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Seaweed Feed
liddleann4
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While watching gardeners World I notice that when Monty does his seaweed feed the water is very dark. Am I doing something wrong as I mix as it says on my bottle 15ml to 4.5ltrs water and it only tints the water . Either Monty uses a strong mix or I am doing it wrong . Help please.
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It depends what plants you're using it on.
This is the info for the extract I use from
https://www.solabiol.com/en/maxicrop-original-seaweed-extract-1-lt
Shake well before use Add required amount to water and stir well Apply using watering can or sprayer May be mixed with liquid or soluble feeds GERMINATING: Dilute 10 ml in 9 litres - Soak seeds for 12 hours before sowing PROPAGATING: Dilute 20 ml in 9 litres - Apply as a root drench each time water is needed TRANSPLANTING: Dilute 20 ml in 9 litres - Drench rootball in solution before planting out GROWING ON: Dilute 45 ml in 9 litres - Apply as a root drench or foliar spray, thoroughly wetting leaves, every 7 days MATURE PLANTS: Dilute 45 ml in 9 litres - Apply as a root drench or foliar spray, thoroughly wetting leaves, every 10 to 14 days during the growing season FRUIT CROPS: Dilute 45 ml in 9 litres - Spray several times before and during flowering to improve fruit set LAWNS AND TURF: Dilute 50ml in 9 litres per 20 sq.metres - Apply monthly during the growing season to aid turf health and stress resistance
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I imagine Monty’s feed might be home made and not seaweed but comfrey based. Sloshing is probably more the order of the day in this scenario.
Geoff Hamilton used to spray the stuff with with wild abandon on his plants and veg too.
I use it as a soil drench and I believe that it keeps my plants healthier and stronger.
It's full of good stuff, some of which may be missing from some soils
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I also belong to the church of seaweed. I regularly dowse my plants in it, even stuff that are recommend not to fertilise, like ferns and clematis in bud/flower.
There's certainly some evidence that it helps plants but not as a fertiliser as such - although I've just found a site that claims its npk value is 1.9, 0.25, 3.68 (most proprietary brands claim anything from 0-1 for n,p and k) so maybe I'll resist spraying my clems while they're in flower!
It can't be sold as a fertilizer as the NPK elements from different batches of seaweed are too variable.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
And once the seaweed liquid is watered down (can be as much as 200 times) the amounts of NPK in it hardly exist.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.