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Seaweed as a Mulch...

17 years ago

Living on an Island, I have access to all the seaweed I could possibly want. I know seaweed is a good mulch for tomatoes. What I don't know is, should I rinse the salt water off the seaweed before I mulch it around my tomato plants, or is the salt water that was on the seaweed so minimal, it doesn't matter?

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digdirt2
17 years ago
I have never used it personally as we don't see much of it here in Arkansas. ;) But it has come up for discussion several times over on the Compost & Mulch forum here and a couple of the residents of Maine (one user name is annpat) have discussed how great it is, rinsed, layered on (keep away from direct stem contact) and then covered with a good carbon source like straw or chopped fall leaves so that it composts in place.

If you search 'seaweed' on that forum I'm sure the discussions will come up for you to review.

Good gardening!

Dave
mvisland
Original Author
17 years ago
Thank you...I will hop over to the compost and mulch forum...
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