Seaweed fertiliser (or fertilizer) is organic fertilizer made from seaweed that is used in agriculture to increase soil fertility and plant growth. The...
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apply desalinated seaweed fertiliser to improve the ground.[citation needed] In Newfoundland, lazy beds were augmented with seaweed, a process which continues...
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Harbour". One or two words linger on in the local English, e.g. vraic (seaweed fertiliser – a word common throughout the Channel Islands), and the pronunciation...
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Fertilizer (redirect from Fertiliser)
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues...
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or two French/Auregnais words are still in common use, e.g. vraic (seaweed fertiliser), as well as impôt, which is the word used for the island's landfill...
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Seaweed farming or kelp farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed. In its simplest form farmers gather from natural beds, while at...
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Jersey, and was also formerly noted for the production of vraic (seaweed fertiliser). The cottage industry formerly practised by Grouvillais of burning...
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is a corkscrew-like tool that is used for the commercial harvesting of seaweed whose invention is credited to Yves Colin in 1961. The device consists...
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Organic fertilizer (redirect from Organic fertiliser)
Biosecurity Compost Controlled release fertiliser Cover crop Fertilizer Food additive Grasscycling Manure Vermicompost Seaweed fertilizer Biofertilizer Organic...
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the past the island was used by locals for the collection of seaweed for use as a fertiliser, but today Lihou is mainly used for tourism, including school...
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use as a liquid fertiliser. Since the organism contains tricacylglycerols and fatty acids. Alan P. Major (1977). The Book of Seaweed. Gordon Cremonesi...
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markings; they have small, leaf-like appendages that resemble kelp or seaweed fronds, providing camouflage, as well as a number of short spines for protection...
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algae. In Scotland and Norway, up until the mid-19th century, several seaweed species from Fucus and other genera were harvested, dried, burned to ash...
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Fishing in India (section Seaweed)
largest producer of seaweed in India, producing 22 thousand tonnes, followed by Gujarat, Maharashtra and Lakshadweep. The red seaweed is the most cultivated...
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there is a sheep dip. Angus Munro is seen in winter, gathering seaweed for fertiliser. He describes how he passed on his boat to his son, retired from...
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Laminaria digitata (category Edible seaweeds)
northern Atlantic Ocean. Laminaria digitata is a tough, leathery, dark brown seaweed that grows to two or three metres. The holdfast which anchors it to the...
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give farmers horse-and-cart access to the beach to collect seaweed to use as a fertiliser. A second tunnel, leading seawards, is the fishermen's access...
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needed] Alginates are refined from brown seaweeds. Throughout the world, many of the Phaeophyceae class brown seaweeds are harvested to be processed and converted...
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frogfishes, the only species in the genus Histrio. It lives among Sargassum seaweed which floats in subtropical oceans. The scientific name comes from the...
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Hormosira is a genus of seaweed in the family Hormosiraceae. It is monotypic, with a single species, Hormosira banksii, also known as Neptune's necklace...
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these definitions are edible fungi (such as edible mushrooms) and edible seaweed which, although not parts of plants, are often treated as vegetables. In...
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Ascophyllum (category Edible seaweeds)
Ascophyllum nodosum is a large, common cold water seaweed or brown alga (Phaeophyceae) in the family Fucaceae. Its common names include knotted wrack...
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euphemistically as night soil, would either be incinerated or composted into fertiliser. Although the more advanced water closet (flush toilet) was popular in...
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by two industries. The first was fishing and seaweed collecting; seaweed would be used as a fertiliser called "Goémon". The second was salt extraction...
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component of agricultural fertiliser. Mining ended in the 1930s, because of the inadequate mineral content in the fertiliser. The remains of the buildings...
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2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, UK ISBN 978-0-9955673-3-7 Nicola White (2007). "A brown seaweed - Fucus...
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litigation in relation to the effectiveness of the Maxicrop brand of fertiliser. Edmeades was born in 1949. Robert Harvey (1914–1985) and Ina (née Fitness...
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spirorbis is a small (3–4 mm) coiled polychaete that lives attached to seaweeds and eel grass in shallow saltwater. They have a smooth, white, sinistral...
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harsh climate, feeding on Enderby's scrub vegetation, southern rata, and seaweed, evolving to cope with the environment. Cattle had been released earlier...
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Aquaculture in the United Kingdom (section Seaweed)
fertiliser. Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland has a distinct history of this and still has several kelp-ovens that were used to cook the seaweed....
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