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
STEP 2 – Soak in water until soften.
It will expand like this.
Once kelp is soft, cut into small pieces for pulping.
Separate pulp from the liquid
DISADVANTAGE – The smell is bad.
Use in outdoor gardens only.
How we used homemade kelp fertilizer for edibles garden :
Kelp liquid feed turned into ice cubes to water and cool strawberry seedlings during the heatwave in June 2015.
Iced Nutrients feeding the soil of cool seasoned plants in 2015.
Benefits of kelp/seaweed fertilizer for plants
Strawberry seedlings on homemade kelp fertilizer grew better.
Kelp has cytokinins and auxins and is a natural growth fertilizer for every stage of the plant’s life.
Kelp and most sea plants usually contain over 70 minerals and vitamins.
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.
Rinsed rice water and Kelp in self-watering propeller “pot” from Garden UrbanGreen Video.
Strawberries on a liquid diet of homemade kelp fertilizer in self-watering pots.
Typical uses of kelp as a soup stock in Asian kitchens :
Hi how Long do we need to ferment the kelp?
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.