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New Growers Forum
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Subject: seaweed ???
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awesome1 |
England, essex
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I have been to the beach today to collect seaweed, I presume I spread it out and wash it off with clean water/ then do I just spread it on the ground or maybe put it through the shredder? how much is too much? can I over do it? I am thinking of getting more while I can cheers Mark
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11/30/2014 11:32:43 AM
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awesome1 |
England, essex
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emmmmm
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12/2/2014 9:46:37 AM
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North Shore Boyz |
Mill Bay, British Columbia
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Hey Mark, 40 years ago there was always a yearly trip to the beach in the fall to collect bull kelp. Dad would let it sit in the weather (rain) for a month or so and then we'd chop it up and incorporate it into the soil for further decomposition. We also added it to the compost pile in layers with the grass and leaves. Very labour intensive....now that I'm in the big city, and because it is just more convenient, we buy the dried kelp meal that is commercially harvested, processed and sold in 50kg bags.
If and when we return to Vancouver Island, I'd likely start collecting it again and composting it like we did back in my Dad's day.
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12/2/2014 1:22:46 PM
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North Shore Boyz |
Mill Bay, British Columbia
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We would add 300-400 lbs of fresh seaweed per 1000 sq ft each year....
Now, We use about 50-100 lbs per year of the dried and prepared kelp meal worked into the soil in spring along with the cover crop of rye. Every second year I add a bag of alfalfa meal to go along with the kelp meal.
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12/2/2014 1:30:42 PM
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awesome1 |
England, essex
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nice one, just what I was looking for ;-) might even go back and get another load now,, cheers Mark
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12/2/2014 3:40:48 PM
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So.Cal.Grower |
Torrance, Ca.
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Glenn lives in a cooler climate like yours and look what he grows!
Gives me hope and maybe head down to the beach myself ;)
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12/2/2014 5:05:39 PM
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awesome1 |
England, essex
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well I have 15 bags all washed on my drive, ready to get another load soon,,
hope you have luck like I did when I went, been waiting forever to get conditions right
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12/2/2014 5:43:12 PM
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