, up around Newfoundland (?).

Wet

jelmo44 said:

I hope that ^ ^ ^ was a joke

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nope, it will burn the crap out of seedlings

if your retarded about it, sure

after about a week or two from sprouting they get put into a pot of sunshine mixed with EWC and alaskan humus, and then once they yellow moved into a veg soil mix with blood meal and other things. for me atleast. and they do awesome.

VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO said:

worm castings are to hot for seedlings

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We're talking about kelp, not EWC.

Never tried seedlings in straight EWC. I don't think it would be too hot, but for sure, too heavy.

At least the castings from my bins are. Heavy, that is.

Wet

VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO said:

worm castings are to hot for seedlings

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Ummmm he is talking about EWC. . . .
and straight EWC?? as in just worm doo doo and nothing else?
like I said, if your retarded about it, sure

Wetdog said:

We're talking about kelp, not EWC.

Never tried seedlings in straight EWC. I don't think it would be too hot, but for sure, too heavy.

At least the castings from my bins are. Heavy, that is.

Wet

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from the OP
"just planted some seeds in some soil i mixed up. It was 4.5L sunshine mix, 1.5L worm castings, 1.5L perlite, 3tsp of bat guano"
I was just letting him know, he can burn his seeds,if he cares.

https://www.rollitup.org/members/jelmo44-183158/albums/medical-its-completely-legal-12064/882407-surprise-seedling/

this is definately burnt.
must be the EWC thats mixed in...

jelmo44 said:

https://www.rollitup.org/members/jelmo44-183158/albums/medical-its-completely-legal-12064/882407-surprise-seedling/

this is definately burnt.
must be the EWC thats mixed in...

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That's not a seed.