Re: [CH] That Fishy Smell
Elise Lutrick (eliselutrick@usa.net)
Sun, 21 May 2006 13:58:08 -0500
Hi,
It's been nearly 30 years since I took organic chemistry and physical
chemistry in college so I don't remember a lot, but I do seem to recall that
some compounds that have a fishy odor are not really nice compounds. I think
most of them are amines, and some of them are very bad stuff. If I had a
garden in a spot that smelled that way, I would want to ascertain the reason
for the smell before I ate anything growing there. For the smell to be as
pronounced as you are describing, there would have to be a good bit of
whatever it is present. It could be that somebody dumped some containers of
nasties there to dispose of them. Also, this question: Any chance there are
animals were buried in that spot?
Elise
------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 21 May 2006 01:24:24 PM CDT
From: "jim" <jim@mail.wildpepper.com>
To: Cameron Begg <PheasantPlucker@columbus.rr.com>, jim@wildpepper.com,
chile-heads@globalgarden.com
Subject: Re: [CH] That Fishy Smell
> Well now... triethylamine. An amine. That puts it back to nitrogen again.
>
> I guess I need to smell some more dead fish :-)
>
> That would seem to be your answer Matt.
>
> -Jim C
> Mild to Wild(R)
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