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Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust, 2 kg
Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust, 2 kg
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Description
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Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust is a naturally occurring soil amendment derived from the slow weathering of ancient volcanic and glacial rocks. This finely powdered rock dust is a valuable addition to your gardening and agricultural practices, as it enriches your soil with a wide spectrum of essential minerals and trace elements.
Key Features:
Mineral-Rich: This product is an excellent source of minerals and trace elements, such as calcium, magnesium, iron, and many others, which are vital for plant growth and soil health.
Natural and Unprocessed: Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust is unaltered by synthetic chemicals or industrial processes, making it a pure and natural product.
Improves Soil Structure: It enhances soil structure and nutrient-holding capacity, promoting healthy root development and moisture retention.
Slow Release: The minerals in glacial rock dust are released slowly over time, providing long-lasting benefits to your plants and soil.
Versatile Use: Suitable for a wide variety of plants, including vegetables, fruits, flowers, and trees, as well as in lawns and landscapes.
Organic Gardening: A preferred choice for organic gardeners who wish to avoid synthetic chemical fertilizers.
Benefits:
Enhanced Plant Nutrition: Glacial rock dust enriches your soil with a multitude of essential minerals, ensuring your plants receive the nutrients they need for robust growth.
Soil Vitality: It fosters a healthy and thriving soil ecosystem by replenishing depleted minerals and trace elements.
Reduced Nutrient Depletion: By restoring minerals to your soil, it helps prevent nutrient depletion that can lead to weak or unhealthy plants.
Sustainable Gardening: Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust is a sustainable choice, supporting environmentally friendly gardening practices.
Improved Crop Quality: Many gardeners report improved flavor, aroma, and nutritional content in fruits and vegetables grown with the addition of rock dust.
Applications:
Vegetable Gardens: Apply to your vegetable garden to boost the nutrition and flavor of your produce.
Fruit Orchards: Enhance fruit quality and yield in your orchard or fruit trees.
Flower Beds: Use in flower gardens to improve bloom size, color, and overall plant vitality.
Lawns: Revitalize your lawn with the minerals it needs for dense, healthy turf.
Landscapes: Apply in landscape design and maintenance to support the health of ornamental plants and trees.
Use Instructions:
Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust can be applied at any time of the year.
The recommended application rate may vary depending on your soil's specific needs. As a general guideline, you can apply around 2-4 lbs (0.9-1.8 kg) per 100 square feet (9.3 square meters) of soil.
It can be sprinkled directly onto the soil surface or mixed into the soil.
Water the area thoroughly after application to help the minerals integrate with the soil.
Note: For precise application recommendations, consult the product label or your local gardening expert.
Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust is a valuable tool for gardeners and growers looking to enhance the nutritional value and vitality of their plants, while also promoting the health and fertility of their soils. Whether you're tending to a backyard garden, an orchard, or a larger agricultural operation, this natural rock dust is an asset to your gardening toolkit.
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INFORMATION QUESTIONS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Hydroponics?
Hydroponics is the science of growing plants without soil. The plants thrive on the nutrient-water solution alone. The growing medium merely acts as a support for the plants and their root systems while the solution passes freely. The growing medium, if any, is totally inert.
What types of plants grow best hydroponically?
Anything can be grown hydroponically, but some plants prove to be more space efficient. Some plants we suggest are tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot chilies, lettuce, spinach, squash, cucumbers, broccoli, beans, snow peas, herbs and flowers of all types.
Can you REALLY get better yields/quicker growth?
Absolutely. The plants, when receiving everything they need, tend to be healthier, faster growing and generally more productive. You can expect 30% faster growth with many crops.
What are the watering cycle timelines hydroponic systems?
Once the reservoir is filled with nutrients, it is time to put your hydro system to work! The ease of hydroponics is automation – automation is achieved by putting the pump on a timer according to your watering needs. The watering cycle depends on growth stage, growing medium and hydroponic system. In an ebb and flow or drip system with rockwool as the medium, seedlings, clones and plants in the early vegetative stage require watering only once a day for 15-30 minutes (twice a day for higher temps). Mature, flowering and fruiting plants require a heavier feed and can be fed once a day for 30 minutes (twice a day for higher temps). Typically soiless mixes and coco fiber can be watered for about 15 minutes twice a day, and can be adjusted for heavier feeding during the flowering and fruiting stage or higher temps. ViaStone, Hydroton, Grow Rocks, and Silicate mediums need to be watered more frequently – a constant drip for drip systems, and about 15-30 minutes every 3 hours for ebb and flow systems and can be adjusted for heavier feeding during the flowering and fruiting stage or higher temps. Aeroponic systems require frequent watering cycles; 30-60 seconds every few minutes or a constant spray.
What do I need to test pH? How do I test pH?
pH has a range from 0 (acidic) – 14 (alkaline), with 7 being neutral. A proper hydroponic pH range is between 5.5 to 6.2 for most hydroponic crops. For specific crop pH, check out our Plant Guide. pH must remain within the proper range for good plant health, disease resistance, and proper nutrient uptake. pH is maintained by adding pH Up and pH Down to the nutrient solution. For more information, see the Testssection of our site.
How will the flavor compare to my outdoor grown, organic produce?
The taste may be even better! This is simply due to the fact that the hydroponically grown plants are getting everything they need, when they need it. Don’t be fooled by “hot house” produce grown commercially. The grower’s primary concern is shipability and storage, not flavor. When you grow your own vegetables at home, you can expect nothing less than excellent results. Plus, hydroponically grown produce has the added benefit of a longer shelf life.