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I've seen people on here mention that they use 'liquid seaweed'.  My question is ...what do people use it for and does anyone know what the ratio of NPK there is in it?

Levington liquinure is 8:4:4 making it a high nitrogen feed.

"Liquid seaweed is particularly rich in trace elements and hormones. The benefit of the latter can be quite remarkable when applied as a foliar spray, with a marked greening effect and improvement in growth. It can be applied at any stage of development and usually increases yield and size of specimen plants."

Seaweed itself is low in nutrients and is used as general tonic, but mixed with fertilizer eg. in tomato feed it boost the absorbsion of other elements..

I have used it for decades - but mostly as a foliar 'feed' - largely because we used seaweed as our only fertliser in Jersey before WWII.

The point is the seaweed concentrates trace nutrients out the seawater,  plus other stuff, and it has a remarkable effect on plants  that no one has fully explained yet.

Quote from: Tee Gee on March 28, 2010, 17:12:34
Levington liquinure is 8:4:4 making it a high nitrogen feed.

I'm sure i saw someone on here say they feed their overwintering onions with it in spring...i take it they benefit because of the high nitrogen (as nitrogen is the first nutrient to leech out of the soil)?