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Old 10-02-2010, 05:23 AM
 
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I use a lot of seaweed for my crops, but I do so on a very large scale.

The FMC plant down in Rockland processes seaweed for the food industry and as such, they have over 100 tons of waste seaweed product that they must get rid of every day. They used to dump it in the Rockland Dump (quarry) but now give it to local farmers.

I have a yearly contract with them to take 800 tons of the stuff. It takes 12 tons of it to equate to one ton of lime, so you must move a lot of it to get the equivalent of lime, but it has a lot of trace minerals in it as well. It is good for the soil that is for sure.

I spread it over corn ground, hay ground and pasture. It is all free to get, BUT because you have to move so much of it, there is a cost in getting that product to the ground. Its still cheaper then lime however, which is $85 per ton spread. And does it ever smell those first few days!
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Old 10-02-2010, 06:19 AM
 
Location: Florida (SW)
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One summer I tried the Indian method of burying fish (river suckers) under my hills of squash and cukes and along some other vegetable rows. (I didnt do this on a large scale).....but I had trouble with critters digging them up and messing up my garden......I think the NDN's must of had look-outs stay in the field until it decomposed....

Hopefully we live and learn.
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Old 10-02-2010, 07:08 AM
 
Location: UP of Michigan
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I just learned about not composting ashes. Unfortunately they just went on the pile. I have an over abundance of oak leaves which inherently take a long time to decompose. Maybe it won't take as long if I stop putting ashes on. Thanks for the info!
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