Fish emulsion, the good fertilizer

[WTM]

ive always used fish emulsion for low nitrogen plants like tomatoes and always seem to have healthy plants when i use it.

here is why:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1 ... 0609507328

 

[DaveB]

Interesting. Any idea of the WHY? For example, did the emulsion come from a particular type of fish (like carp or catfish) or fresh or salt water, etc. Another question would be if you use emulsion, is the product still organic?

 

[WTM]

my guess it is because of the fish oil in the emulsion. neem oil also kills the bad bacteria and fungi.

yes it should still be considered organic since fish emulsion is not a synthetic nitrate. i still use urea or AN in the garden, particularly for the 2nd and 3rd fertilizing of sweet corn but i am very aware of the time of year when i use it and how i use it. i want the nitrates going into my plants and not the watershed or the air and to be honest i really dont need to use very much because of the type of cover crops i grow and the compost that i add back every 2 years.

 

[MickThompson]

There are instructions for how to ferment your own fish emulsion online. It suggests that you can use whatever fish scraps you have laying around.

Sounds like a good way to make catfish bait or get divorced, maybe both?


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[WTM]

There are instructions for how to ferment your own fish emulsion online. It suggests that you can use whatever fish scraps you have laying around.

Sounds like a good way to make catfish bait or get divorced, maybe both?


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lol i used to make my own fish oil and lures when i did a lot of trapping years ago.

my wife used to say "there is something dead outside". id reply, "i dont smell anything".

 

[GMB54]

Fish is only part of the fertilizer equation

Get some kelp too. Both of these had the same Alaska fish emulsion fertilizer. Both had the exact same potting mix when i started this experiment. I have since moved them into a ground plot.

Aji Lemon Drops... One with homemade kelp extract from dried wakame.

 

[WTM]

yeah but i can never find kelp emulsion unless i order it, but i also use tomato tone on tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and squash. it has the calcium, sulfur and microbes in it that the kelp emulsion has in it. usually i apply 2 feedings of fish emulsion and then when the first tomato sets i will work in a handful of tomato tone next to the plants.

 

[GMB54]

Alaska Fish and Kelp pellets for veggie and tomato is 4-6-6 and 7% calcium.....very good stuff for the money

Pretty much any of the veggie stuff and compost starter from Jobes is 8% calcium and contains myco. They call it Biozome. Basically same stuff that is in ProMix potting mixes.