By Nickolaus J Sanchez
Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro’s product line is the culmination of more than 150 years of experience and success, of trials and tribulations. What we have learned from our research can now be your success.
Our 5 simple-to-use products offer a comprehensive array of macro and micro-nutrients that ensure your plants a complete and balanced nutrient profile. Vigorous, healthy plants from the vegetative stage to flowering will result in organic and potent medicine that is free of excess salts and metals found in chemical-based fertilizers. Organic produce in the United States is more popular than ever. The market is expanding at an increasing pace and affordable organic produce is available to more demographics nationwide. The culture of cannabis has traditionally been characterized by earth-friendly, sustainable and socially-responsible cultivation practices. Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro hopes to continue this proud tradition. As more and more states develop guidelines for regulated and clean cannabis, both medical and recreational, cannabis growers will have to comply with those rules. Organic product availability and certification in the medical cannabis industry is now the norm. As cannabis is most often grown in a “monoculture” environment, the potential for issues like pests and fungal pathogens increases as canopy square-footage and plant count increases. Damping-off disease and pests like mites are kept at bay from agricultural plants through the application of organically-certified and synthetic pesticides/fungicides. A less-toxic approach is to feed your plants a bio-available array of nutrients. A diverse and thriving community of microorganisms is the immune system that protects the plant from pathogens. Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro has trillions of microbes engineered to stimulate the growing medium and the root zone and allow the plant to feast on the nutrients it needs to flourish and produce top-tier organic medical cannabis. As most medical cannabis users have either a weakened immune system or reduced liver/kidney function it is imperative that cannabis grown for medicinal purposes be free of mold, spores, and pesticides. Whether the consumable is smoked, vaped, or turned into an extract or concentrate, any pesticide, pathogen, and fungus residue will become concentrated in the final product. You must feed the soil in order to feed the roots. Even in a hydroponic setup, a biofilm of beneficial organisms maintain the health and balance of the substrate by slowly extractingand liberating nutrients from readily available organic sources. Root-rotting fungi such as pythium can quickly invade sterile, processed soils- -reducing seedlings to mush. Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro provides an ideal nutrient base on which soil microorganisms and roots can thrive. A living community of symbiotic and beneficial fungi, yeasts, and bacteria is your best insurance against pathogens. The forest-green and helpful fungi trichoderma subsist on raw, organic sources of nutrients to out-compete rootrotting pythium, rhizoctonia, and many other diseases. The organically produced nutrients in Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro are released slowly. This encourages the continued growth of micro-organisms while preventing rapid fluctuations in nutrient levels and pH levels which could lead to ‘burning’ of the roots and leaf tips. Cannabis absolutely relishes and depends on calcium to lend structural integrity to the cell walls when growing. Calcium-rich soils result in hearty, heavy leaves and flowers that are resistant to bending or physical damage. Conventional sources of calcium can raise pH, or tie-up other nutrients. Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro’s organic nutrient sources are naturally good sources of the proper proportions of calcium and magnesium for growing a calcium-loving plant such as cannabis. Our unprocessed organic nutrients are also natural sources of trace elements such as cobalt, nickel, silicon and others. These trace elements are necessary for vital enzyme processes in some plants and in helpful microorganisms.
There is a common misconception is that copious levels of phosphorus leads to larger cannabis flower clusters. New research, and phosphorus-polluted waters, have changed the understanding of excess phosphorus. Phosphate salts in particular can impair the growth of important mycorrhizal fungi. The levels of phosphorus in Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro are released slowly, moderated by the activity of microorganisms and soil temperature, matching the active phosphorus needs of the plant. Chemical salts used in conventional fertilizers raise the conductivity of the soil and impair the ability of the roots to take in water. Urea and ammonium used in conventional feeds can burn the roots, especially under the high temperatures in the desert Southwest. Most chemical fertilizer salts are produced using mining, chemical extraction and purifying processes that harm the environment. Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro is free of chemical salts; it is produced from renewable resources in a sustainable way that reduces waste, while nurturing the earth and your plants. Plants, just like the human body, depend on organic raw nutrients to feed the flora of their gut (or soil). The end result is overall health and resiliency. It is precisely that resiliency that allows the plant to resist drought, intense heat, or pests. As the state of California ventures into the regulated market, contaminated soil in conventionally-farmed agricultural areas has become an issue. The question is: Are California’s soils too contaminated for Cannabis to meet the new stringent lab testing requirements that will be put forth by the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA)? One particular type of contamination that affects the agricultural industry is caused by phosphorus — the “P” in the “N-P-K” ratio. The over-application of phosphate fertilizers is the main culprit. Phosphoric acid is highly soluble and leaches readily, potentially contaminating soils, water and habitats. There are decades of scientific evidence on the toxic effects of phosphorus leaching on the environment, like dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico for example. Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro has a highly bio-available form of phosphorus that is derived from raw organic materials found in nature. The soil microbes convert the phosphorus into a soluble form, allowing the plant to uptake as needed, rather than inundate the soil with an amount that is impossible for a plant to absorb—and thereby preventing the leaching of excess phosphorus into the environment. Availability of phosphorus depends on the action of microorganisms and mycorrhizal fungi. Studies indicate many plants, including cannabis, require rather small but consistent amounts of phosphorus during flowering. Because phosphorus naturally becomes unavailable to the roots as it lingers in the soil, it is the quality and availability of phosphorus that is paramount. At Amigo Bob’s Seaweed Gro we believe that the many ways to growing top-tier organic medical cannabis each require individuals and businesses to be responsible stewards to the plant and the land. We believe that we can improve on and build an industry that further nurtures the land and provides the purest, organic medicine that you can feel good about.
