Salt in Seaweed Mulch - Page 3

Salty_Dog · October 25, 2009

Great Thread... i just collected some Seaweed myself (I have coastline all around me, so seaweed is just EVERYWHERE)

I am now more particular on what type of Seaweed i bring home and from where i get it from.

I go at low tide and look for Seaweed that was under water during the high tide and is left laying on rocks, not sand or the beach.
I do this just to get a Seaweed that has less salt and sand in it.

Then i look for the finest leafy Seaweed i can see (only so it will break down faster).

Take it home and soak it in a bucket of water overnight night.
Next day pull it out and hose it throughly on the drive way, then with a par of kitchen scissors i cut it into 2' pieces into a separate bucket.

At this point it is ready to use direct in the soil, potty mix or as mulch, added with other manures, whatever.
I have always used it and have never really suffered a lot of the problems with plants i read on forums.... Not saying it is the Seaweed, but it is about the only thing i do different to the norm... so perhaps???

I have also read that Chilies LOVE it... apparently there is something in Seaweed, trace element or growth hormone or some such... but what ever it was, they say Chilies just love it.

Tomstrees · November 17, 2009

seaweed = good natural stuff to make your garden grow

November 17, 2009	#32
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	seaweed = good natural stuff to make your garden grow __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

October 25, 2009	#31
Salty_Dog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lorne, Australia Posts: 188	Great Thread... i just collected some Seaweed myself (I have coastline all around me, so seaweed is just EVERYWHERE) I am now more particular on what type of Seaweed i bring home and from where i get it from. I go at low tide and look for Seaweed that was under water during the high tide and is left laying on rocks, not sand or the beach. I do this just to get a Seaweed that has less salt and sand in it. Then i look for the finest leafy Seaweed i can see (only so it will break down faster). Take it home and soak it in a bucket of water overnight night. Next day pull it out and hose it throughly on the drive way, then with a par of kitchen scissors i cut it into 2' pieces into a separate bucket. At this point it is ready to use direct in the soil, potty mix or as mulch, added with other manures, whatever. I have always used it and have never really suffered a lot of the problems with plants i read on forums.... Not saying it is the Seaweed, but it is about the only thing i do different to the norm... so perhaps??? I have also read that Chilies LOVE it... apparently there is something in Seaweed, trace element or growth hormone or some such... but what ever it was, they say Chilies just love it.