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Re: Fish Fertilizer

Carleen,

At 12:03 AM -0500 2/7/99, rosenlund wrote:

> I like using liquid fish fertilizer on my roses. Is there an easier
> way then bucketing it all about ?  Have any of you tried the new
> pellet form of the stuff ?

I used the pelletized fish emulsion last year and found the release to
be about 4-6 weeks and more front-loaded than I would prefer. It seems
to work about the same alfalfa pellets. The roses were happy with both
used in conjunction with a rich compost, light sprinkle of kelp
meal and a couple of liquid kelp mists.

> Do any of you use Epsom salts ?

Epsom salts is highly soluble and releases instantly--usually not a
nice thing for soil microorganisms or groundwater. Sulfate of Potash
Magnesia (Sul-Po-Mg) does the same thing but is slower release.


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