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| colin 2005-09-18, 11:21 am |
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I moved to North Devon a few years ago, and have access to loads of
seaweed straight from the beach! I would like to find out the uses for
my allotment, and generally anything related to it. I grow mainly
vegetables and fruit,I am also interested to know if there are possible
uses in greenhouses and poly tunnells! Any Information would be welcome!
Thanks, Col.
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colin
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| Harold Walker 2005-09-18, 1:21 pm |
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"colin" <colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
news:colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk...
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> I moved to North Devon a few years ago, and have access to loads of
> seaweed straight from the beach! I would like to find out the uses for
> my allotment, and generally anything related to it. I grow mainly
> vegetables and fruit,I am also interested to know if there are possible
> uses in greenhouses and poly tunnells! Any Information would be welcome!
> Thanks, Col.
>
>
> --
> colin
One of the finest of all products for improving soil via supplying minerals
and humus etc.....use it as a mulch or just dig it in as you would
manure.....at my last place I usually spread about 12 inches of it over the
garden each year....when planting say cabbages just pulled it aside and
planted and then pulled the seaweed back around...no weeding for
theyear....pretty much the same for anything.....for tomatoes dig a good
sized hole and pop a good layer of it at the bottom and then fill with your
soil and then a mulch around the plant......some may tell you that it
requires washing.....my garden never suffered at all and over a period of 15
years had at least ten+ feet of seaweed...good stuff and free...what more
can you want....sometime or other you might wish to check out what is in
seaweed and you will see why it is so good........H
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| Jaques d'Alltrades 2005-09-18, 1:21 pm |
| The message <colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk>
from colin <colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk> contains these words:
> I moved to North Devon a few years ago, and have access to loads of
> seaweed straight from the beach! I would like to find out the uses for
> my allotment, and generally anything related to it. I grow mainly
> vegetables and fruit,I am also interested to know if there are possible
> uses in greenhouses and poly tunnells! Any Information would be welcome!
> Thanks, Col.
Yes. Either add it to your compost heap, or dig it straight into the ground.
Excellent for humus, trace elements, etc.
However, remember that it does contain a fair amount of salt, so
theoretically you can overdo it. (Though I don't know anyone who ever
has.)
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Rusty
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| Harold Walker 2005-09-18, 2:21 pm |
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" <creaking.gate@foobar.zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The message <colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk>
> from colin <colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk> contains these words:
>
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> Yes. Either add it to your compost heap, or dig it straight into the
> ground.
>
> Excellent for humus, trace elements, etc.
>
> However, remember that it does contain a fair amount of salt, so
> theoretically you can overdo it. (Though I don't know anyone who ever
> has.)
>
> --
> Rusty
> Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
> http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
Just did a Google search using nutrient value of seaweed and one of
the sites had an excellent article on seaweed.......it was
journeyforever.org.farm/seaweed.....clicking on the site brought up the
article.
I tried typing in the usual www.journeyetcetc. but could not get it tho
HW
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| Pam Moore 2005-09-18, 3:21 pm |
| On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:02:55 -0400, "Harold Walker"
<middleton.walker@comcast.net> wrote:
>journeyforever.org.farm/seaweed
Try http://journeytoforever.org/garden_sqft.html
It needed the word "to".
Pam in Bristol
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| Janet Baraclough 2005-09-18, 4:21 pm |
| The message <colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk>
from colin <colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk> contains these words:
> I moved to North Devon a few years ago, and have access to loads of
> seaweed straight from the beach! I would like to find out the uses for
> my allotment, and generally anything related to it. I grow mainly
> vegetables and fruit,I am also interested to know if there are possible
> uses in greenhouses and poly tunnells! Any Information would be welcome!
I use vast quantities, laid straight from the beach onto the soil
surface, both for veg and borders. No rinsing or digging-in required,
worms take it down very fast. There's no smell from it as it
decomposes. I also add layers of it to the compost bins as an activator.
It's a great soil conditioner and fertiliser. I collect and spread it at
any time of year , after rough seas is ideal as it's all piled up fresh
and ready for bagging. Kelp is supposed to be the best, but bladderwrack
works fine too..I just take what's washed up.
You'll find plenty of earlier discussions about seaweed in this
group, in the archive at google/groups. Also, try a websearch on
"lazybeds Scotland", for the traditional way of growing potatoes in
west-coastal Scotland
Janet. (Isle of Arran)
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| John McMillan 2005-09-19, 12:21 pm |
| In article <3130303032303038432D9B5C15@foobar.zetnet.co.uk>, Jaques
d'Alltrades <creaking.gate@foobar.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Yes. Either add it to your compost heap, or dig it straight into the ground.
>
> Excellent for humus, trace elements, etc.
>
> However, remember that it does contain a fair amount of salt, so
> theoretically you can overdo it. (Though I don't know anyone who ever
> has.)
A small number of plants are very salt intolerant, so spreading seaweed
round them is detrimental. Bamboos are in this category.
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| nambucca 2005-09-19, 5:21 pm |
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"colin" <colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk> wrote in message
news:colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk...
>
> I moved to North Devon a few years ago, and have access to loads of
> seaweed straight from the beach! I would like to find out the uses for
> my allotment, and generally anything related to it. I grow mainly
> vegetables and fruit,I am also interested to know if there are possible
> uses in greenhouses and poly tunnells! Any Information would be welcome!
> Thanks, Col.
>
>
HOU LUCKY THING .........seaweed is absolutely the best thing to pile into
your compost bin and dig into your barren allotment in the winter
..........many soils are deficient in iodine etc thats contained in seaweed
There was some research in NZ that seaweed was exceelent for all soils plus
if you have worm bin it will keep that sweet too
> --
> colin
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| Neil Muldoon 2005-09-20, 11:21 pm |
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colin Wrote:
> I moved to North Devon a few years ago, and have access to loads of
> seaweed straight from the beach! I would like to find out the uses for
> my allotment, and generally anything related to it. I grow mainly
> vegetables and fruit,I am also interested to know if there are possible
> uses in greenhouses and poly tunnells! Any Information would be welcome!
> Thanks, Col.
kelp is best I reckon? Collect it with a rake and a rope- Lee bay?
FOLLY501450
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Neil Muldoon
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| Neil Muldoon 2005-09-26, 11:21 pm |
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Harold Walker Wrote:
> "colin" colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote in message
> news:colin.1vk5k0@gardenbanter.co.uk...-
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> I moved to North Devon a few years ago, and have access to loads of
> seaweed straight from the beach! I would like to find out the uses
> for
> my allotment, and generally anything related to it. I grow mainly
> vegetables and fruit,I am also interested to know if there are
> possible
> uses in greenhouses and poly tunnells! Any Information would be
> welcome!
> Thanks, Col.
>
>
> --
> colin-
>
> One of the finest of all products for improving soil via supplying
> minerals
> and humus etc.....use it as a mulch or just dig it in as you would
> manure.....at my last place I usually spread about 12 inches of it over
> the
> garden each year....when planting say cabbages just pulled it aside
> and
> planted and then pulled the seaweed back around...no weeding for
> theyear....pretty much the same for anything.....for tomatoes dig a
> good
> sized hole and pop a good layer of it at the bottom and then fill with
> your
> soil and then a mulch around the plant......some may tell you that it
> requires washing.....my garden never suffered at all and over a period
> of 15
> years had at least ten+ feet of seaweed...good stuff and free...what
> more
> can you want....sometime or other you might wish to check out what is
> in
> seaweed and you will see why it is so good........H
my dad says thanks for the info on seaweed he has cleared a patch of
ground, and will collect some seaweed form the beach tommorrow, and dig
it in, One more question is it best to dry it out for a period of time
first?
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Neil Muldoon
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| Jaques d'Alltrades 2005-09-27, 7:21 am |
| The message <Neil.Muldoon.1vzw81@gardenbanter.co.uk>
from Neil Muldoon <Neil.Muldoon.1vzw81@gardenbanter.co.uk> contains
these words:
> my dad says thanks for the info on seaweed he has cleared a patch of
> ground, and will collect some seaweed form the beach tommorrow, and dig
> it in, One more question is it best to dry it out for a period of time
> first?
No, but carrying dried seaweed from the shore is easier than carrying
the same (relative) amount of the fresh wet stuff.
--
Rusty
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http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
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| Harold Walker 2005-09-27, 7:21 am |
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>
>
> my dad says thanks for the info on seaweed he has cleared a patch of
> ground, and will collect some seaweed form the beach tommorrow, and dig
> it in, One more question is it best to dry it out for a period of time
> first?
>
>
> --
> Neil Muldoon
I have put it on dry and soaking wet and never a problem with
either.....much seaweed is used where I live I do not know a single person
that dries it out before putting on the garden....the only time I have seen
a need for drying was in Novia Scotia and there were tons upon tons of it on
the ground drying out but that was going to be processed into food
products......good gardening....H
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| Jaques d'Alltrades 2005-09-27, 9:21 am |
| The message <OrednVwepfzniaTeRVn-vg@comcast.com>
from "Harold Walker" <middleton.walker@comcast.net> contains these words:
> I have put it on dry and soaking wet and never a problem with
> either.....much seaweed is used where I live I do not know a single person
> that dries it out before putting on the garden....the only time I have seen
> a need for drying was in Novia Scotia and there were tons upon tons of
> it on
> the ground drying out but that was going to be processed into food
> products......good gardening....H
Dried or maybe wet, it might make digging, raking and hoeing easier if
it were passed through a shredder though, especially if one could vary
the size of the output pieces.
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Rusty
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| Janet Baraclough 2005-09-27, 2:21 pm |
| The message <313030303230303843391F3601@foobar.zetnet.co.uk>
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these words:
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> from Neil Muldoon <Neil.Muldoon.1vzw81@gardenbanter.co.uk> contains
> these words:
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> No, but carrying dried seaweed from the shore is easier than carrying
> the same (relative) amount of the fresh wet stuff.
True, but dried-out seaweed is stiff and scratchy, huge kelp is then
harder to shove into plastic sacks. I prefer collecting it fresh from
the tide despite the weight. The trick is to find a small clean sandy
bay, preferably well away from human habitation/possible sewage
contamination, where a huge pile of seaweed has washed up right beside
a parking spot. Then you only have to carry the full bags a couple of
paces on level ground.
Janet
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| Janet Baraclough 2005-09-27, 2:21 pm |
| The message <313030303230303843393F8660@foobar.zetnet.co.uk>
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> Dried or maybe wet, it might make digging, raking and hoeing easier if
> it were passed through a shredder though, especially if one could vary
> the size of the output pieces.
You don't need to dig rake or hoe, that's the great thing about
seaweed mulch. Just lay it on the surface; it will suppress all weeds so
no need to hoe. The worms will take it down so no need to dig it in.
Push it aside to plant.
Janet
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| Harold Walker 2005-09-27, 3:21 pm |
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> True, but dried-out seaweed is stiff and scratchy, huge kelp is then
> harder to shove into plastic sacks. I prefer collecting it fresh from
> the tide despite the weight. The trick is to find a small clean sandy
> bay, preferably well away from human habitation/possible sewage
> contamination, where a huge pile of seaweed has washed up right beside
> a parking spot. Then you only have to carry the full bags a couple of
> paces on level ground.
>
> Janet
Better still...just borrow a pick up truck...much easier...H
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