Re: it's rooted, seaweed [kelp]

where do you think agar comes from, my dear?

At 08:05 AM 12/15/02 -0600, you wrote:
hold the phone, people EAT this stuff?? Brrrrrr.
:-P

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: jim singer <jsinger@igc.org>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 07:06:56 -0500

>if it was dried for agricultural use, i'd say sure. if it was dried for
>human or animal food, i don't think i'd use it only because you don't have
>much assurance that the excess nacl was thoroughly washed off.
>
>
>At 08:43 PM 12/14/02 -0500, you wrote:
>>I have some dried dried kelp. Would it help to scratch a little into the
>>soil of houseplants?
>>Kitty
>>
>>
>> > [Original Message]
>> > From: Pamela J. Evans <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
>> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> > Date: 12/14/2002 6:37:52 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] ot gardening [snicker] it's rooted
>> >
>> > I adore kelp - it's good for everything! Diluted on house plants and
>>containers, makes a great fertilizer for everything in the yard, even as a
>>foliar feed for my roses and peppers mixed w/ a little Neem to keep the
>>fungal diseases at bay. I couldn't do w/out it!!
>> >
>> > Pam
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> > From: jim singer <jsinger@igc.org>
>> > Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:21:37 -0500
>> >
>> > >probably wouldn't hurt. could help. kelp is gentle stuff and generally
>>good
>> > >for maintaining the status quo--and that's what you want here. keep the
>> > >dilution up [50-100:1] come spring you'll want to burn the barn in a
>> > >potting mix laced with blood, bone, and cotton seed--and horse manure
>>[if
>> > >you can get it].
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >At 05:05 PM 12/14/02 -0600, you wrote:
>> > >>Jim - do you think of dab of liquid kelp in the water might help
>>nutrient
>> > >>wise? Or would that be too much??
>> > >>
>> > >>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>> > >>From: jim singer <jsinger@igc.org>
>> > >>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
>> > >>Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:45:24 -0500
>> > >>
>> > >> >this is exciting, donna. this is what i would do if i lived where you
>>do.
>> > >> >1. i would keep the rooted cutting in water, but 2. i would make sure
>>the
>> > >> >water was sweet [add charcoal nuggets, replenish with bottled "spring"
>> > >> >water]. 3. i would try to keep the level of light and temperature the
>>same
>> > >> >[constant] as the rooting level. 4. i would keep my fingers crossed
>>until
>> > >> >spring.
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >At 03:34 PM 12/14/02 -0600, you wrote:
>> > >> >>Sorry for the cross posts...
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>Some of you may recall in the spring I was trying to id a tree,
>>Prunus
>> > >> >>serrulata 'Shirofugen.' (yeah, I know about a million messages ago)
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>As I was unearthing a spare bedroom that was filled with X-Mas
>>packages,
>> > >> >>I found the branch, and still had water in the bottle that contained
>>it.
>> > >> >>( how did that happen!)
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>It appears to have many small roots on it now. Since I live in zone
>>5,
>> > >> >>the weather is already winter, and the ground is frozen. Although
>>nature
>> > >> >>has already taken care of this soon to be tree, and it obviously
>>wants
>> > >> >>to live, what should I do to help it along? Leave it and add
>>nutrients
>> > >> >>to the water? Try potting it up and move it to a better light
>>location?
>> > >> >>Bury it back in the corner where it was? Duh?
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>Donna
>> > >> >>IL, Zone 5..
>> > >> >
>> > >> >jsinger@igc.org
>> > >> >
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