We use a proprietary method to extract the elements from very pure ocean water. It is not a concentrate and is processed far offshore away from toxic coastal land run-off.

Yes, we are approved by OMRI for organic production.

Yes. We do not recommend using chlorinated water which can kill beneficial bacteria. We recommend that you only mix what you plan on using within a day or so. Material in local water could have a negative effect on the balance of the elements if stored after mixing.

The dilution rate is highly dependent on the exact application and desired results, and it is thus variable depending on those and other conditions. Some recycling hydroponic users have reported great results with 300:1, while some grass crops have success at 50:1.

Yes it can, but use no more than a 100:1 ratio to be on the safe side with very delicate flower petals. We recommend not exceeding 200:1 on bromeliads.

No. Wheat grass and sprout growers often apply three or more times a day for the entire growing cycle. It is safe provided the recommended dilution rates are followed.

OceanSolution™ will help with balancing the pH of the soils, but regardless of how poor the soil is or how out of pH balance, when you offer your plants all the nutrients they require it over rides whatever is bad in the soil. The reason there is so much concern about the pH of soil at all is because our plants are under so much stress today from not getting the nutrients needed, making them super sensitive to everything: heat, cold, wind, acidity, bugs, fungus, etc.

The term "organic" is so often used in a way that infers 'natural.' In contrast, anything else is assumed to be 'unnatural,' a substance which has been synthesized or somehow chemically manipulated. In fact, both organic and non-organic fertilizers are quite natural. Whereas an organic fertilizer is derived from plant or animal matter, a non-organic fertilizer is simply derived from naturally-occurring minerals. Organic fertilizers tend to be messier to use and often smellier than non-organic fertilizers. Moreover, organic fertilizers do not offer the convenience of non-organic fertilizers. This is because an organic fertilizer, in order to provide all the elements to meet your plants needs, is normally not obtained from one source, but from a combination of sources. In addition, organic fertilizers are much more inefficient and frequently less predictable than non-organic fertilizers. By volume, it takes much more of an organic fertilizer to provide the same nutrients that a non-organic fertilizer provides, and because concentrations of the elements can vary widely in organic sources, they cannot provide nutrients in consistent amounts. While both are derived from 'natural' sources, non-organic fertilizers are easier to use, more efficient and provide greater consistency in terms of both available nutrients and results.

For home gardens, as often as you like: weekly or monthly as your garden’s health indicates. Commercial growers are recommended to call us for a custom program as all crops have different needs. Different regions, soils, irrigation and weather conditions may suggest a program that would be especially beneficial to your situation.

It is manufactured at sea and brought into our port in Florida for distribution.

Many. It can be used as pre-soak starter hydro-seeding for pasture grass and hay, and poultry can benefit from adding OS to feed grains. It also can be used to help start and promote a healthy salt water aquarium.

OceanSolution™ is a true solution and shelf life, if left in the original container, is at least 5 years and may be much longer. It is drinking water clear and will not settle out over time.

Usually less than all the chemical fertilization, pest and disease applications that are required in a season.

We applaud all products that attempt to add missing minerals to our food supply, and Dr. Murray's work has touched many who want to help. However, we are the owners of Dr. Murray's 30 years of original research work and test farm. In order to make his work available to crops in the real world, more work was needed to keep the exact proportion of minerals available, after shipping, to the crop. While many claim to have all the minerals, we have spent years researching and developing a proprietary method of ensuring that all the needed nutrition was available to all the crops all the time, no matter where in the world it was shipped. Our process is markedly different and unique to us. It is not a condensed product, and it is not allowed to dry into a salt which, when re-added to water will usually cause mineral drop-out since all minerals do not dissolve at the same rate. Many ‘me too’ products are harvested from polluted coastal beaches, tidal pools and streams. Many try to eliminate or adjust the salt content in the belief that any salt is bad and use chemicals to precipitate the salts out of their product. OceanSolution™ is shipping quantities ranging from quarts to multiple tanker loads of OS all over the world to the largest growers of commodity crops, high-value table crops, citrus, and food packers who cannot risk switching from their old methods unless a better way is proven. Home gardens, shrubs and trees can now benefit from the same knowledge and reduce the use of chemicals around your home, family, pets and wild-life.

No. Kelp generally only contains forty some elements. It benefits from the additional minerals in seawater, but its genetic permission allows the uptake of fewer minerals. The minerals in OS are immediately available, often in minutes, and, unlike manure, kelp and other organic fertilizers it does not need to decompose in order to be useful to the plant.

While most grasses are among the few plants than can uptake all known minerals, few grasses are that healthy.....most have been fallow or had little added nutrition for years. If the grass was deficient when eaten and then the grazing stock took most of the nutrition from the grass in its digestive process, how much beneficial material is left in the manure for your plants? It is certainly safe as a soil amendment, but most manures have only a few remaining minerals to spare for the new plant's nutrition. After spreading, the manure has to break down to become available to the plant and in those days, and weeks much more will percolate, leach or run-off before the soil can carry any to the roots.

More and more big crop growers are recognizing that roots are better at bringing moisture into the plant than nutrition. Studies at the University of Michigan used radio active isotopes to track the same amount of nutrition applied to the soil and to the leaves: 10% or less of applied nutrition applied to soils actually gets taken up by the plant. 90% to 95% fed directly to green plant tissue in a liquid becomes available and is systemically absorbed and is rain fast.....can't leach away: A big cost savings, better nutrition, less run-off.

OceanSolution™ does not recommend that you take the product internally. Minerals in a metallic form are only 8 to 10 percent available by the cells where as plant based minerals are 98% available. It is always best not to bypass nature and get your minerals directly from plants.

OceanSolution™ is only available in liquid form. The reason is that the ponds for drying salts are open to both known and unknown environmental contamination, and the drying process itself, prior to any washing of the salt, naturally separates and leaches out various minerals and alters the basic mineral ratios. Rain washing or natural purification (which occurs even when there is no rain) also takes place, various elements, mainly magnesium, absorb moisture from the air then dissolve, separate and flow out dissipating into the ground. Once again, this changes the ratio and constitution of the salt.

Yes we do, currently we are conducting university trials in agriculture and turfgrass.

We only harvest the minerals far off the Atlantic coast in deep ocean water.

Results are very specific to the crop, plant, time of year, and equipment used. Generally, results can be seen within a few weeks, but optimal results are experienced over time.

Yes it can, but some plants are hybridized to require increased amounts of nitrogen. Time of year, type of plant, and end results will dictate the addition of traditional fertilizers to your nutrient program.