Kettle Moraine, WI | nextgenfarm.org - 2/10/2024 13:02
Thanks for that.
I am still working on the how. It’s all an experiment for now. I intend to treat some corn and soybean seed to begin, and if the end results strains and mixes well, I hope to get it in with corn starter, and then figure out if I can knife or Y-drop more in both corn and beans. I hope to somehow try foliar as well.
I have a couple gardeners friends that will test some out through the season.
What suggestions or advice do you have?
The commercial fish hydrolysate is ballpark 2-5-1 with some micros. I hope to be able to test a few of my samples by April.
Organic?
At around 9lbs a gallon, you won't have many acres worth with 300lbs of fish. Screening with be tough. And then unstabilized with get biofilm growth and clumping to make screening tricky (also slimy). So have a plan for that. (Maybe window screens on an incline angle with progressively smaller screens). Bones and tiny bones are many. Chopper pumps may be helpful.
Bad fish can have bad bugs impacting seed and disease.
The 5% phosphate is from the phos acid. Without phos acid, it will be 2% or under. Only half of nitrogen will be first year available and not majority is water soluble. 1% of potash may be rounding up. Goes back to the NOP rules- it is just the allowed added synthetics that bump up npk numbers, or sodium nitrate. NOP rules cover how low the pH can be adjusted down.
Will be interesting how it works. I have used plenty of liquid fish and even commercial products can be a challenge. If you can multiple your trials with some 5 gallon pails, you may expedite your learning and know expected range. Hope you share results, good or not. Great deal to be at a buck a gallon versus 5
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Fish hydrolysate experience?
