Re: [CH] That Fishy Smell
Matt Evans (tmattevans@gmail.com)
Sun, 21 May 2006 17:18:42 -0400
Elise --
Scary observation....I hadn't really thought about it. I doubt there
are any dead animals buried there, however. The area was wooded and
largely unpopulated prior to construction of the neighborhood and I
tilled a good 8 inches deep with no indications of disturbed earth.
Maybe I am fooling myself, but the smell started almost immediately
after a lime and fertilizer application and abated after several days
-- this leads me to believe that perhaps it was a combination of
nitrogen fertilizer and pH modification that caused the smell.
Matt
On 5/21/06, Elise Lutrick <eliselutrick@usa.net> wrote:
> 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.
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> > I guess I need to smell some more dead fish :-)
> >
> > That would seem to be your answer Matt.
> >
> > -Jim C
> > Mild to Wild(R)
> > http://www.StepUpForCharity.org
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