Re: [CH] That Fishy Smell
Matt Evans (tmattevans@gmail.com)
Sat, 20 May 2006 22:19:50 -0400
Dugal --
Unfortunately, it wasn't a garden space before we moved in. The prior
owners had a swingset in the spot. It was hard, compacted, red earth
covered by landscape fabric and several inches of wood chips. I
removed the landscape fabric and tilled the chips under -- I'll handle
the nitrogen deficiency chemically.
I guess that's what weirds me out about the whole thing -- this was
virgin crappy soil before I worked it, and I didn't add anything
fishy....
Matt
On 5/20/06, D. Easton <deaston0@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Was it a garden space /before/ you moved in?
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> I'm thinking fish-based fertilizer, on the garden, or
> maybe on the plants you brought in... I've never had
> the results of composting smell fishy.
> Course if you've been there awhile it should have broken
> down by now if that was it.
>
> Dugal
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> On 5/20/06, Matt Evans <tmattevans@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jim -- you make a good point. The smell is not ammonia-like at all,
> > but distinctly fishy. Perhaps it's still a mystery....anyone?
> > Bueller?
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On 5/20/06, jim@wildpepper.com <jim@wildpepper.com> wrote:
> > > Hmmm... Amines are most often noted for their pronounced 'ammonia' odor
> > > due to the presence of an NH2 radical stuck to the functional group. I
> > > don't readily associate ammonia with fish ;-)
> > >
> > > I guess 'fishy smell' needed better descriptives :-)
> > >
> > > 'Bout time for our noted scientist, the Cardinal, to speak up ;-)
> > >
> > > -Jim C
> > > Mild to Wild(R)
> > > http://www.StepUpForCharity.org
> > >
> >
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