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 orchids 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!

 

Kelly - in the concentrate, KelpMax has a faint "beach odor"; but once diluted, almost none at all. I mix it with my fertilizer solution, and that has more of an odor.

Boytjie - it was new to me, too. 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.

 

Here's another example.

This complex paphiopedilum was acquired as a mature, single-growth plant, in low-bud, last Fall. 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 pretty much 2 or 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 it is with eight (yes 8!!!) new growths.

 

Certainly. It's not absolutely necessary, as the manufacturer claims the activity level is stable for "at least 2 years" at room temperature.

Certainly you can Eric, but you'd probably end up committing a lot of it to a stock tank, and then have to store the unused portion, so you won't be using it constantly.(I recommend 1 Tbsp/gal, no more than about every 2-3 weeks - I do so monthly) I got around that by using an Ortho hose-end mixer on the hose coming from the dosing pump.