Natrakelp
Doug and Kaye
McGaughey own Natrakelp, it’s a family business with both son and daughter
involved.
The factory is situated just out from Maroochydore,
Queensland.
We use this product all year round in our garden and advise
others just how good it is.
Natrakelp Liquid Seaweed is a certified organic product made
from brown kelp.
The Brown kelp comes from the cold, unpolluted waters of
both the southern and northern hemisphere.
Don’t forget that kelp is the fastest growing plant in the
world
The efficacy of a seaweed product is judged by the amount of
Alginic acid retained in the
product.
Alginic acid is a
naturally occurring hydrophilic colloidal polysaccharide (sugars) obtained from
various species of brown seaweed (Kelp).
Seaweed products also contain a wide range of minerals and
trace elements.
The kelp is either harvested or collected from the
shoreline.
It is then hung in the open, allowed to be washed by the
rain to remove any sand and excess salt, then kiln dried and put through a
hammermill to the consistency of meal.
It is then bagged and sent to the factory at Maroochydore
for processing.
It is then put into large stainless steel vats using a
unique bacterial fermentation process for 21 days with absolutely no heat or
chemical used.
This process retains
all the vital elements of the original kelp including the alginates.
Other products are manufactured either after the alginate is removed or used as a bi-
product or by using either heat or
chemicals (acids) which tend to destroy much of the original alginates.
After the fermentation process the liquid is filtered to 100
mesh to allow it to go through all types of sprays.
Natrakelp is packaged into various sizes from 1 litre for
home garden use to 1,000 litre for commercial growers.
Seaweed products are used for the ability to:
Provide more rapid germination
Increase nutrient uptake
Increase both yield and quality
Increase shelf life
Increased frost tolerance.
Increase photosynthesis
Decrease water stress due to either drought or salinity.
So, all in all it’s a great product that does wonders for
your garden as it has done for ours.
