Re: [compost_tea] Re: Warm water 'sea grasses'
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:04:09 -0000, David Hall <dchall8_at_texas.net> wrote:
> Ascophyllum nodosum, as the only satisfactory animal feed, soil
> amendment, and tea ingredient. What is magic about the grasses from
> cold water?
Nothing. It is more a question of how good is it? Rather than if it is "bad".
It just happens that some of the best species are cold water species.
Not all cold water kelp is as good. And you keep talking about sea
grass, which definitely is not kelp. Kelp is an algae.
My field guide for here in Washington lists 7 types of local green
algae, 17 types of brown algae (that includes all species of kelp, as
well as sargassum) and 14 types of red algae. It only lists two types
of sea grass. And this is only algae that is big enough to for
macroscopic "plants", and it is only counting the salt water algae.
I would be willing to bet that you could get a decent response by
adding fresh water green algae from hawaii to your tea. Give it a test
and report on your results.
Dave
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Received on Sun Nov 07 2004 - 21:32:03 EST
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