seaweed fertiliser?

[carly]

has anyone had experience with seaweed fertiliser? I wanted to put manure on my garden once I have harvested all and get it ready for next year. my husband wants to try seaweed fertiliser though..... pros and cons?
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[solway cropper]

I live on the coast and make my own seaweed fertilizer but, as you are in Oxfordshire, I assume you mean the commercial stuff. Seaweed contains about twice the number of trace elements as terrestrial plants but also has lots of enzymes, etc. which stimulate root formation and plant growth. Personally I wouldn't be without it but I'd still bung on as much manure as you can get hold of. The more organic material you can incorporate into your soil the better it and your veggies will be.

see how I use it at:
the recycled gardener: seaweed - the wonder plant food

[carly]

thank you

[dim]

I use the liquid version which I dilute and use as a foliar spray .... The stuff I use is a combination of cold pressed seaweed and algae (biobizz alg-a-mic) .... you dilute it at 4ml per litre of water

it does wonders, and I use it all all plants/veg including ferns, palms, heuchera, etc etc

I have never used the manure type but would be a bit reluctant to make it myself, as if all the salt is not removed, it may be detremental

[Two_Sheds]

I've never used horse muck in m'life, and I've been growing veg for 17+ years.




At first I couldn't get hold of any, and then I wanted to see if it really was as necessary as people say ~ it isn't.
I use green manures, compost as soil improvers, and comfrey/seaweed tea as a fertiliser

[carly]

thank you for all of your input....

[leonmc0708]

I wouldn't use it in Autumn with no plants in the ground - any goodness will be washed away come spring

[Two_Sheds]

I wanted to put manure on my garden ...my husband wants to try seaweed fertiliser though.

Manure is a soil conditioner, not much of a feed (it adds humus)
Seaweed fertiliser is a feed (but doesn't add humus)

As said above ^, there's no point putting fertiliser on until there are plants to feed.

[zazen999]

I have a solar pump for the poly, and each time I fill the waterbutt, I put a few capfuls of seaweed fert in there, plus I have a comfrey teabag [made from an old 4 pint milk carton with holes punched in it] and it means each time it waters it also feeds. It's marvelous and the plants are going bananas in there...need to go in today and tie a load up as it's like a jungle of tomatoes at the moment.

[veggiechicken]

Like the "teabag idea" - may have to pinch it while you're not looking