Topic: jersey royal potatoes

[legless]

must get some seaweed, live 200 yards from beach, plain lazy not to.....

[philcooper]

Tim,

When I said it was GOOD, I meant on plants

I think you are taking it too far putting it on everything - still with the government trying to stop us putting salt on things and the Japanese (and Welsh) eating it who knows?

:)

[tim]

Phil - I just LOVE it as laverbread, or 'Japanese' snacks or - almost anything. I feel it's so real! = Tim

[Mrs Ava]

ooooooooo Tim....now you have made me home sick for Devon, hot laver with crispy bacon.  Bestest food ever!  seaweed rules okay!

[Ceri]

I'm close to lots of lovely beaches so will be collecting more seaweed - questio though about putting it in the trench before the seed potatoes - I thought you shouldn't put fresh stuff in the soil as it robs the soil of nitrogen, at the expense of the plants, as it decomposes - is this different for seaweed, or potatoes then?

[legless]

dunno but apparently it is ceri, you have to put a thin layer of soil on top of the seaweed according to something i read....


...anyway fight you for the seaweed - WB won't know what's hit it!  :D

[Debs]

Not if I don't get there first   ;D - best part of the beach for washed up seaweed seems to be up at the Lighthouse end of WB  ;).

Debs

[Ceri]

so that's where it all is - went along the beach  down by the Rendevous yesterday with dog and a big bag.  Low tide after the high winds, not a speck of seaweed that wasn't healthily attached to a rock!  I'll try nearer the lighthouse next time.  I did have a good haul in the autumn from the Lifeboat beach - I never remember the beach's actual names!

[philcooper]

On nitrogen starvation - I haven't been able to find out much, but if you're worried, throw in a bit of chicken based manure to balance it up

I did find this "Investigations were made on the brown seaweed Sargassum polycystum C. Agardh collected from Rameswaram Coast, Tamil Nadu. The alginates extracted from 'leaf', 'stem' and entire thallus of S. polycystum were investigated for their viscosity and chemical constituents, namely &#946;-D-mannuronic acid (M-block), &#945;-L-guluronic acid (G-block) and alternating sequences of &#946;-D-mannuronic acid and &#945;-L-guluronic acid (MG-block) for six different seasons between August 1998 and November 1999. ­Significant seasonal variation (P < 0.05) was observed with high yield of alginate in February. The alginate extracted from the 'leaf' region showed a maximum yield whereas the 'stem' region exhibited maximum viscosity. The amount of G-block was found to be more than M- and MG-blocks in all the samples tested. The amount of G-block was high in 'stem' followed by 'leaf' and entire thallus. A positive correlation was recorded between viscosity and G-block. Among the three algi­nates, the ratio of M/G was low in the 'stem' followed by 'leaf' and entire thallus."  

and haven't a clue what it means

[Ceri]

eerrr - nor do I - I'm going to translate it to mean "yes seaweed is good for potatoes" and try it!
Thanks Phil

[gavin]

It's Daddies Brown Sauce!   ;) ;)

And very good on chips  ::) ??? ::)

All best - Gavin