Results after using fish fertilizer.

Hello there! I've just used Alaska Fish Fertilizer for all my domestic crops such as corn and stuff. I used two spoons of that fertilizer for better results. Any of you used that type of fertilizer before? I wanna find out how Alaska or any other type of fish fertilizer worked for you. I'd also like to see some before and afters of plants being fertilized by fish if you all have a chance. I'd like to find out if there more ways to make my fish fertilizer more natural if I decide to go homemade. Also, please share me some of the brands of fish fertilizer to buy or not buy when I go to the store next time. If you have anything, drop in this box right below! Good day!

Blake, I've used the Alaska brand for a few years mainly on transplants and to give the plants a boost during the growing season.  Sorry no photos as I seldom think about taking them until the end of the day when it's dark.

One issue I did have this year after using it on the tomato and pepper transplants this spring was that the cats went nuts!  My little greenhouse resides within a 6'x8' chain link dog kennel and they were climbing the kennel and hopping onto the greenhouse, which in turn had me in a panic because I have the expensive plastic on it and because I'd never experienced that reaction prior.  Yes, they would sniff the air when I used it, but never a reaction like that.  I ended up watering a spot in the grass away from the greenhouse with it and they licked and rolled in it for over an hour.  So this year I've only used it indoors (yeah it stinks) when starting transplants and am using compost and compost tea outside.  I've also heard others say it attracted raccoons to their gardens as well.

All-in-all I think its a good product and I was ecstatic to pick up a couple of gallon jugs on clearance last year.  Just be aware that it may invite unwanted visitors to the garden.

We found the fish emulsion too smelly and found a more natural way to fertilize with fish was the method where you raise some fish in a tank and circulate the tank water to your garden, replacing with fresh water.

I hate to be a negative nelly, but I would like to better understand the fish sources that are the basis of this product. They seem obscure. I have stopped buying salmon (for example) because I'm concerned about the health of fish populations. And dammit, I love salmon! Help me out -- anybody have any wisdom to share on this?

I bury fish carcasses before planting squash. I eat the fish, the plants eat the bones & guts. Works great!

Nice!!! I wish I could organize a setup like that, with fish that I knew were sustainable. Yeah, hook me up with that!

If you are referring to the aquaponics system, Tilapia is the most popular fish for this purpose and you can start as small as a 55 gallon tank.

I use fish hydrolysate and fish bone meal as my main inputs of microbe food as well as N an P for compost teas. Fish, especially anadromous ones like salmon that go to the sea to feed and return to breed and die, are an essential part of a healthy Pacific Northwest nutrient cycle. However, I stopped using the Alaska brand over a decade ago due to reports of excessive heavy metals and chlorine. Perhaps they have found ways to reduce these problems since, but I’ve found other more local sources.

In my post I have shown my aquaponics system and what we did with the fish poop.

https://permies.com/t/139668/permaculture-projects/long-dream-Thailand

At the end our backyard garden was way too small and we gave the fish/crayfish poop away to our neighbors and they had the same results.
Their backyard ended after one year as a jungle same as ours did.

Here some pictures of our garden after one year.
bananas are not supposed to be that high, neither should dwarf bananas have so many flowers but also the harvests of veggies (here spring onions in equal size and still there was enough food for our Dutchman's pipe vine to shade the porch and lure wedding couples at our fence for a shot under an abundance of flowers. ;-)

No need for aquaponics here. This is a catfish & brim pond 200 yards from the garden. Bass ponds are slightly further away.

Michelle Heath wrote:.  I ended up watering a spot in the grass away from the greenhouse with it and they licked and rolled in it for over an hour. .

Great idea! LOL. I’ve never noticed it to draw animals! You must have gotten a potent batch😄

Mike Barkley wrote:I bury fish carcasses before planting squash. I eat the fish, the plants eat the bones & guts. Works great!

I have done this with tomatoes!… i’m sure it works for all plants.

Greetings folks! I wanna find out where can I get some fish poop, and which stores and places have them?