When Is The Best Time To Harvest Seaweed?

Best time to harvest seaweed

I’m often asked when the best time to harvest seaweed is. You can harvest seaweed right through the year, providing you can find some decent specimens that is. As a general rule of thumb, seaweed has the highest nutrients in Spring and the lowest in Autumn.

Look up the nutritional content of seaweed and you’ll soon discover that there’s a large discrepancy in the figures between one authority and another. The reason for this is due to the seasonal and species specific variations that occur in different seaweeds.

But I would advise collecting your seaweed in Spring, drying it and then storing it for use later in the year.

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The Curious Cat March 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm

What sort of dishes can you make with it?!

Robin March 24, 2010 at 2:27 pm

Here some seaweed recipes.

Fergus Drennan April 12, 2010 at 2:16 pm

In answer to curious cat, checkout Prannie Rhatigans gorgeous new book on native seaweed cookery:Irish Seaweed Kitchen
http://www.prannie.com/
I love it!

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