PHOTO OF THE DAY: Seaweed invasion

photo of the dayPhoto depicts a beach covered in seaweed in Thibauld recently

Photo by Clayton Florent

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23 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    August 24, 2014

    get it in antigua every year around this time it has even closed hotels

  2. Resident
    August 23, 2014

    I was in the village when the seaweed came to shore and it was cleaned up by the villagers the very same week!!!! Case closed

  3. Eden Heights
    August 22, 2014

    Yes! Seaweed has been covering Castle Bruce beach for weeks. We’ve collected 6 sacks so far to use as mulch and to throw in the hole before we plant our crops. The difference is amazing! You can also burn it and use the ashes as fertiliser. We didn’t even bother washing the salt out because we wanted it to deter slugs and other pests.

  4. Agrosuede
    August 22, 2014

    It’s true, seaweed can be used as an organic fertilizer. All one have to do is to wash out the salt…then either, mix it in with the soil, before planting the crops, use it as mulch, or make seaweed tea fertilizer.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CRhnKTQGcc&list=PLUgDhWAnHYDGYruJOLn1fciy6396mcmd_&index=6

  5. Anonymous
    August 22, 2014

    Yes FATHER, how miraculous thee gifts… Farmers collect that stuff in used onion bags, put bags in river for up to 2 days, now you can either add it to your compost pile or apply to the soil directly. Good source of organic matter.

  6. Da2debone
    August 22, 2014

    Put the seaweed around the coconut trees

  7. no
    August 22, 2014

    We see it all the time here in Grenada also but this seems to be one of the worst I’ve seen.

  8. idk anymore
    August 22, 2014

    This is a wonderful opportunity for the village to come together and make seamoss drinks or collect the seaweed and earn some revenue by selling it to the seamoss manufacturers. In other countries, seaweed is very much used on a daily basis because of its high nutritional value.

  9. August 22, 2014

    The Villagers should get moving everyone come out to clean up it doesn’t look good and remember it’s your community you don’t need others to tell you what to do

  10. August 22, 2014

    This also happened to some beaches in Barbados. There is a lot of cleaning up to do.Come on villagers show solidarity

  11. Anonymous
    August 22, 2014

    I hope the villagers get together to clean it up and not subject themselves to the stench when it starts to rot.

  12. August 22, 2014

    For God’s sake, the village is Thibaud. Not Thibault. . If someone is posting something about a village do spell the name of the village right.

    • Dorival John
      August 22, 2014

      Wow, instead of appreciating the photo and what it depicts, someone getting a headache over a minor typo. Oh, these perfect Dominicans. SMH

      • August 22, 2014

        If it was your village wouldn’t u want it to be spelled right?

      • Mango-Bab
        August 22, 2014

        Great pix. I like the colour that this Sargasso Seaweed has given to the beac – albeit telmporarily. But spelling the name of the village as Thibault is not a “typo”. That’s a terrible spelling error. DNO should graciously accept their mistake, correct the error and apologize.

  13. Anonymous
    August 22, 2014

    Free fertiliser!

  14. 100% Dominican
    August 22, 2014

    We need to find some use for this seaweed..heard it can be used as fertilizer after the level of salt has been reduced

    • Emile Zapatos
      August 22, 2014

      @100%…….. You are right. it can also be used for animal food (pigs). It is very good organic fertilizer.

  15. kool
    August 22, 2014

    OMG . That`s a lot of clean up they have to do.

  16. Citizen
    August 22, 2014

    Global warming? :?:

    • tor
      August 22, 2014

      no it’s called shifting of the ocean currents….

      • August 22, 2014

        Tor.

        Hello and good afternoon my people. I gave you a Thumbs Up because it’s just shifting Ocean Currents as you said. I was in Puerto Rico two weeks ago and they are having similar problems on the Eastern Side of Puerto Rico.

      • Papa Way
        August 23, 2014

        …thought the place was called TEE-BOW :lol:

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