Calcified seaweed - any good?

These days, I'm on the look out for good soil improvers and found myself reading the blurb on the side of a Vitax pack of calcified seaweed in my local garden centre. Wonderful stuff, it seemed.

A quick Google brought up a mixed response, though. Dredging for the stuff off the Cornwall coast now seems to be banned and it's imported from France, I gather. Other information suggested that it's no better than lime.

Does anyone out there use calcified seaweed or can tell me of their experience with it, please? TIA

 

I havent used it, although do use seedweed extract which does wonders for tree ferns.

However we were down in Cornwall a couple of weeks back and I got talking to the head gardener at Lamorran (well worth the trip - fantsatic garden) and he swore by it. Although he also said they no longer dredged it locally, but got it via Ireland.

 

Yes, excelent stuff, Ive used it in the past as an autumn lawn dressing / general feed.

 

I used to use it when I had the allotment, it`s very good for adding trace elements to the soil.:thumb:

 

Thanks for the comments. Seems to be quite economical too. I'll get some and give it a try.