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

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In this video, I share the best fertilizer to use in your garden for big vegetables and healthy, productive fruit trees! This natural, organic fertilizer not only fertilizes your plants, but also feeds your soil and its microbiome. This fertilizer is my secret weapon for a healthy and productive garden!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
If you have any questions about how to use fish emulsion fertilizer or how to use seaweed fertilizer in your garden or landscaping, have questions about growing fruit trees or want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!
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@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@MrDollazncents Жыл бұрын

Do you use this as a foliar spray?

@halepstein7701 Жыл бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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.

@beverlyboyce1041 Жыл бұрын

In fall, Walmart often markdown Fish emulsion to clearance .

@HowlettHill Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Great tip

@danluther1741 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!

@vicp8611 Жыл бұрын

Intelligent!

@gardensofthegods Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@NubianP6 2 ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Great tip, thank you!

@CubanMofo 19 күн бұрын

Black pepper is also good

@albertromero9353 12 күн бұрын

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

@bettysanchez3933 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

I love this stuff!

@picklemetimbers3003 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@mercedesbenzs600bash Жыл бұрын

@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@tulipbulbs5714 19 күн бұрын

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!!

@thebear3589 Жыл бұрын

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 14 күн бұрын

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

@richardletell4062 Жыл бұрын

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!

@summerbaby9379 Жыл бұрын

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

@wilsgrant Жыл бұрын

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

@teresaquach7689 Жыл бұрын

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

@ceaseanddesist8036 Жыл бұрын

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.

@ImmaHippster Жыл бұрын

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!!

@eduardoluz9527 3 ай бұрын

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!

@dmick9168 11 ай бұрын

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!

@anidnmeno Жыл бұрын

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

@kylegeordan725 Жыл бұрын

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!

@maryboyd4918 Ай бұрын

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

@pholland9776 Жыл бұрын

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

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

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

@lorenzamartinez2570 Жыл бұрын

Very well explained! Thank you so much!❤

@barbarafallin2038 21 күн бұрын

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

@wesbilly Жыл бұрын

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

@commonlaw5400 Жыл бұрын

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

@ej4753 Жыл бұрын

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

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

Excellent to hear! Thank you for watching!

@Mike-rk8oo Ай бұрын

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!

@warzshadow9701 Жыл бұрын

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

@thecreativeitalian7611 Жыл бұрын

This was very helpful! Thank you!!

@Carolynfoodforest355 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation. I ordered both.

@lynettetucker544 Жыл бұрын

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

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

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

@shellyschneider6271 3 ай бұрын

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

@xclusivegrower Жыл бұрын

Love this stuff too. I use the same combination as well.

@josephconroy8531 Жыл бұрын

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

@marvinbrock960 2 ай бұрын

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

@TheMillennialGardener 2 ай бұрын

It’s my favorite.

@KS-op5hb Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 ?

@aaronedmunds4829 8 күн бұрын

Always enjoy your videos as well

@joeborovina4769 Жыл бұрын

Again ,outstanding thank you just ordered your bloom

@Sewmena918 10 ай бұрын

All of your videos are helpful! Love Dale! ❤

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

@ajclips2540 Жыл бұрын

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.

@user-db2rb4nv4c 5 ай бұрын

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..

@jeannewilliams956 Жыл бұрын

I love that my garden smells like the ocean!

@lebeer1512 Жыл бұрын

That fish fertilizer is the best thanks for sharing

@joshuarhinehart2473 2 ай бұрын

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!

@christophertaylor9826 Жыл бұрын

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

@marilynwhite2155 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener very pleased to hear this!

@yes350yes Жыл бұрын

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.

@CityWideGardens Жыл бұрын

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

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

I think you'll be pleasantly surprised! 🐡

@valoriegriego5212 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@excitationofstereocilia2103 11 ай бұрын

Dude u actually mix it and apply it Thanku subbed😊

@powaqqatsi8 8 ай бұрын

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.

@gailntag Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your in depth info on fertilizers.

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@myurbangarden7695 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

This stuff is concentrated magic 😊

@rblak01 Жыл бұрын

Very informative thanks for sharing

@sylvia10101 Жыл бұрын

Totally great video! Lol. Dale! Thank you 😊✌️

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Dale says hello 🐕

@TheDylan6908 Жыл бұрын

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.

@gregoryhunts3006 Жыл бұрын

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

@MichaelJosephJr934 Жыл бұрын

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

@jamessnee7171 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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

@coldesttuna2006 Жыл бұрын

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

@AlvinMcManus Жыл бұрын

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.

@K-Zone Жыл бұрын

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

@ZMatos 8 ай бұрын

I just came across your videos so far, I like the info that you provide. 👍

@TheMillennialGardener 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you like them.

@amyk6028 10 ай бұрын

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

@TheMillennialGardener 10 ай бұрын

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.

@PlantObsessed Жыл бұрын

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

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

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

@PlantObsessed Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@AJTheGraftMan Жыл бұрын

Great info. Thanks. I use this stuff too. Plants love it

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@alessandraforlani152 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oL2eY5Oj08DVYaM.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mpuVfKyEksnKhn0.html

@blakeumthun8128 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

It brought a coon into our garden.

@KevinSmith-dq9tz Ай бұрын

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

@CNArea51 2 ай бұрын

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..

@MR-ri1qp Жыл бұрын

Love the Fish Fertilizer! Its good stuff.

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

Plants love it!

@D4ni3773 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thank you!

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

@arabellalunkes4532 Жыл бұрын

Great info, as usual!

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@KBorham Жыл бұрын

Your video is very informative and factual. Both of the Fish and Seaweed emulation products I have are VERY acidic. When mixed at the recommended rate with tap water (pH 9.3), the final pH is around 5.5. I adjust the pH in the green house, but what of a hose end sprayer for turn grass? Will that acidity negatively affect the lawn?

@maeaubrey3187 Жыл бұрын

Now I understand! Thank you!

@markheatherington8367 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! I love Fish as well, almost as much as the Racoons :)

@kdub6593 Жыл бұрын

Great honest review. TU

@joannc147 3 ай бұрын

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! 👍🏻

@isobel8788 Жыл бұрын

Thanks 4 another fab vid 👍

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

@dustyflats3832 Жыл бұрын

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.

@leslie-robin6038 Жыл бұрын

Flies love this

@debbybrady1246 Жыл бұрын

My favorite, too.

@lisamullaney3743 2 ай бұрын

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.

@janettucker3196 10 ай бұрын

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.

@jody2873 Жыл бұрын

AS ALWAYS- THANKS FOR THE GREAT INFO 👍

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thank you so much for watching!

@gkambs Жыл бұрын

Great stuff thanks!

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

@maurice1648 Жыл бұрын

I think, most of what you do with fertilers and the kinds of fertiliser you use , on your plants and gardens, makes a lot of sense to me, so I wonder if I could apply some of your knowledge and techniques to use on my pastures for horses , ( TWO HORSES 7 AC). that are full of Dallis grass , (im new at this) but I do not want to use chemicals that could be detrimental to their health

@CatMomGardenDiaries 4 ай бұрын

New subscriber here. Thank you for such an informative video. 🙏❤️

@vinivv 23 күн бұрын

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

@gardenventures9178 Жыл бұрын

I love fish fertilizer! Stinks to high heaven but works like none other!

@williamrobinson4265 Жыл бұрын

great anf informative video that covers WEVERYTHING! really impressed thank yiou

@marciawarden5021 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

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

@lidip8700 Ай бұрын

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.

@milkweed7678 Жыл бұрын

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

@AjArpopP52 Жыл бұрын

Great information!

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@natthebat3153 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Do your pour some around your fence???

@dustyflats3832 Жыл бұрын

It brings in coon, I know that.

@juneshannon8074 Жыл бұрын

Another top video thanks. I’m switching to fish emulsion!

@TheMillennialGardener Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Fish emulsion can be used alongside your regular routine as well. If you have a good routine going, you can always just add fish emulsion for even more benefits.

@juneshannon8074 Жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener just thought you’d like to know why this channel is one of my top three gardening videos. Apart from concise tutorials, you take the time to comment and reply to others comments, making sure they understand your info. You are a dedicated teacher in a league of your own. Health and happiness to you from South Australia.

@neurocognitive Жыл бұрын

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 10 ай бұрын

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

@kperellie 8 ай бұрын

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 8 ай бұрын

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

@adelfomarrero8723 8 ай бұрын

Great video Anthony, how many time do feed the pepper plants with fish ferterlizer 5-1-1 please let me know .and thank you again.

@cardstockcollector Ай бұрын

Thank You! 😊

@marilynwhite2155 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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!

@gregdoh Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks!