Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Pat Meadows <pat@meadows.pair.com>]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:40:56 -0700, you wrote:

 
>
>I'm always interested in finding better sources for the inputs I can't grow 
>or find nearby for free. I think someone mines greensand near the Gulf of 
>Mexico (as well as New Jersey), but never heard of Maxicrop.

I believe it's kelp.  Lots of gardeners swear by it:  you
spray it on the leaves.  

I'm not sure if it does anything or not (although I use it)
because I haven't done a trial (one pepper with kelp, one
without, for example).

AFAIK, it is not a substitute for fertilizer, but an
addition to it.

Pat
-- northern Pennsylvania
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