fertilizing

15 years ago

So my wonderful dog chewed through the plastic bottle of fish emulsion that I had, ate some of it, had some awful burps and gasses to pass, and now I have no fish emulsion. All of my usual garden haunts don't sell it anymore because apparently nobody liked it because it smells so awful. I don't want to use bone meal or blood meal because the last time I did that, raccoons figured out to push the bricks off the top of my plastic bin, open it, and take out the bone meal and blood meal bags, and claw through the bag. So this time I picked up some Miracle Gro Organic Choice plant food http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/productTemplate.jsp?proId=prod10280006&itemId=cat10110006

Has anyone used this? It says it's made from sugar beet molasses. Which is a new one to me.

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tracydr
15 years ago
You might try some rabbit pellets or alfalfa hay cubes. I found some alfalfa pellets with molasses last year. Just make sure they don't have salt.
potterhead2
15 years ago
Fertilizer's main ingredients are Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium (N-P-K). According to the label, The Miracle Gro is 8-0-0, Nitrogen only. That's it.

Most gardeners would recommend using a more balanced fertilizer. There are lot of balanced fertilizers out there, or you can mix your own (see the original Square Foot Gardening book). This website may be useful to you http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/fertilizing-your-organic-garden.html.

I've been using Brafield Organics All Purpose (5-5-5) which I can get at my local Agway.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fertilizing Your Organic Garden
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taz6122
15 years ago
Looks like it would be good for an FE replacement. I don't mind the smell of FE myself being a fisherman. I bought the local co-op out of FE because they said they wouldn't be getting any more. Works great for foliar feeding when they need a little nitrogen boost.
buford
15 years ago
My Home Depot sells Fish Emulsion, did you try there? I use alfalfa pellets on my roses and it works wonderfully. I do all bone and blood and cottonseed meal.
susan2010
15 years ago
You can buy Neptune's Harvest (fish or a fish-seaweed blend) on line. Google them.