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Belgium

I just got back from thebeach and brought back about 75 lbs. of seaweed. I am starting a new compost pile with it. What else should I add?

Jake

7/10/2004 7:44:28 PM

Ga.

rinse it off good Jake..Gotta get the salt off of it...I guess then you'd compost it..Not sure,,never used...

7/10/2004 8:26:41 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

add some browns to it like leaves or straw.

7/10/2004 10:13:05 PM

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Try to always balance greens & browns by volume in layers.

7/11/2004 1:01:06 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Once you have washed the salt away (a power washer works great) you can just cut it up or use a shreader (if you have one) and dig it right into the garden in the fall.

When I was a young lad, my father and I went down to our local beach and would bring back bull kelp by the truckload. We would wash it off, let it dry a bit and then just hack it up and throw it into the garden along with all the leaves from fall.

Seemed to work great and Dad grew a 200+ lb pumpkin in the 1970's. We always had a great garden and that is what worked for us.

Glenn

7/11/2004 6:47:31 PM