Kelpak / KelpMax Usage
Login
User Name
Password   


Registration is FREE. Click to become a member of OrchidBoard community
(You're NOT logged in)

menu menu

Sponsor
Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.

Kelpak / KelpMax Usage
Many perks!
<...more...>


Sponsor
 

Google


Fauna Top Sites
LOG IN/REGISTER TO CLOSE THIS ADVERTISEMENT
  #1  
Old 11-21-2021, 01:50 PM
Ray's Avatar
Ray Ray is offline
Senior Member
 

Join Date: May 2005
Member of:AOS
Location: Oak Island NC
Posts: 14,790
Kelpak / KelpMax Usage Male
Default Kelpak / KelpMax Usage

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadeflower View Post
If you look at this supermarket phal the latest root it is producing is twice as thick as the previous roots



I might attribute it to kelpmax but like most supplements I use it very sparingly.

I am sure I have killed seedlings using it at full dose and now you are recommending even stronger Ray?

ok whatever you say 1:100, I use a rate of 1:25,000

You end up with roots like the one above and the kelpmax lasts 250 times longer. Some would argue that the tiny amounts I use then have no effect, well, that's fine too, then you don't need the stuff to get good roots growing. But if it does have an effect at the dosage I use then why use more than x100 times more of it.

Maybe we should be moving this to a dedicated kelpmax thread again if that becomes the new topic. I know this will result in 10 people claiming they have had excellent results using the full dose and that is not what I am disputing (although I think the full concentration can actually harm seedlings).
I just want to add what I do using the product as with most products. I check what is safe for tomatoes and I divide it by 10.

Thats standard procedure at mine and it has worked great so far.

I don't actually buy the kelpmax, I buy the kelpak european alternative and it says the dosage for a tree would be 4ml/l

I know it says the same on most seaweed bottles but I actually measured the ppm of my generic seaweed extract and kelpmax. Kelpmax has a much higher ppm content than other regular seaweed extracts.

That's good but then not much of it is needed to get great results with orchids.

When you check youtube channels using seaweed does anyone use the full dose of 40ml per bucket? No they go a little lower. Now kelpmax is at least 4 times stronger.
I believe that's what makes it good value for money but not if you use 100ml per bucket. It would need replacing in no time
The only difference between Kelpak and KelpMax is the bottle and label. At the request of Kelp Products when I first got the stuff for resale, I purchase Kelpak and repackage and relabel it s KelpMax for retail distribution.

When I first acquired a sample, I went back to the manufacturer and asked advice about using it on orchids. While they have reams of data on its use on other crops - mostly foods, nuts, fruit, grains and landscaping & turf - at the time, they had none relating to orchids. They gave me some experimental guidance, and I ended up with the 1:250 mixing ratio.

I have used that concentration regularly since late 2011 on all of my plants - orchids, bromeliads, nepenthes, miscellaneous tropical houseplants, plus lawns, outdoor plants like palms and cycads (which produce pups like wildfire with that treatment), impatiens, tomatoes, figs and herbs.

I have a hard time accepting that you have killed plants
at that mixing ratio. I have occasionally doubled that, and I recently tried an experiment in which I irrigated with the undiluted products, and nothing has suffered a bit.

About two years ago, Kelp Products got a new technical director who is an orchid grower, and we have been comparing notes. Just this last spring (about a year ago, Southern hemisphere-wise), he told me that he and several in his local orchid society treated their collections with a 1% solution (10ml/L) to "kick start" growth, and they were very impressed with the results.

I am convinced that at a 1:25000 dilution, you're getting no benefit from using the product at all. The manufacturer told me that below about 1:500, it has little-, to no effect.

DO NOT equate "seaweed extracts" with Kelpak. What people do with other brands has absolutely no bearing on how you should use Kelpak. Do a search specifically for Kelpak on Youtube, and you'll see practical recommendations based upon years of field experience.
__________________
Ray Barkalow, Orchid Iconoclast
FIRSTRAYS.COM
Try Kelpak - you won't be sorry!

Last edited by Ray; 11-21-2021 at 01:52 PM..
  #2  
Old 11-21-2021, 03:12 PM
Shadeflower Shadeflower is offline
Banned
 

Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 1,247
Kelpak / KelpMax Usage
Default

check it for me please Ray, I know you have a tds meter.

I just checked at mine, 4ml per liter increases the tds by 210ppm.

So 10ml/l would be 500ppm on top of the original tds of the water you use.

Now that is vanda strength and that is before I even add my main fertilizer.

Something smells a bit fishy here. I know it's not my kelpmax, I actually tried maxicrop for the first time, now that smells fishy.

Still either my kelpmax is super concentrated or it is really strong stuff.

Just for clarification, might be a silly question but it's meant to be green right? I ask because I know it isn't the same as seaweed extract which is brown but I just want to check it is the same product even if that is a very rudimentary way to tell but yeah mine is green so just checking.
  #3  
Old 11-21-2021, 05:01 PM
WaterWitchin's Avatar
WaterWitchin WaterWitchin is offline
Administrator
 

Join Date: Feb 2011
Zone: 6a
Location: Kansas
Posts: 5,033
Default

Ray, thank you for at least not dumping your and ShadeFlower's Kelpmax and/or fertilizer onto a thread meant to be about dehydrated rescue Phals.

Having said that, all moderators are getting pretty darned tired of the constant bickering about either subject. Y'alls theories get discussed, cussed, reprised, and then again. I think most board members who frequent here even semi-regularly already know where each of you stand on the subject, and it's damned close to ad nauseum, if not surpassing it.

At this point, mods insist y'all take it to a private conversation. Argue back and forth with each other all you want and exercise your opinions, but cease and desist on Orchid Board.

---------- Post added at 04:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:00 PM ----------

Thread is closed.
__________________
Caveat: Everything suggested is based on my environment and culture. Please adjust accordingly.
Post Thanks / Like - 3 Likes
Likes Roberta, SADE2020, tmoney liked this post
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

Tags
kelpak, kelpmax, orchids, products, seaweed


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Kelpmax in Netherlands cbrauchli Semi-Hydroponic Culture 43 07-11-2021 07:42 AM
Kelpak Distributors tmoney Scientific Matters 5 03-05-2021 03:02 AM
Kelpmax question 2Barefeet Advanced Discussion 10 04-17-2018 10:02 PM
Kelpak + Phalaenopsis + Semi-Hydro + Results + Pics empiref Semi-Hydroponic Culture 22 04-20-2013 03:24 PM
KLN vs Kelpak NewBloom Semi-Hydroponic Culture 8 07-09-2012 12:26 PM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:10 AM.

© 2007 OrchidBoard.com
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.37 (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Feedback Buttons provided by Advanced Post Thanks / Like (Lite) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.

Clubs vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.