From: soilfoodweb@aol.com
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 03:22:18 EST
You need to consider what forms of nutrients plants can take up, and then ask
whether kelp has these forms. Doesn't count to consider the nutrients they
ADD to the kelp.
So, what is the form of N in kelp? Not nitrate. Plant material should not
have high levels of nitrate.
What form of P in kelp? Phosphate? Phosphorus? No.
These nutrients are in the form of proteins, plant cytoplasm, etc in plants,
not as inorganic forms of N. So, can plants access the nutrients inside
plant cells only after what happens?
Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
www.soilfoodweb.com
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