Seaweed use

[mordica]

Hello All

Would it be ok to put fresh seaweed between rows of potatoes or runner beans to feed and mulch.

[Florence Fennel]

Hello All

Would it be ok to put fresh seaweed between rows of potatoes or runner beans to feed and mulch.

Hi
I'm sure I heard somewhere that because of polluted oceans, you should be careful about using fresh seaweed.

[sewer rat]

Hi
I'm sure I heard somewhere that because of polluted oceans, you should be careful about using fresh seaweed.

Is nothing safe from the scaremongers ?
Pile it on - I do.

[mordica]

mordica

does seaweed need to washed first

[Nicos]

does seaweed need to washed first

Yep- unless you're using it on asparagus beds! ( winter application - not now!)

you do need to wash off the salt- hose it on the driveway if you can ( if it drains onto the road!!!!)!

[IgglePiggle]

does seaweed need to washed first

Put it in the washing machine on say 30, that way you helping to give back to the planet what your taken

Giving it a good spray with the hose should do, to get alot of the salt off

[Florence Fennel]

Is nothing safe from the scaremongers ?
Pile it on - I do.

Sorry, I didn't mean to scaremonger. I was really put off by reading about it, so I composted the seaweed I collected in the summer in the hope that it would be broken down. I wont be afraid any more now, thanks.

[Burnzie]

Great around your potatoes. Saltiness seems to deter the slugs.