WV5454 : Seaweed Spreading
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Seaweed Spreading
Spreading seaweed on the land at L'Etac.
Seaweed contains all the trace elements and plant nutrients necessary for healthy crops, in addition the alginates in Brown seaweeds (Phaeophyta) are reputed to be an excellent soil conditioner. In Jersey the special flavour of their new potatoes is thought to derive from the seaweed they spread on their fields locally known as Vraic (Wrack). The seaweed is also thought to suppress Eelworm in the potato crop and has been collected and spread by the Jersey farmers since the 12th century, when every farmer had the right to collect seaweed from the beach.
Seaweed contains all the trace elements and plant nutrients necessary for healthy crops, in addition the alginates in Brown seaweeds (Phaeophyta) are reputed to be an excellent soil conditioner. In Jersey the special flavour of their new potatoes is thought to derive from the seaweed they spread on their fields locally known as Vraic (Wrack). The seaweed is also thought to suppress Eelworm in the potato crop and has been collected and spread by the Jersey farmers since the 12th century, when every farmer had the right to collect seaweed from the beach.
year taken
2010
- Grid Square
- WV5454, 44 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Gerald England (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Friday, 8 October, 2010 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
- Category
- Farming activity (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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MGRS:
WV 5492 5449 [10m precision]
WGS84: 49:14.4432N 2:14.7295W - Photographer Location
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MGRS:
WV 5495 5451
- View Direction
- West-southwest (about 247 degrees)