Ever wince when you have to throw away expired raw kelp because you have forgotten to use it?

Instead of throwing out expired raw produce in May 2015, I decided to make my own plant food and liquid feed.

 

STEP 1 – Rinsed a few times in cold water to rid of salt

 

How to make fertilizer and liquid feed for plants from seaweed

 

STEP 2 – Soak in water until soften.

It will expand like this.

 

How to make fertilizer and liquid feed for plants from seaweed

 

Once kelp is soft, cut into small pieces for pulping.

Separate pulp from the liquid

 

Home made seaweed or kelp fertilizer

 

DISADVANTAGE – The smell is bad.

Use in outdoor gardens only.

 

Home made seaweed or kelp fertilizer
Kelp pulp and liquid separated and kept to ferment before using

 

How we used homemade kelp fertilizer for edibles garden :

 

 

How to use home made kelp fertilizer indoors
Bed bath watering for strawberries seedlings

 

Kelp liquid feed turned into ice cubes to water and cool strawberry seedlings during the heatwave in June 2015.

 

How to use home made kelp fertilizer

 

Iced Nutrients feeding the soil of cool seasoned plants in 2015.

 

How we use home made liquid kelp fertilizer

 

Benefits of kelp/seaweed fertilizer for plants 

 

Strawberry seedlings on homemade kelp fertilizer grew better.

 

Benefits of home made liquid kelp fertilizer

 

Kelp has cytokinins and auxins and is a natural growth fertilizer for every stage of the plant’s life.

 

Benefits of home made liquid kelp fertilizer for bell pepper plants
Testing Kelp fertilizer on outdoors capsicums

 

Kelp and most sea plants usually contain over 70 minerals and vitamins.

 

Benefits of home made liquid kelp fertilizer for capsicum plants
Kelp + Compost = Healthy plant with bountiful harvest 🙂

 

Kelp and any sea plants are organic food sources as they are grown in the ocean.

Thus, do explore new ways to re-use expired raw greens for the garden instead of throwing them away without a second thought.

Be Creative! Made your own self-watering pots that sealed in the smells of fermenting kelp pulp or liquid.

 

How to use home made kelp fertilizer in self watering pots indoors

 

Rinsed rice water and Kelp in self-watering propeller “pot” from Garden UrbanGreen Video.

 

How to use home made kelp fertilizer in self watering pots

 

Strawberries on a liquid diet of homemade kelp fertilizer in self-watering pots.

 

Typical uses of kelp as a soup stock in Asian kitchens :

 

How to use kelp as a soup stock for noodles
A hearty kelp noodle broth with seafood and vegetables 🙂

 

How to use kelp as a soup stock for noodles
Kelp soup stock with Soba (healthy Japanese comfort food) 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 thoughts on “Home Made Kelp Fertilizer”

    1. Hi Gina,

      Ours were already expired kelp so we only need to ferment for a week. We use as a dilute extract in ice cubes form for indoor pots and the rest are for outdoor garden only.

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