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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: davyw1 on March 09, 2008, 11:41:46

Title: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: davyw1 on March 09, 2008, 11:41:46
For the gardeners that use Calcified Seaweed it is being taken off the market and replaced by Calcified Plus, which i am told is also a good prevention for Club Root

Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: valmarg on March 09, 2008, 21:29:42
Sounds as if the EU strikes again!!

Having consulted OH, he says, don't worry we've got enough to last us out ;D ;D
;D

valmarg


Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: djbrenton on March 09, 2008, 21:55:04
I'm sure calcified seaweed will still be available but now it will come from sources where they desertify the seabed rather than dredged sensibly like in Cornwall. Apparently maerl will still be dredged in Falmouth harbour but must now be dumped at sea rather than used for agriculture. A great result for the Soil Association and the other environmental groups.
Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: tim on March 10, 2008, 06:53:34
Hope this doesn't apply to Seaweed Meal which is all we use??
Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on March 10, 2008, 18:14:24
Given the amount of china clay settling out in Falmouth River, I suspect they'll be dredging there for evermore.
Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: tim on March 10, 2008, 18:30:11
In passing, 'we'  (MSFU & the Merchant Navy) )took China Clay to Canada in 1942.
Great - it took 10 days to unload & we had one whale of a time!!
Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on March 10, 2008, 18:43:54
Where did you load? I used to live in the clay district in Cornwall.
Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: davyw1 on March 10, 2008, 19:04:51
Here is the spec for the new stuff. Might be a little to big but its the best i can do so it can be read.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/stumpinsci/img012.jpg
Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: tim on March 13, 2008, 11:23:08
Missed that, Robert - we boarded i Liverpool - pre-loaded, I assume?

And must stress the different uses of  Calcified Seaweed & Seaweed Meal.
Title: Re: Calcified Seaweed
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on March 13, 2008, 17:55:51
It must have been pre-loaded by the time you got to Liverpool! It's loaded in south Cornwall; mainly Par and Fowey.