What about the smell?

Don't assume that it smells like rotten fish just because it is recycled from that source.

The stuff is deodorized in the reduction process. Smell is not much different from the smell of wet composting grass cuttings....earthy and a very faint ammonia smell. Dogs and other critters pay no attention.

Sniffs are free at your local garden store.......

I'm not assuming anything, I've been around the stuff for decades.

I do know that in warmer weather the fish fertilizer attracts yellow jackets. Not good for someone who is allergic.

Thanks for the tip.

I sure like this idea however I disagree that dogs ignore it. My cattle dog gets very excited when I open the jug of fish fertilizer and will hover around looking for an opportunity to lick any spill off the fish fertilizer jug. She even goes after the watering can if it has had the fish fertilizer mix in it.....she chewed the spout end off of a plastic watering can that I had used to put fish fertilizer on potted plants. She is 8 years old and wasn't a nuisance chewer even as a pup. On the plus side, so far it hasn't made her sick. I'm going to try this (the price is sure good compared to the iron based stuff) but suspect that Pearl will lick it off the ground. jwww