Sea Oats & Dune Stabilization

[Ray]

So I now live on an island, and the erosion of the dunes on the beach by the ocean, especially during storms, is a constant issue. The town and the county spend a lot of money to "renourish" the beaches with sand from inland pits or the tailings from dredging the various inlets in the area, but it seems to me that anchoring the dunes better with sea oats is an essential part of keeping them in place.

To try to help that effort, I have started working with the town's public works department and their greenhouse manager, applying KelpMax to aid in both seed germination and growth.

Apparently sea oats branch a fair amount from rhizomes, and have very deep, fast-growing roots, and if my experience with sympodial orchids is any indication, both ought to be accelerated by application of KelpMax.

I'll keep you posted as this experiment progresses.