Fish bone meal substitute

[Luckyluciano744]

Hey guys,

I only can find fish meal, with a salmonella killer agent. I wonder if it will kill all others micro organisms too. What could I use to substitute it for?

Thx.

 

[xtsho]

Just use regular bone meal. It's pretty similar. Both have similar amounts of N, P, and Ca. Plants don't know where the bones come from.

 

[Luckyluciano744]

Just use regular bone meal. It's pretty similar. Both have similar amounts of N, P, and Ca. Plants don't know where the bones come from.

Thanks bro.

 

[Weedvin]

Hey guys,

I only can find fish meal, with a salmonella killer agent. I wont if it will kill all others micro organisms too. What could I use to substitute it for?

Thx.

Bone meal 4-12-0

 

[zombywolf]

Fish Bone Meal is easy to find online. Check out Down to Earth Fish Bone Meal-also their flowering fert uses Fish Bone Meal.

 

[Luckyluciano744]

Fish Bone Meal is easy to find online. Check out Down to Earth Fish Bone Meal-also their flowering fert uses Fish Bone Meal.

Depend on where you live in this planet ; )

 

[Markshomegrown]

Depend on where you live in this planet ; )

This thread started over 5 weeks ago, if anybody still wants to know, chicken manure would be a good replacement

 

[cindysid]

You can also use crab meal or guano, but make sure if you use the chicken manure it is well composted.

 

[NewGrower2011]

Crab meal brings chitin or chitinase to the table as well iirc. I'm a fan of the dash of this / dash of that approach for variety so I can try to get the benefits from having multiple sources of the macro/micro inputs.

I was also under the impression that fish bone meal was also different/beneficial in the very nature of its composition, like something to do with amino acid chains or something like that. But I remember someone citing additional benefits beyond just the core NPK it's used for. I also think I remember someone saying it broke down faster and became plant-available sooner.

 

[Hill Billy Buds]

If you are pre mixing and cooking your soil (letting it compost and cool off in a tarp for 50 to 70 days l) fresh chicken manure is tottaly fine. It just need time to do its thing withvthe other amendments. I also use bio char and hardwood ashes in my soil that helps level out the ph of my soil alot faster. I also use fish bone meal in my super mix, but chicken manure is an invaluable amendment I use on a garden space over 6000 square feet. The stuff is gold for organic growing. Make sure it is used sparingly and that it has been composted of you are using as a top dressing. Pz

 

[zombywolf]

Depend on where you live in this planet ; )

Amazon ships a lot of places.

 

[FirstCavApache64]

You can also use crab meal or guano, but make sure if you use the chicken manure it is well composted.

I have access to a ton of fresh chicken manure. How long and also how should I compost it? It's mixed with straw from the bedding if that matters. Thanks.

 

[Hill Billy Buds]

I have access to a ton of fresh chicken manure. How long and also how should I compost it? It's mixed with straw from the bedding if that matters. Thanks.

Throw it in a pile out in the yard. Let it get rained on and mix In some dirt turn the pile if you want. Use your instincts, this is way easier if you let our natural Intuition take over.

 

[cindysid]

It will have a much milder smell when it’s done. Mixed in with the straw, a shovel full of good dirt from the woods and some dry leaves it should take about 6 weeks to be usable ime .

 

[cindysid]

Make sure it stays fairly damp and turn it occasionally as hillbilly said.

 

[FirstCavApache64]

Great, thanks for the replies. I had just heard from multiple people about how hot it was when it's fresh when I was growing mater's. I sure didn't want to burn my meds. I wake up to roosters daily so it's plenty fresh. The neighbors have chickens, turkeys and ducks so it's pick of the litter so to speak. Thanks again, once it warms up enough to want to be outside I'll try to setup an area to work it.