I’m able to get this quantity and more on some other days. I don’t want to throw away the dead minnows after adding enough of them to my compost pile. I’m thinking of just digging random holes in future grow locations in the yard and burying them. Any other ideas would help.
by Dizzy_Baby_773
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Where did you get the minnows from?
Doesnt it stink in the pile?
you must not have bears in your area.
The natives used to use herring as fertilizer when planting, minnows wouldn’t be any different. If you have a chest freezer you should save them for spring planting.
Where do you get bags full of minnows and why are they in bags anyway?
We need more minnows Earl.
Good on you for composting minnows. Most people complain about composting meat. Returning organic matter back to the ecosystem rather than a landfill is what its all about.
How big are these tanks?
I suggest a small batch of minnow fermented extract with your deceased baitfish supply, break down the minnows solids with raw sugar or molasses over time to later apply as a liquid fish fertilizer. If done right, the process is not at all rank smelling.
Gonna be some excellent brew. Great for getting up at 4am to hit the water early.
A great way of using that much of any of those two would be making with the fish: Fish Amino Acid from KNF (it’s pretty easy and even smells good but takes time to be ready for use) or fish hydrolysate (smells terrible but faster)
With the coffee grounds you could do “coffee Kashi” which is a high nitrogen bokashi replacing the organic matter for the coffee grounds