Never done this before - seaweed help required

[chris]

I did it. After washing it well of course (and soaking it) - I poured the liquid all over the toms, and the seaweed I just chucked down. That was a few months ago - it's gone now. Couple of my toms died though - not sure if it was related.

[jacob]

I've also gots lots of unused liquid stuff (nothing ever needed watered outside this year) -- homemade seaweed feed (it's kind of grey) and worm juice (very brown).

Is the considered opinion that this stuff ought to keep fairly well over winter in 2 litre plastics bottles? Bearing in mind it'll probably be frozen Nov - Feb?

[Aberdeenplotter]

liquid seaweed is sold commercially so there is no reason why yours won't keep. I would keep it in a dark cool but frost free place. Wish I stayed close to you, I'd be over with some empty bottles

[redser]

Do you have easy access to it? Can you make some more up over winter? I think 6 weeks is all it takes and I've even read a couple of weeks is fine for a tonic.

[Rhona]

We made about 30 gallons of seaweed 'feed' this summer. Used most in old water bottles to add to general watering (not that anything needed much watering this year...). We've got a very liquid slurry left that we'll be spreading around at some point. I love seaweed. Never thought of the seaweed powder idea. Just back from the beach this weekend - wish I'd brought more back with us now.

[VirginVegGrower]

liquid seaweed is sold commercially so there is no reason why yours won't keep. I would keep it in a dark cool but frost free place. Wish I stayed close to you, I'd be over with some empty bottles

Help yourself if you're down this way

[Two_Sheds]

I think 6 weeks is all it takes

I don't even wait that long: I currently have 12 five litre bottles filled with:

- comfrey
- nettles
- seaweed
- slugs
- snails
- CW caterpillars
- scarlet lily beetles

and I use it every time I water. When there's room in the bottle, I pop some more ingredients in

It doesn't get used so much over winter, but then it goes on the compost heaps rather than the crops. Nothing is wasted

[VirginVegGrower]

I don't even wait that long: I currently have 12 five litre bottles filled with:

- comfrey
- nettles
- seaweed
- slugs
- snails
- CW caterpillars
- scarlet lily beetles

and I use it every time I water. When there's room in the bottle, I pop some more ingredients in

It doesn't get used so much over winter, but then it goes on the compost heaps rather than the crops. Nothing is wasted

That's what I was thinking, adding and keep adding. Righto you've convinced me. How about chopping nettles and throwing them on as a mulch. I usually add them to my compost heap as they are good for activating but if you deem it better to throw on the soil surface for rot down, then I may give it a whirl.

[Two_Sheds]

Chopping them up with seckys and leaving on soil, works. It really does, it's brilliant. You might think "messy", but after a week, they've disappeared.

After a few weeks, you start to get brilliant soil. It looks a little lumpy, but it's fluffy not compacted, and absorbs water brilliantly.

I "chop and mulch" everything now pretty much. Only "unsightly" stuff goes in the compost heap (kitchen scraps, plate scrapings, dog poop etc)

[sammy_roser]

Wait you put slugs and snails in water and then use it to feed your plants? I have never heard of anyone doing this, most people I've heard about 'rescue' the slugs to a forest area.

[Two_Sheds]

Wait you put slugs and snails in water and then use it to feed your plants? I have never heard of anyone doing this

Well, every day's a school day

The slugs aren't a feed, they are hopefully full of nematodes: http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ied_64107.html

[sammy_roser]

Thanks for the link! This will save me a fortune in slug killer