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Lots of coastline near me and I understand it is legal to gather seaweed if its broken free. Can a feed be made of this and is it good for most fruit/veg?
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Save Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock. Coma and Painted Lady butterflies. Dont cut stinging nettles in summer.
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I think one of the members here uses it as a mulch, I presume when it breaks down it also feeds the soil too. -
It's absolutely brilliant. I live on the coast and use loads of it in the compost and as a liquid feed. First year of feeding toms on it and they are thriving with no trace of magnesium deficiency. I tend to wait for a big tide when lots of it gets thrown well up and is obviously dead. the feed stinks to high heaven but if you get it thick and gloopy you can dilute it 10 to 1. As well as having about twice as many elements in it as land plants, seaweed also contains plant growth hormones. Get out your rubber gloves and a few plastic sacks and get down there!!
and don't listen to the jobsworths that tell you that you shouldn't be doing it or that there's some bye-law....Comment
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maybe I should treat my mrs to a trip down t'beach
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Ah thats what I wanted to hearOriginally posted by solway cropper View Post
. So do I make just same as for nettle tea?
Save Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock. Coma and Painted Lady butterflies. Dont cut stinging nettles in summer.
Only cut nettles grown in the shade.Comment
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I use a five gallon drum. Put one load of seaweed in, fill with water and leave it for a few weeks to fester then chuck the weed on the compost heap and add more for as long as you want to keep it going. The more weed you can add and the longer you keep it going the more concentrated and smelly it becomes.Comment
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Ok, thanks, Ill av a go.Save Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock. Coma and Painted Lady butterflies. Dont cut stinging nettles in summer.
Only cut nettles grown in the shade.Comment
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During one of my infrequent chats with a lottie neighbour this week, this came up. She went to New Brighton beach with her lad, and got about 4 plastic shopping bags full of the stuff and just spread it about on her plot. She said someone told her that the worms drag it down into the soil and nature does what it does.
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The worms will certainly do that but the seaweed feed gives an 'instant hit' of nutrients to the plant.Comment
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What about the salt from the seawater? Should you give the seaweed a wash under fresh water first?Comment
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