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Pembroke, Ma

Does anyone have any insight into using Salt Hay for mulch. I know it works really good for my tomatos and watermelons. I heard the salt helps release more magnesium which could actualy help. I spread it over the entire patch staying 4-5 feet away from the plants in all directions just incase the salt released harmed the plant/roots.

6/15/2010 9:05:29 AM

Pataskala,OH

Salt as in sodium? If it is that type of salt it would be a bad idea to use Salt Hay.

6/15/2010 2:40:23 PM

Pembroke, Ma

It's aged marshgrass from the South River. It works really good in my other gardens.
Acording to info on the internet the sea salt on the salt hay is comprised of the following:

Chloride (Cl-) 55.03%
Sodium (Na+) 30.59%
Sulfate (SO42-) 7.68%
Magnesium (Mg2+) 3.68%
Calcium (Ca2+) 1.18%
Potassium (K+) 1.11%
Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 0.41%
Bromide (Br-) 0.19%
Borate (BO33-) 0.08%
Strontium (Sr2+) 0.04%
Everything else 0.01%

6/16/2010 12:38:45 AM

Bristol R.I. USA

Fig you gotta compost stuff like that. Get it in a pile and whack it up with some blood meal. Turn every 4 days to get the oxygen to it. Be careful when you use anything like that. I get seaweed from the Ocean and add it to my patch in the fall only after I wash all the salt off it. The salt will kill any chances of success. I also get some seaweed and add it to my compost pile. I throw down some bloodmeal and mix. By the fall its ready as an ammendment to the soil. You should always have an active compost pile where you add all your yard waste and cow shit to. Then Add al,l of it to the patch in the fall. Thats what I do at least.

6/16/2010 12:22:53 PM

Gold Hill, Oregon

my pumpkins are on a salt free diet.

6/19/2010 7:18:59 AM

Salisbury, MA.

It's good stuff, like seaweed it should be rinsed off to get the salt that has dried from the salt water off. Mulch away, or till it in the ground after the season to improve your soil.

6/19/2010 4:40:45 PM

Minnesota

I disagrace, you should'nt have to rinse it if your spreading it throughout the garden, people know nothing about all the minerals, micro nutrients, trace elements, after all fish and seaweed come from sea water. Peop;e hear ocean water and they think it is straight table salt, it is not. I use a teaspoon of dehydrated sea water to one gallon of water once a week. If you want the truth and to get your facts straight about sea water go to this web site. www.seaagri.com

6/19/2010 5:15:33 PM

Salisbury, MA.

Well, I guess salt water fish come from the sea. Though I know it's not table salt,for generations it's always been the way to go for those of us who live along the ocean, to rinse before putting in or on any kind of garden. You of course never get all the salt off nor do you want to. And we also don't really care to be very technical....it's just gardening, and keeping with the question that started this thread it makes great mulch (no seeds).

6/19/2010 8:45:51 PM