Great video. It’s Oct 27 and there is dried seaweed high on our Brevard county barrier island beach and heavy NE winds for a week bringing in fresh sargassum weed. I’m going to collect today the already dried seaweed that is black and spread it out and wash with artesian well water. Then let it sit for the rain to wash and sun wash and sun to dry it for a week or so. Rake it up and use as mulch in the raised beds. 😊
Thank you for emphasizing the wonderful properties of using seaweed in the garden. Here in South Florida at times our beaches are loaded with sargassum sea weed. For the past 4 years I have processed,as you have stated,as an ammendment for compost and my garden has flourished.
Just added a bag of seaweed from Pass a Grill beach to my compost pile this week!!! Love that I can use it to mulch my raised beds too! Guess I will be heading back to the beach soon! Thanks for the wonderful info!
Thank you SO much for this awesome information! I’ve been wondering about this topic, but felt concerned that the salt would be a problem. This is awesome!
It's so interesting that you've been having a dry summer! I believe I'm about 1-2 hours from you and it has rained a bunch every single day to the point that a lot of my plants are dying from over watering.
Would like information and guidance on composting ...just starting an organic garden for first time and starting a compost..need as much info as possible 😂
it can if collected from toxic waterways. No source is pure anymore, including the rain water that many collect. I go with the approach if its safe to fish, its ok to use the seaweed.
Darn! I’ve just laid down some rotted hay as a mulch. I live by the sea a d often times there’s plenty of seaweed. Do you think it would work atop the hay. I like using hay as is mycoidal which I don’t see seaweed as being. Your thought much appreciated
not sure if i missed this but seaweed also is one of the best and only sources of iodine. not sure if this will transfer into the plants you eat though.
For those of us who haven't lived in FL all of our lives, don't live near the beach, and haven't gathered seaweed before, could you show us where you actually get it? Do you harvest it from the water or does it wash up onto the beach and you just pick it up there? And how much can you expect to collect in, say, an hour or two? Thanks!
Thats amazing never thought of that!! So just public beaches ,where do you rake it from exactly??? Are you gardening ,central Florida?? Lord willing I will have a successful Garxen one of these days
I just take what is washed up on the beach in the weed line. Yes I am a gardener in St. Pete. You will, keep it up and it will get easier every season!
Ive never heard of anyone using it in the garden my self. But that is an interesting idea since it is so abundant. I think the potential for biting bugs would probably be why most dont use it as mulch.
I live in Orlando, Fl. I wanted to pick seaweeds from beaches and the day I was going was cancelled bec of Red Tide. So, I never went . So, how do you pick seaweeds from beach like which is okay or it does not matter ? What do you look for , the dried up ones or fresh ones ?? I like to go in Feb to get some. Thanks !!
i usually snag dry just so you have a fairly accurate idea of how thick it will end up being once in the garden plus it weighs less! But technically both are fine. Theres no one that is better than other nutrient wise.
@@TheUrbanHarvest Awesome !! One last question, what do you do with bugs in them like hoppers or sand fleas ??? I think I did not make myself clear about which ones to pick. Perhaps, I should ask different question. Will seaweeds that has red tide washed up makes any difference ? Thanks !
Hi, do you have problems with the yellow slime mold and mushrooms?I got wood chips from the city and place a think layer to fill the bed 3/4 and the slim mold was relentless. Freaked me out. Any suggestions to help?
mold and mushrooms both indicate too much moisture. back off on the watering. also having that much carbon in a bed can really slow down plant growth because it is robbing nutrients from the top 1/4 of the soil just fyi to stay on top of soil amendments until the mulch breaks down.
Yes it is a different species for sure. But the sea grasses here do have a wealth of nutrients and benefits to offer our gardens just like the kelp out west does... www.science.gov/topicpages/t/thalassia+testudinum+beds.html
Great video. It’s Oct 27 and there is dried seaweed high on our Brevard county barrier island beach and heavy NE winds for a week bringing in fresh sargassum weed.
I’m going to collect today the already dried seaweed that is black and spread it out and wash with artesian well water.
Then let it sit for the rain to wash and sun wash and sun to dry it for a week or so.
Rake it up and use as mulch in the raised beds. 😊
Thank you for emphasizing the wonderful properties of using seaweed in the garden. Here in South Florida at times our beaches are loaded with sargassum sea weed. For the past 4 years I have processed,as you have stated,as an ammendment for compost and my garden has flourished.
sweet!
Just added a bag of seaweed from Pass a Grill beach to my compost pile this week!!! Love that I can use it to mulch my raised beds too! Guess I will be heading back to the beach soon! Thanks for the wonderful info!
Cant go wrong! You can also make a liquid fertilizer with it : )
Such a great Idea ..I also will be heading to the beach
Big plus living in Florida ... I collect seed weeds monthly at Siesta Keys .. Free resources
Great video with really good information
Thank you
Its a huge plus agreed!
Thank you! I just started getting seaweed from the beach. Thank you for explaining about rinsing.
You bet!
Thank you SO much for this awesome information! I’ve been wondering about this topic, but felt concerned that the salt would be a problem. This is awesome!
Glad it was helpful!
It's so interesting that you've been having a dry summer! I believe I'm about 1-2 hours from you and it has rained a bunch every single day to the point that a lot of my plants are dying from over watering.
Finally getting rains this month but up to this point its been a pretty bad drought. Weather patterns are pretty crazy.
I love to do this too
Would like information and guidance on composting ...just starting an organic garden for first time and starting a compost..need as much info as possible 😂
Ive got a couple videos on composting basics but need to get some more detailed ones up soon.
Thank you that was very helpful now I just need to go collect some seaweed
You got this!
Love this idea. Thanks
You are so welcome!
I was going to try this but read that sargassum has both lead and arsenic in it
it can if collected from toxic waterways. No source is pure anymore, including the rain water that many collect. I go with the approach if its safe to fish, its ok to use the seaweed.
Can you do a video about your raised bed containers? Perhaps someone knows what you are using and can comment. Thanks!
They are from northern tools!
Darn! I’ve just laid down some rotted hay as a mulch. I live by the sea a d often times there’s plenty of seaweed. Do you think it would work atop the hay. I like using hay as is mycoidal which I don’t see seaweed as being. Your thought much appreciated
It probably wouldn't hurt to just add it on top, or try raking it in a bit to help break it down and combine it.
not sure if i missed this but seaweed also is one of the best and only sources of iodine. not sure if this will transfer into the plants you eat though.
hmm interesting. im not sure if it does or not. we eat seaweed but that would be cool if we were getting it through the veggies too.
For those of us who haven't lived in FL all of our lives, don't live near the beach, and haven't gathered seaweed before, could you show us where you actually get it? Do you harvest it from the water or does it wash up onto the beach and you just pick it up there? And how much can you expect to collect in, say, an hour or two? Thanks!
I would love to know that too!
It just washes up on the beach.
I live in central Florida, I go to beach for sea beans they are beautiful😍
@@lilyli2460 Sea beans??? Never heard of them. Tell me more!
i love sea beans, yum!
Thats amazing never thought of that!! So just public beaches ,where do you rake it from exactly???
Are you gardening ,central Florida?? Lord willing I will have a successful Garxen one of these days
I just take what is washed up on the beach in the weed line. Yes I am a gardener in St. Pete. You will, keep it up and it will get easier every season!
This is great, thank you! I was wondering with all the moss on tress here in Florida, does the moss serve any purpose in a garden?
Ive never heard of anyone using it in the garden my self. But that is an interesting idea since it is so abundant. I think the potential for biting bugs would probably be why most dont use it as mulch.
I can't find the amazon link for the kelp fertilizer you recommend. I can't find the Show Notes option.
We feed kelp meal to our dairy goats so we buy in bulk from our local feed supply. Usually we have them order it for us. Good for our gardens as well.
I live in Orlando, Fl. I wanted to pick seaweeds from beaches and the day I was going was cancelled bec of Red Tide. So, I never went .
So, how do you pick seaweeds from beach like which is okay or it does not matter ? What do you look for , the dried up ones or fresh ones ??
I like to go in Feb to get some.
Thanks !!
i usually snag dry just so you have a fairly accurate idea of how thick it will end up being once in the garden plus it weighs less! But technically both are fine. Theres no one that is better than other nutrient wise.
@@TheUrbanHarvest
Awesome !!
One last question, what do you do with bugs in them like hoppers or sand fleas ???
I think I did not make myself clear about which ones to pick. Perhaps, I should ask different question. Will seaweeds that has red tide washed up makes any difference ?
Thanks !
@@jin8339 nothing : ) they don't bother crops because they aren't from that environment.
Hi, do you have problems with the yellow slime mold and mushrooms?I got wood chips from the city and place a think layer to fill the bed 3/4 and the slim mold was relentless. Freaked me out. Any suggestions to help?
mold and mushrooms both indicate too much moisture. back off on the watering. also having that much carbon in a bed can really slow down plant growth because it is robbing nutrients from the top 1/4 of the soil just fyi to stay on top of soil amendments until the mulch breaks down.
The seaweed on our beaches is not the north Atlantic sea kelp and does not offer the same benefits
Yes it is a different species for sure. But the sea grasses here do have a wealth of nutrients and benefits to offer our gardens just like the kelp out west does... www.science.gov/topicpages/t/thalassia+testudinum+beds.html