Fish fertilizer for plants is gradually becoming a global demand. Back in the days, American natives will deliberately bury dead fish on their fields to enhance the fertility of the soil before planting. Fish fertilizer improves crop yield whiles maintaining the soil quality.
Fish fertilizer benefits
If you are looking for reasons to use fish fertilizer instead of synthetic fertilizer, these are environmental benefits of fish fertilizer.
1) Flora and Fauna friendly
Unlike most synthetic fertilizer that are not friendly to soil microorganisms, fish fertilizer serve as nutrient not for plants only but also enhances the growth of the soil microbe to increase metabolic activities. This results in making the soil free from compacting due to microbes activities, hence, crops increase in growth and yield.
2) Increase organic matter
Fish fertilizer when applied to the soil attracts more microbes. They feed, reproduce and release waste which adds up to the organic matter plants absorbs as nutrient. Also, the presence of microbe aids in breaking down organic materials in the soil.
3) Less expensive
If you want to cut down the cost in producing crops, fertilizer cost can be reduced by using this step by step guide in making fish fertilizer for plants from fish bio-waste which can collect at free of charge. It takes two 2 weeks to get a batch of fish fertilizer ready for your crops.
4) Source of major nutrients
Fish fertilizers provide burn-free nitrogen as well as the other major nutrients phosphorus and potassium. Unlike synthetic alternatives.
As we discussed in our previous article on how to start fish farming in your backyard, this article can assist you to make good use of fish waste after harvest. Natural produce have long chain of recycling, to some it is a waste, however, other can add value to that waste. Here is how to recycle coffee grounds.
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