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Nauvoo, Alabama

Will Fresh Fish under the pumpkin vine do much help on fertilizing?
One fish, two fish, three fish?
Or am I talking my self into something too easy that will not work? OR not good enough?

5/30/2007 6:03:27 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Ahh.....ancient early American secret. Burying fish is good since bacteria get working on it quickly & animals are less likely to find it. Rather old school though. Plus animals might dig & that might be ugly.

Grinding them up & straining it into a sprayable would be nice. Then bury the remaining slurry.

The amount to use? See first line or just consider that fish is 10% Nitrogen (about) so even 1 pound of fish is a lot for a seedling.

If you do this I would keep a large barking dog on a short leash a slightly greater distance from the buried fish. To scare away raccoons & cats.

5/30/2007 7:24:52 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

Steve's right. The critters will come a callin'.

5/30/2007 8:34:44 PM

Western NY

I'll be putting some more fish in the garden tomorrow.

The white bass are biting, and I gotta do something with the guts.

Like they said, make sure you bury down at least a foot or so, more if you have critters. I put them at least 5 or 6 feet from the plant so they get a chance to break down before the roots find them.

5/30/2007 9:43:19 PM

Gays Mills,WI

Bury deep so they dont stink.

5/30/2007 11:30:24 PM

Nauvoo, Alabama

thanks for that info.
grinding sounds yucky.

Will dig as deep as i can.---towards a foot.
And several feet away from the pumpkin fruit that is already growing just under the vine/joints.
and hope the coons dont find it.

No big doggies here. And the vine is 200 feet away from the house but near the road side.

5/30/2007 11:32:51 PM

President - GPC

Use a bassa-matic.....after making compost tea the next great trick will be to grind your own fresh fish......

5/31/2007 8:44:50 AM

NO WAYYY,,bassa-matics are wayyy to valuable as collector items these days,,,,geeeze WIZ what are you thinking? :-)

5/31/2007 12:03:21 PM

President - GPC

Sorry Dan, Im Bad

5/31/2007 12:45:04 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Wiz just feed it to the dog...after it eats the fish it will barf it up :) problem solved

5/31/2007 1:37:53 PM

Nauvoo, Alabama

rofl

5/31/2007 5:29:40 PM

Simi valley, ca

I just got threw grinding several hundred anchovies & putting them on patch, I found a perfect old sausage grinder At garage sale 2$ It grinds then up to a thick mush-Then thin it with water & i throw it onto soil, then water in. Even a lot just disaperes & withen 2 days no trace , & that way they wont dig directly under plants ! Iv burryed & they dig & iv tryed the mash & no diging .

6/2/2007 2:18:11 AM

Minnesota

I went to a fish market and got about 15 pounds of fish carcasses, they were glad to give them to me, I barried some fish under each plant, I did catch a cat sniffing around where I barried the fish, also I was told it is best to do that, barry fish in the fall.

6/3/2007 3:01:13 PM