I toddled off to my local beach and found some seaweed, can I water this over my soil plants, is there any point or is this a really bad idea. Any advice, warmly recived

its fantastic stuff ......... but you need to either compost it or dig it in to your ground before planting, plus side with it is that it breaks down very easily in the composting process.

try mixing it with straw at a ratio of 2/1 (2 straw) if composting, or double digging works well .


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Whats the best Rip?Bladderwrack or kelp?I have a few black-bags of each,going to mix it with Trout-offal when I can work up the nerve to try and blend it,stinks to high heaven though

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Don't forget to wash the salt off or collect it after a heavy rain storm

Bad Penny - Kelp would be better for composting as it has more dynamic accumulators, see below:

Name Na I Fl B Si S N Mg Ca K P Mn Fe Cu Co Kelp x x x x x x Bladder wrack x x x
You could also make your own liquid seaweed feed (like Maxicrop) - get a 10 gallon container, half fill it with seaweed and top up with water. Let it brew for 3 months and then it's ready. Make sure you dilute it (about 10ml to 1 litre of water) as it's quite strong.

Thanks Chillie,I like that idea of Seaweed "Home-brew" sounds potent stuff,might mix a few trout in there for extra fermentation

Hay thanks guys, thanks chille that sounds like fun, does it smell for keeping it in the house? I'm guessing so Thanks once again oh oh ....so why did the fish blush? because the SEA WEED

does anyone know if you can you use them sea kelp extract tablets you can get in holland & barrett dissolved in water?