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Different sands .... building / Sea / Gardening - can I use Sea sand in Garden?

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  • 13-05-2009 8:00pm
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    worded
    Registered Users Posts: 4,575 ✭✭✭


    Ive heard carrots like a sandy soil.

    Can I add sea sand to my soil or is the salt content too high?


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    old boy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭old boy


    one would assume so.


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    golden
    Closed Accounts Posts: 376 ✭✭golden


    I dont know where you can get sea sand as it is illegal to remove sand, stones etc (beach material) from beaches.

    You can get horticultural sand from any garden centre.


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    worded wrote: »
    Ive heard carrots like a sandy soil.

    Can I add sea sand to my soil or is the salt content too high?

    Build sand has a high salt content , a little amount no harm but otherwise better to hort sand or to improve drainage and workability better solution would be to mix paving grit with plenty of compost. Produces a fabulous texture and terrific free draining growing medium. Grit has better slug repellent qualities.


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    Quartet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭Quartet


    worded wrote: »
    Ive heard carrots like a sandy soil.

    Can I add sea sand to my soil or is the salt content too high?


    No sea sand is not suitable for gardening purposes - it has a very high salt content and will adversely effect plants

    Use horticultural grade sand (try garden centres or if you know of any commercial plant nurseries near by...)

    Do be aware of getting info on gardening from non professionals - you can end up making some very costly mistakes :eek:

    Buy a good source book eg one of the RHS gardening encyclopedias - it will have info on just about everything....


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    sorella
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    We are mixing beach sand with compost/soil with no bad effects.

    I think the law means large lorry loads not just the odd bucket we take. But i thought that that was the UK not here?


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    golden
    Closed Accounts Posts: 376 ✭✭golden


    fyi heres an extract from the Irish Statute Book

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    (5) Every person who shall remove any beach material from any foreshore or seashore in contravention of a prohibitory order shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine of ten pounds and, in every case to forfeiture of the beach material so removed.

    heres the link

    http://193.178.1.79/1933/en/act/pub/0012/sec0006.html#zza12y1933s6


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    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    The law actually means you can't take sand from a beach no matter how much. 1 bucket is the same as 1 lorry load. Think if everyone within walking distance of Dollymount took one bucket - that's a serious degradation of the seafront. The law is an ass in this case tho - 10 pounds or the euro equivalent is ridiculous - fines like that should be index linked - not statutory.


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