Seaweed’s abundance of nutrients and fibrous texture both make it a superb garden fertilizer, albeit one that many people aren’t aware of because it often isn’t found in garden stores. Rich in magnesium, nitrogen, phosphate and other essential plant nutrients, seaweed also improves crop yield by deterring fungi and slugs, improving aeration of the soil and accelerating seed germination rates. If you have access to a beach or waterfront, then you have free access to the large amount of seaweed that washes up on shore, and can use it to make your garden really flourish.
Key Takeaways:
- Seaweed’s benefit as a soil conditioner is due to it’s course and fibrous texture.
- Environmentally speaking,seaweed is a sustainable resource, besides being an organic one, that can be harvested without doing damage to the eco-system.
- The naturally high sodium content of seaweed, coupled with it’s innate roughness make it inhospitable to slugs and other garden pests.
“Seaweed has readily available nutrients such as nitrogen, magnesium, potassium, and phosphate. It also has other hormones that boost plant growth. Some university studies show that using seaweed as a fertilizer can increase the yield in potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes, corn, and cucumbers up to 40%. In addition, the plants suffered less from softening and rotting.”
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