A seaweedy question

[FuzzyCustard]

Hello all,
I have access to seaweed (as in I live near a beach). I wondered if I collected up some dead stuff (obviously not the still attached weed), washed it and chopped it up it would be a good addition to my compost? Or will it kill the worms and wreck the composty balance?

I let mine set out in the rain and then mix it with autumn leaves as a separate mulch. I do a bit of chopping but only as much as I can be bothered to. I even grew spuds in a seaweed/leaves mix last year.

seaweed makes excellent compost. You might find this helpful: www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/ingredients/composting-seaweed.htm

Thank you.. I am inspired. I know seaweed is great plant food and want my small veg patch rejuvenated, so this cold be part of the solution.

I use it as a mulch over the winter. Put loads on and the worms take most of it in or it shrinks down by the spring, Not too late to put it on now. Also line my potato trenches with it....

Thanks...I'll collect a few more bags on my next beach foray.

Oh, does it smell as a mulch? (Veg patch is near the house)

FuzzyCustard try some? I know seaweed can be a bit smelly in summer, but I doubt it would be a problem now.

I'll definitely be trying it a lot more this year. Cheers!
(slightly new name..still me)

I collected some last year late winter/early spring and let it get washed in the rain. No smell

Bit whiffy in the car collecting it. But it doesn't pong as it rots.

Since there was a large dead whale washed up on the beach this morning, seaweed pong is the least of my worries. Not that I am considering composting the whale.