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Brown Algae and agar

Random - 19-2-2011 at 14:11

I was walking through my hometown when I saw small (2-10cm diameter) "bushes" of brown algae growing on the moist soil. I am really not sure how this managed to grow there as I never saw anything similar growing anywhere near me (I am really nowhere near the sea).

How is that actually possible?

Now, the brown algae looked something like that:



I would like to harvest them and make some agar if it's possible while they still grow, is there a procedure for that?

By the way, can I grow them somewhere? I am not sure how to plant them though.