How to Fertilize with Seaweed

Homemade fertilizers are not only a healthier option for your plants, but they don't cost as much to make in comparison to chemical fertilizers. Seaweed is an ingredient often found in homemade plant fertilizers because it is loaded with potassium. Even if you don't live by the seashore, you can fertilize your plants and flower gardens with seaweed. Seaweed is sold in garden centers in a concentrated powder.

Empty 16 oz. plastic bottle
14 oz. water
2 oz. cola
1 tsp. powdered seaweed
1 Tbsp. organic fish meal
1 Tbsp. bone meal
Empty gallon milk jug
Water

Instructions

- 1
  Pour 14 ounces of water and 2 ounces of cola into an empty 16 ounce plastic bottle.
- 2
  Add 1 teaspoon of powdered seaweed, 1 tablespoon of organic fish meal and 1 tablespoon of bone meal to the plastic bottle. Shake until combined. This is your seaweed fertilizer concentrate.
- 3
  Transfer the entire contents of your seaweed fertilizer concentrate to an empty gallon jug when you are ready to use it. Fill to the top with water, and shake hard to combine the ingredients.
- 4
  Pour the homemade seaweed fertilizer directly over the soil of the plants or gardens you want to fertilize. One gallon will cover 100 square feet of soil.
- 5
  Repeat using the homemade seaweed fertilizer once per month during the growing season.

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