Seaweed & Sea Kelp Extract Fertilizers: What You Need To Know About How They Work In The Lawn

[@TurfMechanic]

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[@ccccclark2605]

I live in central Texas. Zone 9. Heavy clay soil over rock/kaliche. My grass grew fast and green with fish emulsion. I diluted it by the bucket and sloshed it on the grass. Very low tech. Not perfect. But the grass liked it.

[@gramps5157]

Bought Cytogro and put it down today. In the past I put down RGS in a spot where the grass was always struggling and it work like a charm strengthening the grass in that area. That area filled in nicely and the best part, it continues to stay healthy and strong.

[@geoffkopecky3652]

How do you think the cytogro tis working? I was thinking of switching from great results of RGS like you and going with the cytogro and humic 12. ?

[@petedetraglia4776]

RGS also contains humic acid in which chelates micro and micro nutrients allowing the plant to uptake them more easily. If your lawn uptakes more key nutrients for its growth and health then you have a better soil and lawn. RGS, Humic 12, Micro green, Air 8, and D-Thatch is what I use and the results are absolutely incredible. I use both organic and synthetic fertilizers that have rapid and long lasting release times and my lawn is loving it.

[@FrankC656]

Ah yes, Cytogro. I have heard of that one before but couldn’t remember the name. Thank you! New lawn renovation and it’s going to be treated like a princess.

[@TurfMechanic]

NICE - You're grass will love you for it! It's also a nice way to lower your lawns watering needs too. Deeper more developed root systems make for more durable plants. Continue loving your lawn Matt!

[@LongRaiderNight]

You hands down make the best videos for me to understand what i want to put on my lawn. I really enjoy how easily you can simplify the data

[@Dan4052]

Excellent video! Very informative. I never knew all this. Thank you for making it!

[@NinosYoukhana]

Good insights

[@normanthibault2744]

Thanks for all of your info

[@heavymechanic2]

I been using different forms of kelp fertilizer for 20+ years and settled on GS Plant Food in FL as an inexpensive source but their source ingredients are not on the label. I use fish fertilizer and humic products with my vegetable garden and also tried RGS which is more concentrated. I'm a firm believer in amending the soil with micros as most people over farm the soil and apply loads of cheap macro nutrients with limited results.

[@lukeb9910]

Hey, thanks for this info. I've been looking at kelp for a while since a salesmen recommended it for a football field... I'm having trouble finding reaserch or tests using kelp that are not put out by manufacturers or salesmen. Have you done tests where you only put kelp on some of your lawn for a year to see if there is a difference? Also are there measurable results from kelp or is it all subjective? Any insight is appreciated.

[@brendachisholm2325]

SUPER PRESENTATION. MUCH NITTY GRITTY!!!

[@TurfMechanic]

Thanks so much for the comment Brenda! I'm so glad it helps people like yourself!

[@DieselDan09]

New sub learned alot... Beautiful back drop

[@mrdobalina3451]

What’s the best way to apply it? I’m concerned it may block my backpack sprayer.

[@SheppyZed]

Great video. How many applications should be applied? Certain number of weeks? Once or twice a year?

[@YoMamaBoyfriend007]

Once a month during the growing season.

[@whitke5504]

Very nice video. Have you heard of spirulina? It’s a alge supplement and been around for 100’s of years. It has a high volume of cytokinins. I’m going to try it in one of my test lawn buckets after watching this video.

[@henrycordero8265]

Love this video!

[@Dan4052]

I have recently started watching a lot of your videos, and they are great! You have a nice way of explaining things and still being brief. Thank you. After watching this video, I ordered some Cytogro and it just arrived. I need some help from you in understanding the recommended dilution ratio and coverage. First of all, and please pardon my stupid question but it calls for .8 ounces per 1000 ft.². How does this translate into applying to a lawn with a backpack pump sprayer? I know this is dumb, but how much is .8 ounces? And how far does, say a gallon, go per 1000 ft.²? So how much do I mix per gallon, and how far should I get on my lawn with that gallon? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated . Thank you for putting up with me.

[@CorandoEG]

i live in NW Indiana. how often should i apply kelp?

[@Los714]

I saw that simple lawn solutions has product with seaweed and humic acid. I seen that they say where they get there sea kelp from. I’ve never used it. Do you recommend it?

[@monkeyslawncareandgardenin473]

Great information!

[@TurfMechanic]

Thanks Rob, I think since so many people say how great Sea kelp is we should all try to at least have a basic understanding of what it is actually doing to improve our lawns and gardens. Glad you enjoyed the piece.

[@onebasecannonrush7416]

Wondering if he was going to touch on the Virginia Tech study about 5:2 humic/kelp. Gives all the credit to kelp, and then adds in oh it's got humic in it.

[@rodneyyoung8096]

Personally, I've found that if you " Simply " have a load of multch and spread it out over the entire yard.. All this overload 😂 of information is unnecessary. Before I've done this i took a drill bit and welded it to a 3 foot extension. Drilling holes in my yard 6 to 8 inches deep and approximately the same distance apart. This😂 was the way to deep soke without the wasted run off of the water. Agreed with once a week deep watering. This is the first year ive done this. It's working very well. Also agree with mowing at the 4 inches. But I raised my mower at 5 inches. Tack welded it because my mower was only maxed at 4 inches. And now im going to mow approximately every 5 days. Thanks for the advice. And im hoping to use a weed killer that is grass friendly in the beginning of September. Have a great day and thank you for some new improvements for our lawns.

[@jasonmaddox8913]

Cool story 🥱

[@ckrxx644]

Wtf kind of comment is this lmao

[@LawnJourneys]

Good topic.

[@TurfMechanic]

I thought so; I really wanted to learn a lot of this stuff so I figure that always makes for the best topics. Thanks for the watch and comment!

[@TheDylan6908]

Silver Cymbal has a vid on a homemade combo spray to help ease summer heat stress on lawns. One component is GS Sea Kelp. Is the type of Sea Kelp in that product more appropriate for that particular use? Or would another brand be better?

[@BrettSucks]

He is a prolific shill/salesman

[@TheDylan6908]

@@BrettSucks I guess lawn care products like most others things have to be considered with a healthy dose of scepticism.

[@TheDylan6908]

@@BrettSucks Brett, which lawn KZbinrs do you feel aren't just trying to sell someone's products and are giving you legit info!

[@donnarizzo3510]

How to used Cytogro

[@raczyk]

What about Sea Magic Seaweed which a a dry extract which is first diluted in water?

[@lestar83]

Hi, should i apply kelp on my tilled soil and then put topsoil on it with seed or is it recommended to put the kelp directly on seed? Thanks

[@TurfMechanic]

If it was me I'd put it down then spread top soil over it. I like incorporating stuff under soil as often as possible. I don't know of a benefit of kelp on seed so I'd get it in the soil and wait for that seed to start growing.

[@lestar83]

@@TurfMechanic perfect. Thanks

[@meatman3042]

My yard is very high in phosphorus and I have a low ph 4,7 , so I've been dumping lime on my yard like crazy and anything I put down has a zero for p in npk . I want to put down a humic acid with fulvic because I read somewhere that the fulvic will help the root intake food better . Kinda force spoon feed is what I'm thinking it means . Would you recommend this ?

[@joshua7999]

My poa annua and poa triv love this stuff

[@Gartferry]

Kelp is a specific genus of seaweed and includes species such as Laminaria Digitata and Laminaria Saccharina (Sugar Kelp)

[@michaelsteele5495]

I am in the process of converting my lawn to Zoysia via plugs, potentially this should really help my plugs spread and fill in. Do you know of any granules? I do better with granules

[@HiddenAgendas]

kelp is best applied as a foliar spray.

[@Garricher5958]

Do you ever need to mechanically aerate your lawn by a plug aerator?

[@TurfMechanic]

I mechanically aerate twice a year in March and at around the 1st of Sept. I do this in addition to ocassionally running an electric dethatcher and applying semi-regular apps of liquid aeration. I've documented both mechanical aeration jobs from this year on the channel if you want to give them a look.

[@CCCC-tq8yo]

6:43 my back and head

[@johac7637]

Like with anything living, it likes to eat, so does your grass, so the removal of clippings is like being a bulimia victim, so feed your lawns, my go to is alfalfa pellets, twice a year, it thrives.

[@harperexplores9349]

Can’t a person use a PGR and RGS together? I mean, since you are blocking the Gibberelic acid with the PGR then you don’t have to worry about pushing growth with the RGS.

[@TurfMechanic]

That sounds reasonable...never considered that combo before though. I'd have to do more research before saying more than that though.

[@CuriousinNY]

@@TurfMechanicI’m curious what your research found about using PGR and RGS together. Please advise. Thank you.

[@TurfMechanic]

@@CuriousinNY I never got around to this one. Never made it into my to-do list. I'm still curious but it seems to me like it's just a workaround if you happened to have both products on hand.

[@douglassamuel3943]

What if you want to push top growth (shade, dog traffic)can give a couple examples 🤔🙄

[@TurfMechanic]

If I wanted to emphasize top growth then I'd simply use kelp instead of cytogro and then utilize a higher nitrogen fertilization strategy. I don't know of any products at the moment that hormonally focus on top growth at the sacrifice of bottom growth.

[@CCCC-tq8yo]

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[@brochman8307]

Laminaria & Ascophyllum are not the same Algae they are totally different and have different properties. There are also different types of Laminaria with different properties.

[@CCCC-tq8yo]

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[@gmog7857]

You have been talking for hours why?

[@TurfMechanic]

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