lonrombough

04:41 pm: Fish Fertilizer
A new source of fish fertilizer found me recently. Got an ad for it, then followed the letter to the source and discovered it's quite different. How so?

First, most fish fertilizer is made from wild caught sea fish. That makes the content of it variable according to what species are used, and means the fertilizer may contain heavy metals the fish ingested. Granted, that's not likely to be a major problem, but why add something you don't want, even in small amounts?

This new fertilizer is processed from farmed, freshwater catfish, prepared at much lower temperatures than other fish fertilizers to keep more of the nutrients and amino acids intact. Because the diet of the fish is controlled, the fertilizer has fewer heavy metals and unwanted contaminants. And the supply isn't as dependent on the availability of fish because the production of the catfish is pretty much a known quantity.

The company recommends using the fish as a foliar feed, though it will work perfectly well to fertilize the soil the regular way. I have some to test as soon as the vines get growing, and will keep you posted.

The name of the fertilizer? That will be on my website shortly. ;-)