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Seaweed tea

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Posted by oldpaddy 7b (My Page) on
Tue, Apr 5, 11 at 19:58

Hi, all.
I would like to make some seaweed tea. I've never made it before and am not familiar with fertilizing in general (first real garden this year).
So this is what I've done and what I plan to do: I got a 55 gal blue plastic barrel. I got the top mostly off (the top was a part of the barrel and I sawzalled 90% of the top off, so it's basically hinged now), added a spigot that I can attach a hose to, near the bottom. I plan to put 4 5gal buckets of rinsed seaweed in a cheese cloth, and submerge it in the barrel with water.
What do you think?

How long should I leave it in there? Should I an aquarium air supply? What are the benefits of seaweed tea?
Thanks!

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RE: Seaweed tea

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I make seaweed tea pretty much the way you do. I never take the seaweed out and I freshen it whenever the color gets pale. This is sexist of me, but when women make seaweed tea, they steep seaweed in water. When men make seaweed tea, tubing is involved, air infusion is involved, and washing machine parts or other mechanical devices are involved. (It's like the way Lloyd and Jon Hughs approach composting.)

I love using my seaweed tea as a foliar spray. I imagine that is has insect discouraging and disease suppressing qualities. I know for sure that it fertilizes, but I don't need it to do that, because I mulch with seaweed and compost. I like to believe that it discourages slugs, although there's no sign that that's true.

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