This Fertilizer Is My SECRET WEAPON For A Healthy Productive Garden!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you found this video helpful, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Where To Get This Natural Fertilizer 0:45 The Problem With Most Fertilizers 4:01 The Best Fertilizer For Your Garden 6:59 How To Use Fish Fertilizer In Your Garden 7:38 The Downside To Fish Emulsion 8:10 Kelp Fertilizer Odorless Alternative 11:08 Adventures With Dale

[@gardensofthegods]

Great vid and thank you so much for being thoughtful to the viewer to have this time-stamped into its various categories

[@MrDollazncents]

Do you use this as a foliar spray?

[@halepstein7701]

What about Jack's fertilizer which you swear by in another video and I just went out and bought? You use that when you are late in planting...which I am. Do you use the two in tandem every year?

[@angelaefferson8620]

Hi , love your channel, Question ; when your plants start to fruit do you ( or ) should I continue to give them fish fertilizer or do I stop when they start to bloom ? Please help , at a lose

[@tracygarstka7137]

Can I add fish emulsion at the same time I add osmocote plus? I only use osmocote plus twice a year and plan to use fish emulsion every couple weeks.

[@HowlettHill]

A quick tip that really made my fertilising a little more pleasant: I replace the lid on my fish emulsion and seaweed emulsion with a sauce bottle lid. The sauce bottle lid is a screw on and then has a screw opening/closing top. No more stinky fingers from drips of fish emulsion.

[@jujubee7351]

Great tip

[@danluther1741]

Brilliant!!

[@vicp8611]

Intelligent!

[@gardensofthegods]

Somebody said that if you're using it on houseplants not to let the water in the dish under the plant once you have used the fish fertilizer . Can somebody tell me if this is going to be a problem ... and if so , why ? I was about to transfer all my houseplants in the bigger containers with new soil and use this product so there will definitely be some extra watering and now I'm worried I'll harm the plants if they are sitting for awhile in the water with the fish emulsion .

[@danskdna8550]

Maybe because it stinks and attracts gnats is my guess/my experience.

[@bettysanchez3933]

My husband and I have multiple aquariums. 1 is 125 gallons. As well as 90 gallons. Plus several smaller aquariums. When we do water changes on our big tanks, I use the water from the tanks to water our garden as well as our indoor and outdoor plants. It is so beneficial to our plants and us. We use that water to help fertilize as well as save on adding water to our plants. I love its benefits.

[@jvjdrn]

I love this stuff!

[@picklemetimbers3003]

I'm going to assume you have freshwater aquariums. If I did this with my 50g weekly water changes from my reef tanks I would kill my garden. Tho, I always wondered if I can use skim mate as a fertilizer.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

​@Glenn De Vries I'm a newbie,(10 days)how exactly do I use worms in my container garden???

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

@glenndevries9893 Ok wait,are you saying buy a whole bunch of worms and put them in some container and feed them food scraps,for how long am I doing this???

[@stayathomecichlidmom3579]

I change 500 gallons a week, during the summer, I have 75ft of tubing that will reach my garden. Multi tasking 😂

[@NubianP6]

I live out in the “boonies” where a lot of different animals are free to roam through my property, and I’m able to use fish emulsion in my garden by sprinkling a bit of cinnamon over the soil after applying. Doesn’t hurt the plants, and keeps most things away.

[@brendacunningham9849]

Great tip, thank you!

[@CubanMofo]

Black pepper is also good

[@albertromero9353]

Great tip! It’s crazy how mos of us humans love cinnamon, but to most animals it’s quite repulsive!

[@beverlyboyce1041]

In fall, Walmart often markdown Fish emulsion to clearance .

[@ariannaplayshouse]

Yep

[@jonlouis2582]

That's where I got mine.

[@thebear3589]

I grew up on Albemarle sound in NE NC and caught alot of fish ...My Grandmother ALWAYS asked that we bury all the fish remains in the garden once we cleaned our fish...we always had a big pretty garden year after year.

[@loisjohnson7272]

That’s the best natural fertilizer I believe, works great for me, ❤

[@richardletell4062]

A year ago I knew nothing about figs and was asking you what I should do with my fig tree in the front yard that froze ( Houston Tx )......and now, thanks to you, I have 25 assorted figs trees ( one being from a cutting from your Ronde de Bourdeaux fig tree )...... Today I just picked my first fig of the year...a perfectly ripened Black Madeira .,,, ( BEAUTIFUL FIG ! )........ Any time I ever had questions concerning any of the cuttings or fig plants I purchased.........people would ask me if I knew that guy the "Millennial Gardener",,,, he's the one to ask? ....... Thanks to you and Dale for all of your help in the fig community, you are greatly appreciated!

[@barbarafallin2038]

I put a can of sardines in my pot before I put the plant in, and I have beautiful tomatoes

[@summerbaby9379]

I love your rain barrel setup. I wish you would do a video on how you do that and where you got your containers.

[@eduardoluz9527]

I produce both products here in Brazil! My company is called Algas de Penha. One product is already for sale, which is the seaweed-based biostimulant. The fish fertilizer is in the final stages of production! I guarantee that both products are great for plants! Especially when used together! Congratulations on the video!

[@tulipbulbs5714]

My family are long time gardeners from West Coast 🇨🇦 we always use Alaska FF. Still today (2024) I feed everything with it & my folk’s used to plant fresh Salmon heads under all our Roses & they were the size of dessert plates- no kidding they were pretty spectacular!!

[@ajclips2540]

I've been using the Alaska FF for a few years now. It is FANTASTIC stuff. But it seems like it takes a while to actually work. Maybe it's suppose to IDK. But I can put it on my struggling tomatoes or bell peppers and 10 days later they still look like they are struggling. Give it a few more days to make it about 2 weeks and they just explode in growth. And that smell.....oh yeah. It has a very thick, unique, pungent odor. Quite a few times I've opened up the jug on a hot summer day and that smell will smack you right in the face. It stays in your nose for a few hours.

[@blakeumthun8128]

I've been using this stuff for the last 3 years. I don't have problems with critters in my raised beds. Where I do have problems is when I use blood and bone meal. My dogs won't stay away from it.

[@dustyflats3832]

It brought a coon into our garden.

[@KevinSmith-dq9tz]

Yes they all love the organic ferts. Haha I have squirrels, raccoons, bunny's. They do dig some but actually do minimal damage.

[@jamessnee7171]

Fish Emulsion is like an organic compost tea. Already broken down and available to the plant immediately. It works great and fast. This and worm casting for a plants vegetative state will get you to the bloom phase. But I use at half strength as it builds up if used too often. Not too much of a smell. Sure if you stick your face right over it. But why would you do that?

[@garyp1930]

do u know how to kill brown patch fungus on grass naturally

[@coldesttuna2006]

after my first time using it i swore to always wear gloves. it was so hard to wash away the smellll

[@anidnmeno]

I also love the liquid fish because it makes my garden smell like the beach

[@ceaseanddesist8036]

I just gave my trees and palms the first feed of the year. Used a 4-1-1 fish emulsion and mixed it with kelp that had 4% Pottasium so the npk came of perfect for for those plants.

[@Genesis55555]

I always come back to your channel for advice and recommendations for my backyard garden. Your channel is the best and I just want to say I appreciate the time you take to make these videos.

[@jewdd1989]

I just used this exact fish fertilizer, it’s super easy to use. Yes my dog was incredibly curious about the smell but I didn’t smell it once it was applied to my veggie garden. I can’t see the smell being an issue

[@lynettetucker544]

Yes I use the Fish fertilizer in my garden and it really works great 👍🏾

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It’s definitely my favorite fertilizer overall. Thanks for watching!

[@marilynwhite2155]

Hearing about the dreadful Florida Hurricane. And reading that floods and terrible weather heading your way. Hope you stay safe and that you are not affected. From Perth Australia.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for your concern. It isn’t too bad here where I’m at. So far, a little over 2 inches of rain and some gusty winds, but no big deal. It didn’t even wake us up. I’ve had worse rain and winds during our afternoon thunderstorms during the summer. If this is the worst it gets for us, it is just a rain day.

[@marilynwhite2155]

@@TheMillennialGardener very pleased to hear this!

[@marvinbrock960]

The Alaska 5-1-1 is awesome! First hand experience!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It’s my favorite.

[@KS-op5hb]

This fish feed and their other product More Bloom are amazing for the dessert area I live in. Our plants look so great this year and I've only started using them 2 months ago!! Can't wait for May when most of our greenery really comes in to see the effect. I do want to try kelp next!

[@gardensofthegods]

On another channel the guy says don't let your potted plants sit in the dishwater that has the fish Emulsion in it ... I don't understand why this would be a problem ... do you ? I'm about to transfer most of my houseplants to bigger containers with fresh dirt and was going to give them all an extra nice watering and I know there will be some water sitting at the bottom under them in the dish but now I'm worried about this causing some kind of harm to the plants' roots ?

[@myurbangarden7695]

My mother LOVES ❤️❤️ this fertilizer. She was right to suggest it to me for plants that need a little BOOST or to recover from pests or disease.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

This stuff is concentrated magic 😊

[@teresaquach7689]

Thank you for such an informative video. Your channel provides great information and gets right to the point. As a novice gardener uncertain about using fish emulsion, you've got me convinced

[@kennethlatimer4607]

They actually say on the label of fish fertilizer for indoor and outdoor use. Inside? Maybe at the ax murderers house.

[@myurbangarden7695]

🤣🤣

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You certainly *can* use it indoors. It's totally safe, if you don't mind the smell. But they probably are referring to greenhouses, high tunnels, hydroponics, etc. - indoor growing operations.

[@user-db2rb4nv4c]

You are my go to guy for gardening. You mentioned Fish Emulsion before and I have been using it ever since. My fig tree and tomatoes are out of the world. I just can’t put it on my potted plants because I did that once and wasn’t able to sit on my deck..

[@marciawarden5021]

My dogs love the fish emulsion! They lick the water that drips from my hanging flower baskets! One of them will even eat the dirt! I’m going to start using the kelp seaweed for my flowers. The fish emulsion is wonderful! Thank you for all the info you give us!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Be careful with the fish emulsion. I imagine that can cause upset stomachs. I am in the process of producing a video on how to keep dogs away from fertilizers. I hope to produce it within the next 1-2 weeks.

[@marciawarden5021]

@@TheMillennialGardener we’re keeping them out of garden at this time bc I accidentally left the fertilizer out one night and a critter opened it and turned it over..during the rain we had recently. It was a mess! So I’ll use the kelp seaweed in areas they can get to. Look forward to the video!

[@Scott-jf1nh]

I caught one of my french bulldogs licking the gallon bottle. I put all that stuff up high now.

[@gregdoh]

I've really upped my fertilizer game these past 2 years, and one thing I realized is that the kelp I've been using for 13 years, although it's good stuff, is so "weak" compared to fish emulsion fertilizers. This year will be my first using the fish emulsion, and I'm excited to see the impact it will have. Thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Correct. Kelp meal, while fantastic in terms of micronutrients, is very weak. You'd have to use a lot of it to get results, and it will get expensive quickly. I like to mix 20-20-20 and fish emulsion for my outdoor plants and 20-20-20 and kelp for my indoor plants (since that won't be stinky for indoors). It's excellent in combination with a product like Jack's 20-20-20.

[@gregdoh]

@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks!

[@natthebat3153]

I have a fenced garden but have to deal with groundhog destruction. Besides "marking territory" (Pee contains nitrogen , potassium, and phosphorus, among other fertilizing products ;-)), I found that a funky fish fertilizer is great for repelling destructive herbivores such as woodchucks and rabbits. It feeds and protects the plants at the same time :) I've been using the Alaska brand and love it!

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

Do your pour some around your fence???

[@dustyflats3832]

It brings in coon, I know that.

[@PlantObsessed]

The liquid kelp is my go to for everything from orchids to hot peppers.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

How do you like it? The product I featured in the video is totally odorless. At least, I can't smell anything.

[@PlantObsessed]

@@TheMillennialGardener the one I use has a faint smell of seaweed. It is awesome for making roots and recovering damaged plants for a foliar spray. I add it to my worm compost tea. it is the best at keeping the good microbes happy.

[@bosquebear1]

I love the Alaska fish fertilizer also. If I have a plant that stops growing, I juice it with this product, and it jumps into growth. It doesn't seem to stop the production of figs either. I thought too much nitrogen might stop figs forming, but it seems to have the opposite effect, and I am getting fig formation on this year's cuttings. Watch for clearance sales at the end of the season. I love foliar feeding on young cuttings just leafing out.

[@sewhealthy560]

You are my go to guy for gardening. You mentioned Fish Emulsion before and I have been using it ever since. My fig tree and tomatoes are out of the world. I just can’t put it on my potted plants because I did that once and wasn’t able to sit on my deck.😂😂.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I understand. The fish can be powerful. I recommend you use the kelp on your deck and indoors, and fish everywhere else.

[@marianne3024]

🐠 👃 🤢 😂

[@Shivermetimbers90]

How long does the smell linger

[@lockoutxx]

@@TheMillennialGardener how long does the fish smell last?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

@@lockoutxx in my experience, once you water it in the ground, I don't detect it at all 30 mins later. But in a potted plant, that's another story. Potted plants, it can hang around awhile.

[@yes350yes]

I have an extra brandywine plant which I planted late and away from my regular garden. As an experiment I combined 1 oz of fish emulsion and 1 oz of neptunes harvest 2-6-4 in a 2 gal. watering can and after about 1 week the explosion of foliage combined with some rather sizable blooms blew my mind-- the kicker being this plant just below 1' tall.

[@kylegeordan725]

Love the part about using during transplanting. I typically apply some crab meal directly to the roots durring transplanting and it works like a dream. Same concept. Great video. Keep up the good work!

[@soilnatureherbanfarmer7562]

The only problem with Fish Emulsion is the high levels of metals found in it. Its better to make your own FAA, Fish Amino Acids. Also fermenting your own nutrients. Which is way cheaper.

[@dmick9168]

I combine a scoop of jacks 20-20-20 and a glug of Alaska fish fertilizer (in the same watering can), and it does wonders! Great results for the past 2 years!

[@wesbilly]

I’ve started using this! Great vid. Thanks. I’m from Jacksonville, just up Hwy 17.

[@AlvinMcManus]

Between you and me I would rather use a fish hydrolysate which is not cooked and doesn't smell so much instead of the emulsion which is cooked and smells to high heaven. I like this OMRI Listed Fish & Kelp Fertilizer by GS Plant Foods or Neptune's Harvest Tomato and Vegetable. Just my personal preference and like you say get what you can from local sources and as cheaply as possible. If you lived near a fishing port you could probably get your own fish material from the cleaning process and make your own. Now that would really smell. Keep up the great videos. I always learn something.

[@MichaelJosephJr934]

I go through that stuff like water. I buy 4 at a time. Also love Morbloom made by same company.

[@shellyschneider6271]

THANK YOU for your great videos!!! Alaska Fish fertilizer is an amazing product, especially if used in combination with liquid kelp and Texas Tomato Food fertilizer. I use Espoma Tomato Tone, Black Kow compost, and mushroom soil compost when planting seedlings for their long-term effect. My sweet pepper plants in '23 were not less than 5 feet tall and full of peppers. The tallest was over 8 feet. I use 10-foot-tall metal t-posts for support and plant 4 peppers around each post. The extra leaves of 4 plants together protect the peppers from sunburn. Honeybees go into the tops of the plants to pollinate. One group of 6-foot-tall peppers last October had over 100 peppers (of all sizes) on it. Extra space is given between groups of plants. The variety I use was listed to grow 32-36 inches tall. The breeder said that they had never seen pictures of this variety growing that tall---2 years in a row. In '22, the tallest was over 7 feet tall. Note: My raised bed garden is about 20 inches tall, zone 7a. I now believe that sweet peppers like to grow closely together and compete with each other for light (like trees in the forest). See the 5-star reviews on Amazon for Alaska Fish fertilizer. They tell the story of those who use this fertilizer. People will ask how you manage to have such an amazing garden! This 50-year gardener wishes you and your viewers the very best! TEACH A CHILD to grow plants!!! SS

[@gregoryhunts3006]

Whenever I catch a few carp or sucker's I grind em up and use em in my garden. I also have been using the Alaska fish fertilizer and the Alaska nutrients line for 25+ yrs

[@Shivermetimbers90]

For anyone concerned with the smell, I use this on my garden, and I live in hot humid south Florid. it smells like saltwater, and more of a smell that you would imagine walking on a pier at the beach. Instead of a funky rotten fish smell, it’s more of a fishy beach kind of odor. And I mean real beach smell not the fake candle scent and suntan lotion smell that stores try to sell you 😂Honestly, I’ve never had an issue with the smell, and I’ve never had any of my neighbors complain. But then again, I live in Florida, so maybe we’re all just used to it 😅

[@FloridaGirl-]

🤣🤣👍. And the smell actually disapates quickly enough. But you are so right about the beach smell. I was thinking same thing other day after using some. I’ve used it for years. I’ve also collected seaweed that’s come on shore. To put in my garden. Smells like that. And that disapates quickly too. (Good call on discribing it though! 👍)

[@jernesehill1808]

What about critters? Any problems?

[@MrStaybrown]

I would compare the smell to river water, or irrigation ditch water.

[@FloridaGirl-]

@@jernesehill1808 no problems

[@pennymach6934]

Love your clear explanations and direct approach. Your channel helps thousands of us with our gardens

[@christophertaylor9826]

Great product, I use fish emulsion and sea kelp on all my plants and see great results.

[@valoriegriego5212]

More great info.😃 I have a croton tree that is 50+ years old. I recently found it love 511. The smell goes quickly indoors...and I have a sensitive nose. Cute Dale! Thanks for sharing your sweet boy with us!😃🐕

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You use fish emulsion indoors? That's commitment. I won't even do that; that's what the kelp is for 😅 Dale says hi!

[@valoriegriego5212]

@@TheMillennialGardener 😄 The smell seems to go away quickly. I only use it on the one plant. Howdy back to Dale.😃

[@wilsgrant]

I love this channel. Great vibe, great information, and straight to the point.

[@demetrajohnson571]

I just bought this exact product today and fertilized my whole garden. Lol My hands smell like I just ate lobster. I'm excited to see the results.Thank you for sharing yours!

[@powaqqatsi8]

Great video! Great tips! I love Dale❤ I had a Shiba Inu male dog years ago and every squeaky dog toy I would get him, he would shake it and then rip out the squeak box everytime. 😂 It's those hunting instincts.

[@DaBuDaSak]

How far away are your fruit trees planted in the ground? Can you do a video about fruit tree spacing and weather or not to add soil amendments when planting fruit trees in the ground? Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

My spacing varies. I have countless videos on fruit trees, and I always discuss spacing at planting. The spacing depends on my design, how I'm going to prune them, what they are, whether they need cross-pollination, etc. I recommend going through my playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PL1gY7BoYBGIEwNvlpSq5wSnyKDK2_v5wv

[@taracherry6768]

Look up 3 trees in one hole. I planted 4 in one hole. But you have to prune them as if they're one tree. Those videos will tell you how and when to prune. Mine have been going fine for two years and have already set fruit.

[@kperellie]

Last year I started using a combination of Fish and Seaweed, and also Worm Tea on my lawn and flower gardens which I mix together and apply with a batterie-operated sprayer, all from Petra Tools. As far as I can tell, they work great. This year I've had to mow my lawn every 3 to 5 days and my shrubs and flowers are larger and fuller. In fact, I now have earthworms in my lawn which I never had for the first 7 years of owning this property.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That's good to hear. Fish emulsion is often used for foliar feeding.

[@ImmaHippster]

Wow!! That was all the info I was looking for! I’m totally checking out the kelp fertilizer. You had a solution to everything! Thanks!! Thanks! And thanks!!

[@Mike-rk8oo]

Ok, I'll try that as I have a lot of plants that need it today. I've got a lot of leafy veggies and I'd like to get the berry vines growing. Thanks for the tip!

[@amyk6028]

Your garden “never” fails? I wish I was that blessed!! 😂

[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you plant a diversity of things and check on it every day, you'll always be successful. Every year, there are good years for some crops and bad years for others. If you plant enough differing things, something always does well.

[@alessandraforlani152]

Sorry, but I can't find your original video and just wanted to give you a shout out for your recommendations. In the video you recommended a Japanese tree saw for pruning and some hand-held pruners. I purchased them and I am shouting with joy. I love these amazing little tools. They have made my life so much easier in the garden. I have some hand issues and these just cut through the thick branches like butter. They were also super affordable. I am a huge fan of your channel and am so happy I found you. Thank you for your continued advice and excellent recommendations.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I know how expensive gardening can be, which isn't fair, since part of growing food is saving money. When I find something that works well and is a great value, I try and share them since well-made, affordable products are like unicorns today! These are the two videos if you'd like to share them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIjRYWOoo7-kZ9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmbIenyJYsiZjKs

[@pholland9776]

I am learning SO much from this channel. THANK YOU for the valuable information you share.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm so happy to hear that! Thanks so much for watching!

[@JackOfAllAsses_]

I've been going with my own #1. Best fertilizer ever! Everything is green and blooming!

[@AlvinMcManus]

That works a little better if you age then dilute. I like to a bit to my worm castings tea brews.

[@mariap.894]

@@AlvinMcManus Would it be too much to ask if you explain the aging process, please? Sounds interesting😊👍

[@AlvinMcManus]

@@mariap.894 Common practice is to apply stored (aged) urine diluted with water. Fresh urine can contain pathogenic bacteria, so pH-raise due to ammonia is desired to disinfect the urine. Struvite precipitation can occur but struvite is bioavaliable and a great fertilizer. This takes about 90 days. (PS the smell increases as a result)

[@mariap.894]

@@AlvinMcManus Greatly appreciated 🙏 and blessings for sharing 🪴💜🪴❤️🪴💙

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

​@@AlvinMcManus That has to be POWERFUL stuff,lol...

[@8ema533]

Best to use with Alaska Morebloom 0-10-10. When blossoms appear cut the 10-0-0 to half dose. I use it along with alfalfa pellets and bone meal. Now if I could just get rid of the damn moles!

[@myurbangarden7695]

Good advice.

[@lisamullaney3743]

Awesome video! I just got my first bottle of fish emulsion and I'm now heading out to try it! One thing I wanted to say about Dale and his Kong. I used to give my girl kongs. She would do the same thing and tear them up immediately. It was all good until it wasn't. I bought her probably 10 to destroy before she actually ate the hard Kong rubber and they got stuck in her intestinal tract. $4300 later, a long scary surgery and she's okay but it was touch and go for a few days. Just wanted to caution you to not let him eat the rubber.

[@K-Zone]

I am going to make my own soon, can't wait, I'll be following the method by Garden Like a Viking, on KZbin as well. Plants love fish!

[@Grayald]

seems like a really good product, but doesn't the heavy focus on nitrogen make it pretty specific in what it should be used on? Like what if you're growing something that is supposed to have a balance fertilizer? Wouldn't this be less than ideal?

[@dustyflats3832]

I use fish fertilizer but concerned about so much nitrogen. Good to get plants started. The main problem we had this year is it called a coon into the garden. He scaled the fence probably by compost bin. It took us a couple days to figure it out as we’ve had voles for first time in my life, but this was unusually tore up and I wasn’t happy-we set a live trap and got it. We are in severe drought/heat in WI and everything wants our stuff.

[@3moirai]

I use AgroThrive when I can't tolerate the regular fish emulsion. It's still made of fish but the odor is still a little better than the Alaska brand.

[@Lalrinmawii7]

But sooo much more expensive!!

[@3moirai]

@@Lalrinmawii7 I agree but my garden isn't huge so I can torte three price. Though I can see it being crazy expensive with a huge garden

[@CityWideGardens]

Just got some for my garden! Cant wait to see the results

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised! 🐡

[@mgfons]

Also, Bat Guano and Seabird guano are really good as well. And, sulfate of potash.

[@mariap.894]

MichaelF@ I'm petrified to use Guano😱 I think - respiratory problems-🙆

[@mgfons]

​@@mariap.894 Breathing in the guano dust is a big concern of mine too. I try hard to avoid breathing any in. I also put compost on top of it afterwards. I believe it is cheaper now to buy fish meal, fish bone meal, kelp meal, crab meal, and shrimp meal than it is to buy bat guano or seabird guano. So, it is probably better for your lungs and wallet to use those instead of guano considering the recent price increase of guano. Though I think the guano costs a little less than the liquid fish emulsion

[@NorthlanderMN]

Got a fire pit. Use wood ash and your pee. If your not on chemotherapy or taking drugs your good to go. It’s free and does work. Water the soil only.

[@NorthlanderMN]

Put down wood ash. Get a five gallon bucket. 10% urine and 90% water. You’ll have great tomatoes that everyone will love.

[@lidip8700]

I'm trying the Fish Emulsion with Miracle-Gro, as you showed. I'm hoping it makes a huge difference, but it's too early to tell, because I'm in 5b Zone. I also powdered the roots of any vegetable transplants with Bonemeal as I was planting them. And I plan to add more throughout the growing season. I tried wormcastings, and haven't seen a difference in my tomatoes so far. Thank you for this information. Great video.

[@diannereneetodd4801]

This guy really knows his stuff. if I want to know anything about gardening I come to this channel

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@joannc147]

FIRST explanation on bio-available I’ve heard. Well done! I’ve heard many describe organic fertilizer as “slow acting” or used to ”feed the soil”. Your presentation is waaay better, thank you! Salt residue - important info! 👍🏻 And then, my engineering gardener guru says….”pour in one glug”. 🤣🤣 (Totally accurate description btw). Noting your rain catchment set-up ….. PLEASE DO A VIDEO on the rain catchment. I bought 2 fabulous 165 gal barrels and need to set those up. Would love to see your brainiac approach to install and your insight into rainwater off an asphalt roof. It’s an important part of gardening, right? Thanks for THIS quality video! 👍🏻

[@warzshadow9701]

Thank you for the info! I have fish emulsion and worm tea! I'll use them more often this year.

[@vinivv]

i agree another good organic is Neem seed powder its 6-1-2 mine smells like strong coffee i use kelp also as much organic as possible

[@joshuarhinehart2473]

Excellent video! I used to produce fish hydrolysate and Kelp fertilizer as well, this would have been a fantastic video to share back in those days. Cheers!

[@victoriasimonetv]

I use the Miracle Gro and good thing I live in a area where we get lots of Rain throughout the year

[@Lalrinmawii7]

Thank you..always learn more info from you!! it is very hard to deal with the smell in the beginning!! but I get used to with the smell now.. 🌝 😅

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I agree. But like you said, after 3-4 uses, you get used to it. It doesn’t even register anymore.

[@KevinSmith-dq9tz]

​@TheMillennialGardener I got to the point I love the smell now. Haha Been using thee 511 for more years than I can remember.

[@Userpesanque]

I recently been using a gallon of this that's been I my shed for a couple years. Man the stench of this is uncanny. It definitely will kick butt

[@commonlaw5400]

Thank you for the valuable and detailed information. I appreciate your efforts, from Pennsylvania zone 5.

[@josephconroy8531]

yes i lovr this,also kelp,worm casting my 3 best

[@juliehorney995]

Hi. Agree on the value of fish emulsion! Another YT gardener suggested stopping higher N fertilizers when produce is setting it's blooms. I did notice that using fish emulsion on tomatoes delayed fruit set. I may need to go back to a granular fertilizer mid season.

[@doglover7675]

I have been wondering about this with the tomatoes. what if I use the fish emulsion and the MorBloom as noted above. So It would combine for 5-10-10? So if I do this once the tomatoes bloom and continue until they are done as they are determinate?

[@WR_CTorch]

@@doglover7675 I just tried this exact combination on my young tomatoes yesterday. I was searching for something with phosphorus because my tomato plants were showing quite a bit of purple in their veins, underside of some leaves, and stems. A bottle of the Alaska brand Fish Plant Food 5-1-1 was sitting right next to the Alaska brand 0-10-10 Morbloom at Home Depot so I thought what the heck. I’m already seeing a slightly darker green in the leaves, and hopefully the tomatoes will be getting the phosphorus they need. HOWEVER, my dining room was bit funky last night 😂😅😂 The smell has backed off considerably this morning but I can still get a slight whiff of it. It kind of reminds me of Fort Bragg here in Ca. lol! (I did mix it a half of the recommended dosage because this was the first bit of fertilizer they’ve had. I’ll go full strength with it next time around.)

[@douglaswallace7820]

For ease of use, could you use a Miracle Gro garden feeder, fill with the fish emulsion and use as a hose end sprayer. Incidentally, the emulsion helps repel deer.

[@FloridaGirl-]

I don’t see why that wouldn’t work actually.

[@joystephens6614]

I did this very thing last year. It goes a lot quicker and you don't have to carry around watering cans. I have a big garden on a hilly lot.

[@CNArea51]

Awesome Channel with great info... For me, I had a problem with the fish.. A few years ago I tried fish emulsion... It attracted Racoons and they dug up all my plants..

[@pineychristian]

I use organic GS Fish & Kelp fertilizer. It's NPK is 2-3-1. It works awesome.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Outstanding! I don't think the brand matters. Fish fertilizer is universally awesome!

[@jeannewilliams956]

I love that my garden smells like the ocean!

[@janettucker3196]

I have needy fruit trees in desert soil (very alkaline). Could I combine 5-1-1 fish emulsion and 0-10-10 liquid emulsion for flowers in order to feed both leaves and fruit? What is your opinion on that? Thanks for your clear and concise videos.

[@contestwill1556]

I use Neptune's harvest fish and seaweed blend, gotta shout out for my local businesses

[@TheMillennialGardener]

The brand isn't very important. It's the fish emulsion I'm promoting, not necessarily the Alaska brand. Any product you can source affordably is great.

[@ej4753]

Great detail info on this fertilizer, I have been using and love the results!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Excellent to hear! Thank you for watching!

[@steveruiz5259]

Thank you very informative maybe I can you some of the fish formula in my rat cages or squirrel cage traps , will certainly use for my avocado trees lemons and mangos . Question ......Can I Use the fish fertilizer for my Cuban Royal and King palm trees? thank you again

[@maryboyd4918]

Thank you, the best video I’ve found sweet, simple and to the point!

[@mgfons]

I heard an old farmer say that liquid fertilizers are for suckers becuase you are paying for mostly water. I think it may be cheaper to buy solid fish meal fertilizer, and then mix a few cups of that into a 5 gallon bucket with water and let it sit for a few days to make one's own fish emulsion.

[@juneshannon8074]

Is solid fish meal available to buy? Like you, I don’t like paying for water.

[@mgfons]

@@juneshannon8074 Yes, you can buy fish meal on amazon for about $23 for 5lbs, NPK 8-6-0. I suspect this fish meal could be used to make at least 50 gallons of fish emulsion. Or, you can buy 1gallon of fish emulsion on amazon for about $36

[@TheMillennialGardener]

The problem with meals is the nutrients are not readily available to plants. That farmer does not understand the difference between soluble fertilizers and fertilizers that require long-term decomposition. If your plants need a boost right now, solid fertilizers will not help. They take weeks to break down and slowly release their nutrients. Fish emulsion is a very powerful concentrate. That's why you only need a couple tablespoons per gallon. It certainly isn't "mostly water." A chicken breast is 75% water, but I doubt the farmer would consider it so 🐔

[@juneshannon8074]

@@TheMillennialGardener I for one, thank you most sincerely for your explanation. You have saved me from making a mistake

[@mgfons]

@@TheMillennialGardener Yes, I agree that the liquid fish emulsion is probably able to be absorbed more quickly by the plant than putting fish meal, crab meal, fish bone meal, shrimp meal, kelp meal, etc. on top of the soil. These solid meals likely take several weeks to breakdown and decompose to become bioavailable to to the plants. However, I believe that if you account for the total NPK that will be taken up by the plant over the course of several months, that the solid "meals" end up providing more bang for the buck than the liquid fertilizers over time.

[@patcannon1763]

I love fish fertilizer, it work so good for my garden. It just I had an experience of a spill inside my car, when I make a turn and the lip wasn't shut tight, a lot spill, OMG! the smell is horrible we bring it to the professional car wash twice they can't get the smell out, then at home I clean many time and leave the window down at all time, finally after 1yr the smell gone.

[@wassimchkair9754]

I've seen people use miracle gro and have luscious plants with large yields whether its tomatoes, peppers, or eggplant but also yield can be increased by pruning , watering, and fertilizing.

[@lindadevuyst9311]

Question..does the fish fertilizer have an expiration date?..mine is a few years old😮…love your channel❤

[@MR-ri1qp]

Love the Fish Fertilizer! Its good stuff.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Plants love it!

[@MyDogMike1]

I’ll be honest, i’ve been wanting to give this stuff a try, but i have a feeling it would bring in more wildlife than i would be ok with.

[@aiserock]

I've used this stuff outside and raccoons came to visit and dug up my tomatoes!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I doubt it. Especially if you have a fence. I've been using it for many years and I've never had anything dig anything up. It's possible, but it's highly unlikely. It's water soluble, and the scent fades very quickly.

[@MyDogMike1]

I would think the low odor is more for human noses. It’s still composted fish. Raccoons, cats, Opossums would still smell it a mile away. Maybe i’m wrong, but i have a small garden and can’t risk that kind of damage.

[@Kay-xi9kv]

My farm is in the mountains and I had bears visiting when I sprayed this on my trees. Worth it tho!

[@aiserock]

@@TheMillennialGardener Yeah, that is something I don't have, a fence! I've had a different experience on how quickly the smell fades though, maybe if I apply in the early morning the odor would have time to dissipate before the nocturnal guys come out to play. Thanks so much for your videos and the time you take to make and share them with us!

[@hikinggirl1601]

This is the video I was searching for. I needed to get a natural liquid fertilizer for my potted plants and did not know which to get at the garden center. Good bye miracle grow.

[@coreybenoit3210]

I totally agree with you, I have been using fish emulsion from day one when I first started with my raised beds. Everything that I have planted loves this stuff, it's the best there is. Alaska is my go to brand, but I also have used Neptune brand as well. I like your channel, keep up the good work.

[@liebekatz1]

Where do you store your fish emulsion?

[@coreybenoit3210]

In my garage

[@milkweed7678]

Great info! I'm surprised you don't include the Alaska 0-10-10 fertilizer.

[@barco581]

Great video. I don't think anyone disagrees that fish fertilizer works, but some like Robert Pavlis have written it is super expensive and some claims about fish are just not true. For example, the fish hydrolysate marketing people often tout "oils and growth hormones." Pavlis makes the argument that plants can't take up large molecules like oil and proteins and thus these are broken down into small molecules like nitrate and phosphate. The same molecules one could get from say compost or coffee at a fraction of the price. What are your thoughts MG?

[@TheDylan6908]

Well put together vid. Thanks. This year thought I'd try Indian River combo fish and seaweed fertilizer on my lawn every two weeks. Also apply a very diluted synthetic fert (1/8 lb N) as well.

[@lagoon7977]

i'm new to gardening and will be growing many different vegetables like tomatoes, basil, broccoli etc. Will liquid seaweed be the only thing i need or do i need anything else to go with it? Appreciate the video.

[@mercedesbenzs600bash]

I'm a newbie as well,(10 days ago I started container gardening)for my soil i mix organic potting mix,cow manure,bone and blood meal,tomato fertilizer and peat moss... I will be using fish fertilizer pretty soon and Sevin insecticide spray,they also make a powder....

[@lorenzamartinez2570]

Very well explained! Thank you so much!❤

[@mrsseasea]

During the 70’s-80’s this was all I used to grow , well other plants, plants with buds at the top. But I to this day use the fish fertilizer, i have even done a comparison……used only this on a plant and used another brand on the other for one year……its truly the best you can buy……it’s a bit expensive, well worth the money.

[@oxanapokrovskaya3898]

Could you make a video about your watering system, please? What materials you used? How you collect water in the water barrels?, etc.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I have a playlist dedicated to this here: kzbin.info/aero/PL1gY7BoYBGIHHHsx0JPcYgD4xXzA96usL

[@oxanapokrovskaya3898]

@@TheMillennialGardener thanks a lot!

[@marilynwhite2155]

Hello Anthony, as usual ,loved this video. I have been following your fertising regime for Figs at Budbreak and they have had the first two feeds and are in new leaf growth stage.(perth aus) I have noticed that huge fig tree behind you, which I'm fairly sure is in a 10 gallon tub- it's so tall-. Do yiu have a problem with fig roots coming out at the bottom, having grown so big.? As you regularly fertilise your figs. I'm a newbie to figs ( in pots) - you have an incredible range of fertilisers in US. Our fertilisers by law have a very low Phospherous element. Cheers and Woof to Dale

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I haven't had a problem with roots growing through the bottoms of the containers. Generally speaking, you should probably prune your roots every 3 years or so. Most of my figs in pots are 3 years old, so I'm going to have a long winter of root pruning ahead of me 😅 Dale says hello!

[@neurocognitive]

A very informative video as usual. Thank You! I have a quick question - what type of black ground covering sheets do you use, and for what purpose? It looks like standard Tar Paper. I am beginning to get slugs and roly poly bugs in the soil of my potted fig trees. These pots are sitting directly on the ground/soil, and I suspect they are crawling in through the drainage openings at the bottom of the pots. When I go to up pot the trees from 5 gal pots to 15 gal, the roots have a substantial number of slugs and roly polys - requiring that I remove the soil from most of the roots to shake out the bugs before I repot. I thought the ground covering you use might solve my problem. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

[@DovidM]

I believe MG is using landscape cloth. Slugs and snails will crawl over the landscape cloth to get to your potted plants.