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Homemade fish emulsion fertilizer

Jun 08, 2012
Made fish emulsion fertilizer this week with whitefish that was in the freezer too long. It's coming along nicely. Here's the recipe if anyone is interested. http://www.ehow.com/how_5100132_make-fish-emulsion-fertilizer.html
JMTKMS replied about 1 year ago
I looked it up, and it sure sound stinky.  I was unsure of the measurements of each ingredient.  What amounts did you use.
MaryLarson replied about 1 year ago
Use 4-6, 15 inch fish remains/guts, head, etc. (my husband and I go fishing a lot). Fill the bucket 1/2 full with extra browns like sawdust, leaves, or straw. You can add about a 1/3 cup of molasses to the fishy mixture in order to build up microbes to speed up decomposition. Stir the bucket daily or every other day in order to get air in the mix for better decomposition and better aerobic microbial growth in the emulsion. Let this paste rot for at least 1-2 weeks.  Also add 1-2 tblsp of Epsom salt to the mix for extra magnesium and sulfur and for extra trace elements. You can apply this fish emulsion at a dilution rate from 1:1 to 1:5 ratio (5 gallons of tea to 25 gallons of water). 
JMTKMS replied about 1 year ago
@MaryLarson:  Does it need the guts to make it good, or if I have some old freezer burnt "cleaned" fish, could I use that?
MaryLarson replied about 1 year ago
You can use old freezer burnt (cleaned) fish, absolutely. I used frozen Whitefish from Green Bay, which is off of Lake Michigan. They were a year old, and when Whitefish get a year old they tend to get very fishy tasting. Not good for meals... We fish so much we could open our own fish store so no big deal if I used it for making fertilizer, lol.

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