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South Carolina

This is the first time I have ever used liquid fish and seaweed. I read the bottle, was very excited about putting it on the garden, opened the bottle and was assailed by the most horrible smell I could have imagined! Got some on my hands and had to wash several times to get the scent off. Besides buying a haz-mat suit to apply this stuff what is the best method to handle it? I want to give my pumpkins the best possible, but my weak constitution may be put to the test on this point.
Kathy

5/23/2006 11:14:22 AM

Waquoit Mass

i suggest a pink suit with some high heels and a matchin purse cmon toughen up

5/23/2006 11:45:28 AM

Puyallup, WA

You're "brutal", Dave!

5/23/2006 11:57:03 AM

Western NY

what brand was it?

5/23/2006 1:05:03 PM

Utah

wait till you spill some in the car !
10 cleanings later the smell is still there... but there is was an unexpected benefit ... no one askes me to drive anywhere anymore.

5/23/2006 1:57:42 PM

Indiana

Yea what brand? Neptune's smells OK I mix the dry fish seaweed and a bit of molasses and it smells just like Neptune's harvest

5/23/2006 2:36:13 PM

South Carolina

As for tough Dave, I have 5 children who were born without the use of meds and I work fulltime in landscaping, no I don't just plant pansies. I think the stuff smells like crap and kindly asked for USEFUL advise, thinking perhaps more seasoned gardeners put something with it to make it smell better. The brand name of it is Maxicrop. Thank you to all, even you Dave
Kathy

5/23/2006 3:04:45 PM

Long Island,New York

Hey Dave....I think Kathy likes you.

5/23/2006 3:46:32 PM

Kuna, Id.

Sounds like someone is eating the aforementioned high heels.

Kathy, rubber gloves, stay up wind, and use it the morn or eve before you do your normal watering so you can water the stink into the ground a little better, this may help ya a little.

5/23/2006 4:00:52 PM

Waquoit Mass

i like the smell of beer with it i guess kathy straigtened me out hey g lol

5/23/2006 4:27:12 PM

Waquoit Mass

im not very seasoned either lol

5/23/2006 4:28:38 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Molasses will cut some of the smell to a gut wrenching sweet fishy smell. Other than that not much you can do except spray when the wind is in favor.

5/23/2006 4:56:47 PM

Some where there are pictures posted with Dave and his pink suit, heels, and matching purse working in his patch !

I think he mighta got them from a Rhode Island garage sale,,or somewhere in the southern New England area.

Listen to Shannon,,,I think that's why the llama's moved, they were downwind !!

5/23/2006 5:22:32 PM

Waquoit Mass

who let the secret out you should see macari in his cheerleader outfit lol

5/23/2006 5:31:13 PM

Mocksville, NC

Real vinillia extract might help , when when mixed up with the concentrate. Rog

5/23/2006 5:33:30 PM

Grants Pass, Oregon

Dave, Macari has a cheerleader outfit mmmm what a picture that brings to mind. lol

5/23/2006 5:48:02 PM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Is it possible that it was just rotten? I've smelled a significant difference between half a bottle of fish emulsion left in the garage over Winter and a fresh bottle. The fresh bottle just smells like I remember Cape Cod.

5/23/2006 6:34:42 PM

ordinary,VA

i love that smell!!

5/23/2006 7:39:05 PM

Ohio

I think you might have "maybe" a spoiled bottle Kathy, the smell of neptunes is light and not that strong at all. The brand you have Im not sure of though, take it or send it back and try neptunes fish and seaweed and see if there is a diffrence. No sense in puking everytime you fertilize your plants.

Brooks

5/23/2006 7:52:40 PM

[email protected]

Properly processed Fish Emulsions shouldn't smell much worse than the commercial fishing docks. Maybe Kathy just got a bad batch??? Neptune's Fish doesn't smell very bad. The Seaweed actually smells good...like living right on the beach.

Kathy,

Try a bottle from a different manufacturer.

5/23/2006 11:28:57 PM

[email protected]

By the way...Big Dave is HOT in his pink tutu!

5/23/2006 11:29:43 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Oh My! Now thats just not right...Pink would never be Dave's color.....LOL...what a picture!

5/24/2006 7:23:10 AM

Chico, Ca

I thought Maxicrop was Seaweed extract.

5/24/2006 10:02:45 AM

South Carolina

thanks for all the tips, it may be a bad bottle, for I got it in the fall of last year and stored it in my out building until the other day. Maxicrop makes both liquid seaweed and fish, I have them both. I will try the vanilla Rog, or the molasses Carey to see if it cuts the smell a little. On another note, I just found out today that I am pregnant with our 6th child! So it may be pregger hormones making it smell worse than it is. Thanks to all

5/24/2006 12:21:26 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

So maybe Dave was a little bit correct...:)

5/24/2006 12:58:46 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

my neighbors think they can smell the ocean 35 miles inland, whenever i fertilze with fish and seaweed.
heck i'm sure it beats the wet cow manure smell of late fall!

Glenn

5/24/2006 1:07:05 PM

Knopp, Germany

6th child! congrats......i think....LOL

5/24/2006 1:08:07 PM

[email protected]

Congratulations...have someone else make the chemical applications this summer!

5/24/2006 2:20:27 PM

San Luis Obispo, Ca.

I use 2-3-1 fish and kelp. i love results, but so do all the cat's for a 100 miles!

5/24/2006 3:42:47 PM

Minerva,ohio

CONGRATS Kathy!!
Don't let these brutes get to ya,
they just don't want to be shown up by a gal ;)
ha ha guys, just kidd'in:)all in good humor.
Hope the best for ya girl!

5/25/2006 8:06:02 AM

Midwest

add alittle lemon and basil and 'Oh', that's good! Congratulations!

5/25/2006 1:21:42 PM

Rhode Island

we dont call him "dave the hammer" for nuttin LOL

5/26/2006 5:11:10 AM

Windsor Maine

HeYyA KAthy! CongrAts on the news!

As for the Liquid fishy smell... maybe it wAs a bit sour...

(( i used the Neptune's and ALAskA fish last yr- ((i kinda LiKe the smell!,... (aLthough,.. i do prefer the smell of the seaweed over the fish,...

(found myself longing for the smell of it over the long winter here! going through withdrawels! ha ha!!!

and mmmmm! yeS! The mollasses smell! i LOve it! ( i have to remind self: Note-to-seLf: dont TAste-it!!! (when i stir a brew of a nice foamy batch of compost tea- with a bit o' mollasses in it! ha ha! mmm! it smells so g000d!

but then again,.. i even LiKe the smell of skunk too! not a whOLe LOt of it all at once mind you!... but a wiff~ mmmm! brings me back to the days of helpin' my uncle on his trapline...

And then i also think,... a bit of Hoppes #9 dabbed behind her ears makes a wonderful perfume! ha ha!!!
they are,... // cAn be,... aquired smells ya' LiKe you know...aYe~ heh~heh!

TAkes CAres~ And AgAin CongrAts! HOpe you grow some HUge ones for some pics of the Little ones on top of em!
TLISH

5/26/2006 11:42:20 PM

Butler, Ohio

I have to agree with Big Dave, I dont really notice the smell with a beer in one hand and the sprayer in the other. Oh well. I guess thats not an option for you now with # 6 on the way. Hang in there and PLEASE let somebody else handle the chemicals for you this year, no sense in taking a chance!

5/28/2006 4:39:09 PM