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Seaweed Fertilizer – Discover Nature’s Best Kept Secret
You may not have thought of using seaweed fertilizer in your home gardenbefore but I hope that, after reading this, you will have enough confidence togive it a shot. All the major and minor plant nutrients as well as trace elements are presentin seaweed, whether it is fresh seaweed, dried seaweed meal or in the formof liquid seaweed extract. The only exception is vitamins: you won’t findthem in the liquid extract, only in the other two.For many coastal regions of the world, it has been common practice to applyseaweed, especially the large brown variety, to the land as a soil improverand fertilizer. Some people like to gather their own seaweed at their localbeach (legally, we hope) and use it “wet” or dry or, they may turn it into anorganic liquid fertilizer after some kind of fermentation process. Others may just buy the seaweed by the bag if they can get it that way.However, today seaweed extracts are more widely used. Sold in concentratedform, they are easy for the home gardener to dilute and spray on or apply asa liquid fertilizer to plants. That’s not all. The nutrients in the liquid seaweedextract are immediately available to be absorbed by the plants whereasseaweed and seaweed meal, just like any other organic matter, must firstdecompose before the nutrients can be released and used by the plants.Seaweed contains alginic acid which is a soil conditioner. It has now beenproven by various studies that seaweed and seaweed products improve thewater-holding capacity of the soil and alter its structure making it rich andcrumbly.http://www.vegetablegardenplantingguide.comThe use of seaweed and seaweed products in the horticultural industry is nowwell-established and becoming more widespread as more and more people allover the world discover its many benefits to plants. When applied tovegetable, fruit and flower plants, they include:•Higher yield of crop plants•Improved seed germination•Increased nutrient uptake from the soil•Increased ability to resist garden pests such as red spider mite andaphids•Increased ability to resist plant diseases such as mildew, scab andfungi•Better capacity to resist frostHere’s a very good example of how seaweed meal was used to great effectby an inventive market gardener:
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