MARITIME is a highly soluble solution of biologically extracted kelp that can be used by growers to augment a balanced crop nutrition system. MARITIME’s biological and biochemical profile is unlike any other available kelp product on the market today. MARITIME may improve both soil and plant health by stimulating soil microbiota, improving plant growth and reducing crop stress for better crop quality and yield.
MARITIME holds both OMRI and WSDA organic certification.
MARITIME helps to:
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Enhance seed germination and early plant development
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Improve root growth and overall plant quality
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Increase nutrient uptake
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Reduce the negative effects of stress factors, including salinity, dry conditions/drought, excess heat or cold
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Mitigate transplant shock
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Contribute to better soil health
MARITIME contains highly effective bioactive compounds (primary and secondary metabolites from the biological kelp extraction process) known to improve nutrient and plant functioning. The bioactive compounds in MARITIME have been shown to:
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Enhance the plant’s ability to tolerate abiotic stresses like heat, drought, salinity or cold by positively influencing the plant’s metabolic activity in response to stress
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Mitigate plant transplant shock
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Include a broad range of beneficial, plant-available phytohormone-like compounds that improve root and shoot development
- Facilitate improvements in seed germination and greater nutrient uptake by the plant, particularly through improvements in root quality for greater efficiency capturing nutrients and water
MARITIME also contains a diverse microbial community that supports soil and plant health. This community includes nitrogen fixers, saline- tolerant species, plant-associated microorganisms and plant-growth promoting microorganisms.
MARITIME is manufactured using a breakthrough biological conversion platform that is able to deliver a broader range of benefits compared to typical chemical or physical (cold-press) methods of manufacturing kelp-based technologies.
Chemically or physically extracted kelp products are typically viscous and often include suspended kelp solids that can limit applications with calcium-based fertilizer like CAN-17 or CATs. MARITIME has improved handling properties due to the complete digestion of the kelp substrate during the bioconversion process. It is therefore very homogenous and flowable with no solid content, which makes it easy to blend with fertilizers, including CAN-17 and CATs, without issues related to sedimentation or solids.
The bioconversion process allows MARITIME to deliver a wider range of bioactive compounds and a diverse biological community, which have been shown to increase nutrient and plant functioning and mitigate plant stress, including the ability to mitigate salt stress with unmatched seed germination, plant growth and nutrient uptake. Chemically and physically extracted kelp products are less biologically and biochemically diverse, which can limit product function.
MARITIME’s biological and biochemical profile is unlike other available kelp products on the market today. MARITIME contains a broad range of bioactive compounds and a diverse biological community that together deliver improved abiotic stress tolerance, improve seed germination for a more robust early plant start, enhance root growth and nutrient uptake, and facilitate an increase in soil microbial activity. In competitive trials, this has translated into greater plant growth, better stress tolerance and higher yields compared to other kelp-based technologies that are currently on the market.
From a product handling perspective, MARITIME can be easily tank mixed with traditional crop inputs like herbicides, fertilizers or other crop protection chemistries due to the unique biological manufacturing process, which produces a highly soluble, homogenous product with no suspended solids. Typical kelp-based products may be viscous or contain suspended solids, which can interfere with mixing and handling.
General Questions
Abiotic stress is the negative impact of non-living or environmental factors on a plant or crop. Examples of abiotic plant stress include drought, excessive heat or cold, flooding, salinity, metal toxicity and nutrient deficiency. (Biotic stress, in contrast, consists of living disturbances to plants, such as fungi or harmful insects.)
Abiotic stress is naturally occurring and is largely unavoidable for outdoor plants or crops. It is also the most harmful and costly factor impacting the growth and productivity of crops worldwide.