[Mr Mojo]

I thought I'd read somewhere that seaweed can be washed and simply dug in. However, all the books seem to refer to it in the context of adding to existing compost on the heap first. My backyard is full of seaweed I collected from the beach yesterday and I'm keen to make use of it as soon as possible.

Any advice please?

[muntjac]

just go a head and spread it out on the top , then when its dried n crackly dig it in, the small amount of salt on it wont hurt anything .

[Gwiz]

thats what they do in cornwall in the lost gardens of heli-whatsit, or so ive read someplace.

[Bigbadfrankie]

father says old farmers would salt the land to make it hold more water !!

[John]

Didn't the Romans salt the ground so nothing would grow - Carthage delenda est or something from many years ago.

[Aidy]

Dont they rot down the seaweed in Jersey then use it a foliage spray on the new tats?

[shaun]

i'm sure the salt would kill the slugs though,i have never seen a slug on the beach  

[Bigbadfrankie]

I am sure there are slugs on the beach you just need to look harder :shock: after all, there is weed !!

[muntjac]

i live enar beach n the only slugs i seen have been  nudists , bodies like leather and a suntan oil grease slick

[DD.]

Dont they rot down the seaweed in Jersey then use it a foliage spray on the new tats?

It's called 'vraic' and it's dug in by the ton, hence the quality of the soil. Have a look at this:

http://www.thisisjersey.com/code/showarticle.pl?ArticleID=000462

[muntjac]

thanks diggermate thats a great article ,well found .i am going to see if i can get any of that giant kale seed and grow a bit for fun. besides feeding my ever growing rabbit families, isnt it a shame that we lose all the great things that our grand parents did just to do it a little quicker or making things easier on our backs