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Fertilizer Opinion, MaxSea 16-16-16

Dan OKeeffe

By Dan OKeeffe
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Dan OKeeffe

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I have recently been turned on to MaxSea all purpose organic fertilizer 16-16-16. It have many micro nutrients including boron and is mainly compromised of seaweed. Does anyone use this product? Thoughts?

Thanks

Dan

Foggy San Francisco

Average Monthly Hi 60.2 F

Average Monthly Lo 49.9 F

Avearge Monthy 55.2F

Average Summer Hi 61.8F

Average Winter Lo 45.8

quaman58 Grand Master

quaman58

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Dan,

I'm not the most regimented or sophisticated fertilizing guy, but what sticks in my mind is that every time I have spoken to Jeff Markus, he has gone on to great lengths about the benefits of any fertilizer that contains kelp. He's apparently sold on the fact that kelp has the near perfect mix of micros. Given the results he gets, I'm not going to argue with him..

Bret

 

Coastal canyon area of San Diego

 

"In the shadow of the Cross"

_Keith Grand Master

_Keith

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  quaman58 said:
Dan,

I'm not the most regimented or sophisticated fertilizing guy, but what sticks in my mind is that every time I have spoken to Jeff Markus, he has gone on to great lengths about the benefits of any fertilizer that contains kelp. He's apparently sold on the fact that kelp has the near perfect mix of micros. Given the results he gets, I'm not going to argue with him..

Near perfect mix. Are you speaking for palms, for plants in general, or for other groups of plants. Tell more.

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  dokeeffe said:
I have recently been turned on to MaxSea all purpose organic fertilizer 16-16-16. It have many micro nutrients including boron and is mainly compromised of seaweed. Does anyone use this product? Thoughts?

Sounds like nuclear seaweed--you'd expect something more like 1-1-1 than 16-16-16 :hmm: Maybe that's what Godzilla ate!

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  dokeeffe said:
I have recently been turned on to MaxSea all purpose organic fertilizer 16-16-16. It have many micro nutrients including boron and is mainly compromised of seaweed. Does anyone use this product? Thoughts?

Sounds like nuclear seaweed--you'd expect something more like 1-1-1 than 16-16-16 :hmm: Maybe that's what Godzilla ate!

Or maybe what Godzilla pooped after he ate it!!!!!!

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Dan OKeeffe

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I was planning to use it as a general purpose fertilizer for my entire garden, including palms. I typically fertilizer with a palm specific material in the spring time. Now I am thinking this would be a nice year round supplement with light usage.

Thanks for the responses.

Dan

Dan

Foggy San Francisco

Average Monthly Hi 60.2 F

Average Monthly Lo 49.9 F

Avearge Monthy 55.2F

Average Summer Hi 61.8F

Average Winter Lo 45.8

Mats Rising Star

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  dokeeffe said:
I have recently been turned on to MaxSea all purpose organic fertilizer 16-16-16. It have many micro nutrients including boron and is mainly compromised of seaweed. Does anyone use this product? Thoughts?

I've used MaxSea for container plants and it's good stuff, but in the end, I found it too expensive. I think you're better off buying a good fertilizer in the ratio you want and supplementing it with a kelp product. This is the kelp product I've used for years - Maxicrop

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Sounds like nuclear seaweed--you'd expect something more like 1-1-1 than 16-16-16

If it was just a seaweed product, you're right. But MaxSea is a fertilizer like Peters with some kelp added.

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deezpalms Grand Master

deezpalms

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Kelp is always good to use with plants but a triple 16 ratio is way off of what palms like. Typical palm fert. numbers are in a 3-1-2 ratio.

Dave Hughson

Carlsbad, Ca

1 mile from ocean

Zone 10b

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true true true Dave......and make sure the fert has all the micros.

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