Kelp as soil, crop & feed amendment

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It is often said on this forum that kelp is not desirable for iodine

supplementation and warnings are raised about heavy metals like arsenic and

mercury for those wanting to use it.

My jury is still out on all that and I lean toward kelp being more beneficial

than detrimental - when the source is of good quality of course. Though I do

agree that kelp alone cannot provide the necessary quantities of iodine in

today's contaminated world. I completely agree that Lugol's or Iodoral is

needed for an adequate iodine protocol and that the companion nutrients are

essential.

Yes, even good quality kelp is going to have some elevated amounts of certain

heavy metals but for me the iodine content, phytonutrients and other components

of the kelp balance that all out to a degree that is more beneficial than

detrimental.

Kelp contains what, 80 plus trace minerals or so? And other amazing qualities

that I'm not going into today.

I believe that a quality source of kelp is extremely beneficial as a

soil/crop/pasture/feed amendment and will go a long way to healing damage done

from soil depletion and things like the radiation fallout we experience (which

happens more often than is realized or advertised).

We have fed our pastured animals free choice kelp for years and they have

thrived on it. They also receive other minerals free choice so the kelp is not

a stand alone item, but more than anything we put out for them they consume the

kelp at significantly higher rate.

Feed pastured animals kelp, spread the manure to fortify the pasture. Use kelp

on the lawn for fertilizer or spread atop the garden if you don't have animals.

Compost the manure and lawn clippings to use in the garden. Give chickens free

choice iodine for enriched eggs. And so on ...

Last year there was an accidental kelp overdose in one part of the lawn and it

grew prolifically of course. This winter when there was 2 feet of snow on the

lawn the deer went to that one spot and dug through the snow to graze on the

lawn below. An interesting observation don't you think? Freezing temperatures,

2 feet of snow and yet the deer concentrated on that one area. Which by the way

is really close to the house and not a place that the deer usually travel when

they come by. Our poor dogs already had limited space to roll in the snow and

do their business and then the deer decided to make a stand for that lawn space

.... it was a balancing act there for awhile but fortunately nobody got hurt

(and I'm talking about the dogs here!!) ...

My whole point here being that I think that products like Kelp and AgriSea-90

are healing nutrients for depleted and contaminated soils and since we are what

we eat starting at the root level is always a good idea.