[VanessaC]

You can make your own fish emulsion. It stinks but it’s worth it. There’s lots of recipes on the internet. Personally I just catch fish, put them in the blender with water and ferment them in the greenhouse for several days.

[Wilburs-Place]

AFTER I posted this, I dug a little deeper! I don’t know why I thought there might be something special about fish water, but….. Kind of embarrassing! What I have been doing, before realizing it was called fish emulsion, was using sardines. I stockpile cases of sardines and prior to planting I mush them all up and spread them in the rows or the holes! I think I was on the right track and didn’t even realize it! Thank you so much for your response!

[3star]

I can’t wait to mash those fish. Thanks 🙂

[DeepSouth]

Sardines the NEW fertilizer PREPAREDNESS Item!!! I can see the sardines flying off the shelves now. Thanks for this info for those wanting ways to create their own.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by  DeepSouth.

[theIAMofMEinTN]

Now why did somebody have to go mention my SECRET!?!? LOL I have a big stash of sardines. I put one in each tomato hole with other “secret ingredients”. They are also something I use once in awhile to give our pup a treat. He LOVES them. I add them sometimes to his food. He also drinks the water in the can. NASTY!! Sardines are very hard to find right now. And they have definitely gone UP!

[potpourri_of_life]

Here in NH I am finding them on our shelves. The price has gone up, yet they are available. Yet honestly, even though I know they are great for fertilizer, I am using them for our own nutritional benefit

[theIAMofMEinTN]

I know they are good for you. I just can’t do it. LOL They stink and are gross. That’s my opinion though. Now, I’m sure my opinion would change if I was starving. They use to be 89 cents a can here. Now they are around $1.50.

[potpourri_of_life]

They very in price right now. My preferred brand is now over $2 a can, so we are purchasing the ones that are 99c and another that are $1.50

[themacs]

I get lobster bait in the spring and bury them in the soil before planting tomatoes, peppers, zuchinni etc. I cover the bait with lime so raccoons or whatever won’t dig it up. It seems to do the job the whole season

[Mamafox]

I just started mine with shrimp shells and crab claws…it smells yummy! 🤤

[culdesacgrocerygarden]

No way am I squandering my sardines by burying them in the dirt, lol I love them! They taste like the ocean. Yum. I would rather go scoop some pond water from the neighborhood “lake” on the DL and use that. Hahaha.

[DavidTheGood]

I like my sardines too. They are great for you.

[culdesacgrocerygarden]

😁

[coastalredwoodhomestead]

I live right next to the ocean and I collect all kinds of fish crabs and seaweed. I fill up five gallon buckets cover with water and let them ferment for a couple of months and this way all the bones will be liquefied

[DavidTheGood]

Though freshwater fish are good, I believe saltwater ones are best due to the higher mineral content in the ocean.

[Sandra]

I have a small polyethylene fish pond about 250 gallons with a water pump and filter, the filter has to be cleaned weekly and I wash the gunk out of it to make my fish water, plants seem to love it.