Good for plants, good for soil. Good for you.

Ever since the negative environmental impacts of chemical fertilizers caught people’s attention, an increasing demand for a sustainable alternative arose.

Cue in seaweed extract. 

Lately, liquid seaweed extract, specially from kelp, has been commonly used as a biostimulant in commercial crop production. In fact, this specific type has been chosen over conventional fertilizers due to its promising ability to enrich both plants and soil. 

How is seaweed turned into sustainable fertilizer? 

Simply put: collect the seaweed, rinse away its salt water, let it decompose or ferment until its plant material breaks down into a liquid. Or, let kelp dry and mill it to turn it into a kelp meal fertilizer. 

And for a rather simple process, the benefits are remarkable

Benefits for the plant 

It stimulates and accelerates the germination of seeds

It counts with nutrients that stimulate roots to grow strongly and healthy

Improves and increases crop production 

It allows greater homogeneity in the size of fruits 

It is a source of phytoalexins, which increases plant’s natural defenses

Increases the ability to capture nutrients provided in the fertilizer 

Reduces of the aging of the plant or crop 

Increases plant’s resistance to drought, salinity and stress

Positively affects flowering and fruit setting 

Benefits for the soil

Maintains soil PH 

Increases availability of macronutrients and micronutrients 

Stabilizes soil structure through amendments like nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, sulfur, sodium. 

Keeps the soil moisture and prevent the weed growing

Promotes soil microbial life

At a time when looking out for our health and the environment is of utmost importance, it would be remiss of you not to consider biostimulants made from kelp.