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06-06-2003, 01:44 AM

in article , Pat Meadows at
wrote on 6/5/03 10:28 AM:

On Thu, 05 Jun 2003 16:54:22 GMT, Repeating Decimal
wrote:

in article , Pat Meadows at
wrote on 6/5/03 4:33 AM:

I don't like to use fish emulsion in the house as it smells,
plus I believe it would encourage the cat to dig up the
plant.

Aside from the smell, I think that it is unethical to use a perfectly good
source of edible protein (fish) in a protein short world to feed plants. The
plants can do just as well using nitrogen fixed by legumes.

No, they actually can't - as I was referring to miniature
tomato plants in 6" pots, growing in our bay window
throughout the winter. Hard to get many legumes into a 6"
pot....

I believe, however, that the fish emulsion is made from
waste products from fish processing plants.

Pat

OK go wild! Use, horrors, potassium nitrate, saltpeter. You can certainly
put that into your pot, but don't smoke it. You can also use potassium
chloride, potassium (di or mono) phosphate. I won't tell the organic produce
people.

Bill