Fish Hydrolysate // How To Make Your Own Fertilizer // Natural Garden Amendments // Fish Emulsion

[@12322gfshh]

Welcome back stranger

[@woodchipgardens9084]

I ferment fish with urine and I will use about 2 cups per gallon to grow giant strawberries, giant kale plants and tomatos, alternate to using fertilizer is growing directly in woodchips, a lot of people describe things a different way. If you add sugar or even greens you will make vinegar which is not bad unless you have a lot of vinegar, I use it right away and add more water and urine as the fish continues to breakdown.

[@veewaiyawuth2063]

I've heard people add pineapple with the fish. It's suppose to help digest the protein in the early stage and help reduce the smell. I haven't tried that though. The system I'm using right now is collecting compost drippings, I put the fish in a plastic planter, cover with matured compost, I then place the planter on top of a tub which collects the liquid. It doesn't smell of anything unless you dig down to the fish.

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

That's an interesting way to do it, I like it! I'll have to play around with that. Thank you for sharing what you do 😊

[@atilla4680]

I'm curious to see how it turns out

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

Me too!

[@IanMiller-b9u]

Do u not need to use LAB?

[@paulbraga4460]

how did the end product smell? it should not smell bad at the end of the process. during the process, when the fish is breaking down, it will of course stink....blessings

[@roffa]

Looking good. What's the time between the start and the prep for the ferment?

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

Total time to prepare everything was only an hour or so. The fermentation before use on the garden is going to take months, even up to a year, depending on temperature.

[@roffa]

@@juliesrootsandshoots ok so you mixed the soil with the fish and waited for an hour. After that you prepared for the fermentation? Because it looks like it’s been there for a while

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

@@roffa You don't have to wait, I just happened to wait because I was at work when I got the dead fish (I work at a fish hatchery, where the dead fish were), and finished the process when I got home. You can add everything all at once if you want :) I was meaning to say the total hands on process time was under an hour, mostly because I was waiting for the air lock glue to dry. Let me know if you need other clarifications! Sorry for the confusion.

[@roffa]

@@juliesrootsandshoots Thanks for the information. It’s was cleare more or less 🤣 all new things need to be learned step by step. I’m going to set this up need to fix the materials first. Good video 👍

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

Good luck! If you have other questions, let me know 🙂

[@cader1557]

When is the update?

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

This spring! 💚 Sorry for the delayed response.

[@alanknight4418]

Why not just use a home brewing airlock?

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

You absolutely could. I just didn't want to buy one 🤷‍♀️ I had all the stuff to make one, so it was essentially free.

[@MrSeebobski]

​@@juliesrootsandshootsso true great job use and reuse what u got

[@donb32000]

How did the Hydrolysate work out?

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

I'm working on a second batch because we moved across the state, and hauling fish guts was a deal breaker with my husband 😆 But I have more on the way!

[@patrickdockendorf6332]

Can you just use the non-rating portions of the fish like heads, tail, bones, guts etc. I hate wasting good fish fillets.

[@patrickdockendorf6332]

Non- eating portion - sorry!

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

Absolutely! That's what most people do. Take the fillets and then use the waste product for compost/hydrolysate. I think it would be a shame if you had a perfectly good eating fish to only use it for fertilizer 🫤 I had some whole fish in this video because I worked at a fish hatchery, and they were mortalities that would have gone straight to the trash otherwise 😊

[@patrickdockendorf6332]

@@juliesrootsandshoots thank you so much for your response! What a treasurer, to be able to utilize the whole already dead fish from the hatchery!!

[@bearmcdaniel6042]

Garden like a Viking made this vid 2 years ago

[@juliesrootsandshoots]

Yes, his video is one of the many I watched when I was researching how to do this! It's fun to see how other people do things to reach the same end-goal 🙂