fish/blood/bone fertiliser

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fish/blood/bone fertiliser
« on: July 21, 2010, 17:11 »
Hi everyone, this is my first post! r2d2 is the name of my boat.

I am a keen fisherman and eat my catch, My question is can i use the fish bones and trimmings as fertiliser? what prep would it require or would it just stink!

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Mike

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Re: fish/blood/bone fertiliser
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2010, 17:13 »
Welcome to the site  :D

Afraid I can't help with the question (though it's a really interesting one  :))
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Re: fish/blood/bone fertiliser
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2010, 18:19 »
I'm sure I remember Trillium saying that they buried a fish under a fruit bush


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Re: fish/blood/bone fertiliser
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2010, 18:39 »
Mum: 2007! What a memory!  :)

It would certainly seem a shame to just throw away such a mineral-rich source of nutrients but on a relatively small scale I can't see how you can do anything other than freeze it all in bags until you have enough to bury (under a tree, in a trench?) otherwise the pong would be unbearable!

Even then I would think twice about it if I knew I had foxes in the area............. :wacko:
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Re: fish/blood/bone fertiliser
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 19:41 »
My dad used to bury a fish at the base of his grape vine - do not know that it helped. He had lots of leaves and very bitter fruit but that was probably because of our cold, damp weather.

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Re: fish/blood/bone fertiliser
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2010, 20:18 »
Hi Mike welcome to the forum. I do a bit of boat dangling myself and have always dug the heads and frames into the ground after a filleting session.
Dig it in at least a spit deep to avoid any smell or the local cats digging it back up. Next years runner bean trench is a good home for it but at this time of year you have to put it anywhere you have a bit of empty ground.
Its a good idea to mark both ends of the hole with a stick so you do not exhume the old stuff when you bury more. It honks ! :D

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Re: fish/blood/bone fertiliser
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2010, 16:37 »
many thanks for the replies, i will give it a go over the winter when the beds are empty


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