Seaweed is abundant on the Welsh coast. Full of nutrients the veg plants are gonna love this. You can buy ready made liquid seaweed but as it's pretty much on the doorstep I wanted to gather some and make my own....plus its a good excuse to go to the beach
I gathered the tide line seaweed which was a mix of pepper dulce, bladderwrack, kelp and probably many more...looking forward to learning more and drying some for eating.
I left the seaweed out in the rain to remove the salt water, and gave it a quick rinse off.
To make the liquid fertilser I've left some in a bucket with water, partially covered with a lid. That will be left for two months or more, then strained and diluted when watering the plants.
The rest I'll mulch down in the compost pile. You can put seaweed directly onto the beds but i should have done this in the Autumn so that it had a good amount of time to mulch down over winter.
I'll keep the blog updated on the growing season here....so watch this space to follow the journey.
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