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Homes & Gardens
Drew Swainston

4 reasons you should use seaweed in the garden, plus the plants that benefit most from this natural marvel

Seaweed washed up on the shoreline.

Gardeners have harnessed the powers of seaweed for centuries. This natural wonder offers a wealth of beneficial properties that can mean happy plants and healthy soil if you use it in your garden.

Seaweed can be used in several ways in a garden. It can be added to soil, used as mulch, added to compost piles, or applied directly to plants as seaweed extract fertilizer. But what is it about seaweed that makes it so beneficial?

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