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Luskville Quebec Canada

Has anybody had any bad experience using fish emulsion as a foliar feed , does it bring raccoons adn dogs in the garden??
thanks
l-c

2/12/2015 4:41:33 PM

Omaha, Ne.

don't use to much

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=214173

2/12/2015 7:38:09 PM

Seattle, WA

I much prefer fish hydrolysate to fish emulsion. Especially from a microbial perspective as a food source. We use fish hydrolysate on our veggie starts in our nursery as a foliar to give them a little boost. Also much less fish smell, though lower in N and higher in P (it's usually stabilized with phosphoric acid) than fish emulsion, it preserves the enzymatic qualities of the fish better.

2/15/2015 9:44:27 PM

JACKSON, WISCONSIN. ; )

My aunt doesn't use fish due to raccoons... She has had issues over the years...

2/18/2015 8:44:50 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

I can't use fish for the same problem with pests. Raccoons, skunks and Bears are all attracted by the stink of it....

2/23/2015 8:55:10 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

But kelp.....ahhhh makes the whole patch smell like the ocean....just like a day at the beach after using kelp foliar.

2/23/2015 8:56:40 PM

Midland, Oregon

The comment by North Shore Boyz about the kelp was very helpful. I remembered I had some kelp powder in my cabinet, several years old, grabbed it out and put it on my newborn giant atlantic pumpkin seed, Buntrock 529 (a 15 year old seed that I just noticed had come up today) and that seedling was pale white/barely hint of green. I mixed the kelp powder, about a teaspoon, with water and poured it on my Buntrock 529. Before my eyes, in less than a minute, he began to blush a green - quickly turning a relatively dark green on some parts of him. Thanks for the kelp info. I'm not a good gardener, quite ignorant and impatient, so things like this really hook me in.

4/29/2015 9:26:35 PM