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Sacha[_1_] · 29-11-2006, 11:45 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 29/11/06 21:48, in article , "Russel
Sprout" wrote:

"judith lea" wrote in message
oups.com...

shazzbat wrote:

Presumably your beaches are sandy/pebbly. Seaweed is found on rocky
shores,
it likes to cling to rocks and gets torn off in storms, then ends up on
the
beach. Is there any rocky shoreline near you?

Steve

Hi Steve, sandy at Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and Cromer. North Norfolk
has quite a wild coast, i.e. Blakeney and Cley, we will take a drive
up there next week to take a look. Thank you.

The only vaguely rocky beach on the Norfolk coast is at North Runcton, chalk
with embedded flint. There is usually some bladder-wrack, but I doubt the
lacal fauna would appreciate its removal and it may be some kind of reserve
in any case.

Collecting seaweed to use as garden fertiliser means collecting sea weed
that has been torn from its rocky bed and chucked onto the beach by winter
storms. If left there, it will simply rot away, just as it would on your
flower or veg beds but probably to less benefit. Or it will be washed out to
sea again by the next high tide. I doubt Judith is going to wade out
wearing her golden jellies to tear it from the sea bed. ;-) It's flotsam.
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