Re: it's rooted, seaweed [kelp]

Sure, we do -- good source of minerals. It's especially nice in Asian soups, and most people consume it as the source of a thickener used in ice cream manufacture. I eat a number of other types of seaweed, some make a good salad, some are dried and crumbled and used as a condiment.
Cathy
On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 08:05 AM, Pamela J. Evans 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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