A blessing and a curse, endless free mulch

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Yesterday the sea deposited large amounts of seaweed on the beach at the hotel I am working at. I had been waiting for the return of some seaweed as it is supposed to be amazing mulch and basically the best there is. It provides a nice wet protective layer for the soil, it breaks down and provides a lot of nutrients to the soil and it keeps some pests away.

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Well yesterday I got more than I bargained for. In the morning I saw some red/brown masses out in the ocean and I did not know what they were. By the afternoon it was clear they were large patches of seaweed on their way to the beach.

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I had 7 feed bags in my truck. Dzigbordi and I filled them all in the evening and carried them up to my truck. It was a lot of work as it is 28 stairs from the beach to a path that leads to the parking lot and as close as I could get with my truck.

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After loading the truck we took it to the farm and spread it out on the beds and a swale.

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After Dzigbordi planted some corn we called it a night.

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Where this blessing became a curse is the next morning this morning there was a lot more seaweed on the beach. It took about 5 of us working hard for a few hours to clear it in anticipation for our guests coming today. I still only have 7 bags and filled them again this morning. They are waiting in my truck to be taken to the field as I did not get a chance today.

All Images taken with a Huawei P7 Prime camera phone.



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I like the way that you have the swales laid out. The seaweed should help a lot in your garden.

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Thanks I am hoping so. I just have to go through with a garbage back now tonight as the seaweed as dried some I am seeing more and more trash even though I was trying to be careful not to grab it when we picked from the beach.

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It's unfortunate that the trash comes in with the seaweed.

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I have been using seaweed nutrients with my plants and they have never been healthier. Awesome work collecting all of that.

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Great work man! Very interesting use the sea weed to upgrade your soil.

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Thanks, yeah lets see the results. The first rain has hit it now, it has been dry about a week. I left one batch in the bags for 24 hours, it was like shisha consistency when putting it down.

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I didn't know they can use seaweed for so many purposes. Cool post!

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I didn't either but I was talking to a friend of mine from the Island of Jersey an she said they have the best potatoes in the world because of the use of sea weed for mulch. So I looked it up and the stuff is gold.

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Awesome! I will try to learn more about it. I see lots of seaweed around so I'll try to use some. Thanks, @leifasaur.

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You are most welcome. It is good to help out a fellow grower. Hope it works out for you. We only had that large dump of sea weed for a few days and I only got 14 bags I need more like 140.

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