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06-12-2014, 09:02 AM
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Holy Pups, KelpMan!!!!
OK, you all know of my KelpMax product for stimulating root growth. After regular (monthly) use, in addition to better root systems, I have noticed most of my plants are now putting out many more new growths, too, which thrills me to no end.
About 18 months ago I purchased a carnivorous bromeliad, Brocchinia reducta. The literature I've seen on it indicates that two or three "pups" are the norm for it. While it gets no fertilizer, I did let it get KelpMax this spring.
Here it is with 15 pups about the size it was when I got it, with more on the way!
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06-12-2014, 09:10 AM
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Amazing results! Kelp is good stuff.
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06-12-2014, 02:44 PM
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So whom does it eat?
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06-12-2014, 05:38 PM
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Sweet!
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06-12-2014, 06:40 PM
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I've gotten visible results with kelp. These miniature Angraecums have very fine roots, and you can see the increase in root diameter after I started using kelp in the first picture.
The root in the second picture grew after I started using kelp 1-2x month, so it's uniform in diameter and a monster compared to the roots this plant had when I got it.
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06-13-2014, 04:59 AM
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06-13-2014, 08:30 AM
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I don't know, Alla. Probably bugs. An article I read described the leaf scales as being "slippery", so stuff landing on it falls into the tank.
There is some debate whether it is carnivorous, semi-carnivorous, or not a carnivore at all, but due to the fact that the plant infuses water in the tank with a phosphotase enzyme, it was deemed as being so.
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06-13-2014, 11:13 AM
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Nice!
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06-21-2014, 09:03 AM
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Here's another example.
This paphiopedilum was acquired as a mature, single-growth plant, in low-bud, last November. It bloomed around Christmas, and after a few weeks, that faded away, so I stuck it in the greenhouse.
Out there it got fed and watered about weekly (30 ppm N K-Lite fertilizer in RO water), as the winter was so gray. Starting in March, I was able to increase that to twice a week, and it has been up to pretty much 3x/week since April. Also in April, I applied KelpMax at a tablespoon per gallon for three successive waterings, then about once a month since.
Here is is with eight (yes 8!!!) new growths.
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