Seaweeds fert - DIY

[locopao]

I was down at the beach for a wind surf session, and i decided to get two bags of seaweeds i found (about 1kg).

I was reading that you can siply put them in a bucket of water and just leave them for a few days until they rot. Then i can use the water for watering or spraying my plants.

Is that true? Is there any other way to use these fresh and dried seaweeds?

 

[armac]

i would rinse the salt out

 

[locopao]

done that already (and the heavy rain did it, too)

 

[WalkGood]

A few days o_O ... I've never heard of a seaweed batch being made in a few days, if you want a good one google up directions and read several before you start. My first batch took over 30 days and the stuff is fantastic. I did rinse the first batch but subsiquently have read numerous other instructions and my current batch is not rinsed. I figure there's no reason to wash off the little salt that could add to the mix as I currently spray plants with salt twice a month and they love it. Also if you rinse you could wash off all the microscopic shrimp, crabs, fish, ect ... I do put back the seahorses i find as they have a hard enough time surviving in the wild ... Since there is so much life in the weed I use, I've come to the conclusion that it can be called a seaweed & fish emulsion fertilizer. The first day of my batch is pictured here, I didn't look for the 30 day pic but when it's dark water and bubbling up a storm it's ready for its prime time debut

I am also now mixing seaweed into soil when I have extra and put as ground cover ... great stuff and good luck with your batch

 

[locopao]

Ramon, no lid? Just leave the bucket open? (btw that's exactly the kind of seaweeds i picked up from the beach, they look like small grapes)

 

[WalkGood]

Ramon, no lid? Just leave the bucket open? (btw that's exactly the kind of seaweeds i picked up from the beach, they look like small grapes)

Yes, lid but I didn't have it on for the picture. That specic buket has a screw on lid and if you get a fish airator stone & pump it's all automatic. If no pump you'll have to open it up every 2 days and mash & stir for long time ...

 

[locopao]

Ok, just did what Ramon suggested, and i got my seaweed fert ready to use!

This is the first batch of juice i got...

put it in a spray bottle and sprayed my plants!

The smell is like rotten sea!


I sprayed on my fatali

sprayed the habanero,

and the aji cristal, too

I can see some buds forming there... Should i cut em off?

(seedlings already been transplanted into bigger pots, since roots were coming out of the drainage holes)

 

[Cayennemist]

I did this last year, and I think it helped.
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/30986-kelp-going-to-the-beach-to-harvest-now-what/page__hl__kelp

 

[WalkGood]

Manolo while your tea looks ok, the longer you wait the better the seaweed decomposes. I’m not sure what type of weed you use but the Sargassum seaweed I harvest here takes that long & then some to decompose. Plus the little fish and crustaceans in the weed need time to decompose as well. When mine was done the water was very dark and I had very little weed left in the container as it was breaking down good. I strained out the weed and diluted with water into gallon jugs, on my second batch now and I think it’s going to come out better. Post back how it works for you and good luck with it ^_^