GroPal is most often applied using foliar applications, in the cool of the day when the plant’s stomata are open to take in the nutrients.  As the day heats up, the stomata close to keep from losing moisture.  GroPal may also be applied through drip lines, in the row-on the seed, through irrigation, as a seed inoculant (mix 1 part to 30 parts water), or sprayed directly on the soil.

As soon as the plant has enough leaf to catch it, and any time after.  When plants are small, a banded application is more efficient.  A good time to apply GroPal is when the plant is flowering or preparing to set fruit.

See our applications sheet for suggested application rates, click here to go to suggested application page

Most of our soils are sadly lacking in micro-nutrients, which in turn lowers the nutritional value of our crops.  Laboratory tests have demonstrated that when the plant has the nutrition it needs, vitamin and mineral content go up, as well as protein.  GroPal fed plants simply are more nutritious.  When an animal gets proper nutrition, it in turn is healthier, and more resistant to sickness and disease.

If GroPal is diluted 100 to 1 with water, any excessive application will simply run off and enrich the soil.  However, if when frequent applications are made to spoon feed the plant (more than two applications a month), reduce the concentration of GroPal in each application.  It is important to balance out micro-nutrients with the macro nutrients available to the plant (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium).

GroPal should not burn plants, as long as application instructions are followed.  If GroPal is not diluted enough and then the leaf is saturated with GroPal, it may possibly burn depending on local conditions such as heat and or drought.  It is best not to apply during the heat of the day which is in line with traditional and conventional watering methods.  The likelyhood of applying to much GroPAL is very low so do not be concerned if you think you may have added a little to much or to little.  Always follow application instructions.

In the evaporation process, 98.5% of the sodium precipitates out of the water, leaving approximately 1.8% sodium in our concentrated solution.  Chloride is also reduced by approximately 90% in the evaporation process.

GroPal is listed as organic by OMRI, the Organic Materials Review Institute.  Since GroPal is completely natural, utilizing only sunlight and evaporation to concentrate ocean water, we believe it should be considered acceptable for all organic applications.

Yes.  However, for some flowers which are more sensitive, reduce the amount of GroPal per application by half.

Yes, at a lower application rate.  For blueberries we recommend ½ to 1 litre of GroPal with 20 gal. of water at bud break, and the same amount at pollination.

GroPal is not a good source of Calcium.  When looking at test results from a soil sample, a good rule of thumb is to have an equal amount of available Nitrogen and Potassium, and close to or an equal amount of Calcium. 

Even as Pure Aussie is an excellent mineral supplement for humans, GroPal is an excellent mineral supplement for animals.  It may be fed through the water at 1 part GroPal to 3,000 parts water, or may be added to the animal's feed, at an average rate of 1 mg. per 25 kg. (55 pounds) of animal weight.

Ocean Minerals are in ionic form and therefore GroPal minerals are also ionic minerals.  Plants can only use ionic minerals.  They use bacteria and enzymes to strip other elements from minerals to bring them into ionic form.  Then, using photosynthesis, the plant joins a carbon atom to the mineral, turning it into an organic mineral. 

In animals and man alike minerals must be in ionic form prior to them being absorbed into the system.  When you eat, a number of digestive processes breaks down food into an ionic solution which is eventually absorbed through your gut.  The same applies in the animal world with variances allowing for type of animal IE: Herbivore or carnivore.  What is indisputable is the reliance on minerals for an unknown number of biological processes in the human, plant and animal world.

Ionic minerals are minerals that have not combined with other minerals to form a compound.  For most minerals, this means that their outer electron shell either has electrons to give away in a chemical reaction, or is ready to take other electrons from another element in a chemical reaction.