"shazzbat" wrote in message
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"[H]omer" wrote in message
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Living near the beach, as I do, I have access to tonnes of seaweed, and
I remember hearing something about it being good for breaking up clay
and generally good for lawns etc.

The thing is though, what exactly do I do with it, before I use it?

Its too slimy to put through the shredder; does it compost?

How do you prepare this stuff for use as a soil improver, or do you just
dig it straight into the soil?

As I understand it, you let the sun/wind dry it, at which point it becomes
brittle and crunchy. I think you'd need an awful lot of it to condition
your
clay soil though. Just as well it's free:-))

Steve



'IS' it free? Are you allowed to just help yourself off the beach? I think
not :-((

Mike


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