You won’t believe what happens when you use this method!
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:13 Choosing Tomato Variety and Digging the Hole
00:23 Burying Sardines Under the Tomato Plant
01:06 Adding Epsom Salt to the Hole
01:17 Covering up the Sardines and Adding Water
01:42 Planting the Tomato Plant
02:00 Did Racoons or Cats Dig up my Sardines?
02:14 Planting the Control Tomato Plant
02:33 A Fem Months After Planting
03:05 Why I Chose to Bury Sardines as My Fertilizer
03:47 Comparing the Two Plants in Detail One With Sardines One Without05:07 Using the Sardines as a Slow Release Late in the Season Fertilizer as it Breaks Down
05:57 Converting Fish into Tomatoes
06:45 Tasting and Comparing Tomateos From Each Plant
07:25 The Verdict, Worth it Or Not?
08:11 Did the Tomatoes Have a Fishy Flavor?
08:21 Why Not Use Just Fish Fertilizer?
08:40 The Best Fertilizer for Tomatos in Production
09:23 Why It’s Importnat to Try Experiments in the Garden
10:25 Final Thoughts
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:13 Choosing Tomato Variety and Digging the Hole
00:23 Burying Sardines Under the Tomato Plant
01:06 Adding Epsom Salt to the Hole
01:17 Covering up the Sardines and Adding Water
01:42 Planting the Tomato Plant
02:00 Did Racoons or Cats Dig up my Sardines?
02:14 Planting the Control Tomato Plant
02:33 A Fem Months After Planting
03:05 Why I Chose to Bury Sardines as My Fertilizer
03:47 Comparing the Two Plants in Detail One With Sardines One Without05:07 Using the Sardines as a Slow Release Late in the Season Fertilizer as it Breaks Down
05:57 Converting Fish into Tomatoes
06:45 Tasting and Comparing Tomateos From Each Plant
07:25 The Verdict, Worth it Or Not?
08:11 Did the Tomatoes Have a Fishy Flavor?
08:21 Why Not Use Just Fish Fertilizer?
08:40 The Best Fertilizer for Tomatos in Production
09:23 Why It’s Importnat to Try Experiments in the Garden
10:25 Final Thoughts
Thanks for the kind words and support 😁🐕❤
You probably know this. Epsom Salt contains magnesium.
The plant without fish the fruit looked slightly larger. Did you use the mycos on the plant with no fish?
I found not proof Indians used fish as fertilizer other than people claiming it like you do. They would have eaten a fish (any fish), maybe they used their leavings as fertilizer.
It gives me great joy that someone is actually testing some of these garden myths .
I bury fish under everything when I plant as that’s time when I’m getting back out and getting back to fishing! Mostly Crappie and catfish scraps after filleting them….
Native Americans would drop a fish in with their maze seeds when they planted. Must have been a reason
My father inlaw is a fisherman. He puts catfish guts in his garden and his tomatoes are as big as dinner plates
I know this has been mentioned before. I was wondering how much space you are using for your garden. Thanks!
Feed it a sardine smoothie? You wouldnt need to wait for it to break down
I’m wondering if James is a recovering drug addict. I realized that all of his fast talking, his mannerisms and attention spans are all signs of recovering drug addiction. (Rehab nurse here) I’m feeling the gardening has probably been what has saved him
WOW 😮 look at all those tomatoes 😂❤
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Keep experimenting! 👍🏼
My grandpa taught me to be an angler. If we happened to hook a carp, we would bury it under his roses.
Pa grew impressive roses.
I hypothesize that any fish (or even just the parts you don't eat) would work as well as canned sardines.
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After those tomato vines finish their season, you should scoop out the soil with the sardines and examine it. I would watch that video.
I have way too many carnivore critters roaming around to try to bury something that smells so yummy to them. Just putting extra bone meal in the soil causes a lot of unwanted digging and scratching. Trying raised beds with removable protective covers.
It works. I tried it
So is that tomato still…vegetarian? ❤Tuckeeeee!❤
Excellent video. Love your energy. I would suggest you look into Dr. Hulda Clark's parasite cleanse. I do it every year to get rid of any parasites in my body. Parasites can deplete the body and cause illness.
Interesting – thank you. The experiment would be more conclusive with multiple plants per treatment (fish vs non-fish). (This is an essential requirement in a statistical comparison; e.g. 3 or more plants per treatment). Downside, of course, is that it uses more space in your garden.
I love how even though your garden is super successful, you never stop thinking of ways to improve and are willing to try new ideas! And ❤❤❤❤ for Tuck!
I have always used fish when I plant my trees and otherplants 9:20 . I have never had a plant go into transplant shock when doing this. It's a great way to use up old fish that's been in the freezer that would normally go in the trash. I'll have to give the sardines a try too. Thanks for this video. Great content!! Give Tuck loves ❤❤❤
Interesting that there is NO THUMBS UP button!!! Blessings, James, to you and Tuck💖💖🤗🤗🤗🤗
Rename this channel "the tomato channel"
Good video! I usually feed the soil in the fall, by adding leaves, lawn clippings, and even old Jack-O- Lanterns in the holes I've chosen to plant in!
Yes, I'm going to mention cats and raccoons. The raccoons next door would love me to do that. I had to move my hummingbird feeders away from the fence. They climbed the fence, grabbed the pole and turned the feeder upside down to drink the juice. Last year they ripped my tent to gain entry. Washed their dirty little hands in my waterfall & walked all over my furniture. 4 years having a tent and they never did that. Why did they do it I wondered. I had went through my seeds in the tent that day and didn't notice I dropped a sunflower seed packet that was empty from the year before. Guess they smelled the seed residue cause they chewed it and spit it out. Just residue! They will find a way if they smell it. I didn't plant sunflowers this year or last because they tried to climb the stalk and broke the stalks to get the heads to fall on the ground. I'm guessing it's your fence because I tried rough mulch, poinyg plastic things from Amz, placing glass soda bottles around and pinwheels to deter feral cats from using my garden areas for litter boxes. I think the glass bottles help the most and I wrap tulle netting around my homemade (concrete reinforcement wire) cages that are close to 40 years old. I remove the tulle when tomatoes that are ripening are about 24 inches up from the ground. Seems to keep the varmint that would take a bite out of my just turning red tomatoes from having a sample. Cages are rusty but still sturdy. But there are some determined cats and they find a way to push the bottles aside once I remove the netting. I've seen the cats climb the wood privacy fence and the raccoons dig underneath to make a path. I keep throwing big rocks and bricks where they dig. Amazing what you see on a trail camera. One was trying to bite a kitten!!!
if crap hits the fan we will have to use fish for fertilizer
Nice !!
I want to try this but I’m afraid all the (constantly loose) neighborhood dogs would follow their nose. 🐾
I do use fish emulsion and love it.
If you clean a whole fish, you can use the guts, scales, and gills for this purpose, rather than burying a perfectly good can of sardines.
The Native Americans just used what they had to fertilize their plants they used fish heads and guts just to add fertilizer.
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Can I use this for corn? Mine suck this year.
I would have every coon, skunk and possum in my garden.
As a kid I use to bring home fish from the creek and we did bury them. I suppose a bit of line would help.
I won’t use fish to fertilize my tomato though because I don’t want my tomato taste like fish
On the other hand I really like my raspberry taste because I plant it next to my rose and my raspberry actually taste like floral rose raspberry totally different than the store bought
I would say instead of use fish as fertilizer why not just leave the fish inside the sea so the seagull and sea animals have food to eat so they won’t come on the land and picking food in our parking lot
I do not understand the concept why people have to bury dead body inside their garden
In this case why there is graveyard exist or needed ?! People can just bury dead body inside their own garden isn’t it ?!
I keep death away from my garden because my garden is my temple, it’s where all lives thrives, not where the death burried
I know one experiment will have significant differences, which is human urine, if you fertilize one of your tomato with human urine I promise it will die and have nothing harvest
And the other one I suggest don’t plant too close to it because tomato really hates human urine
James you are such a great influence , love your enthusiasm and your love for nature & the garden. Experiments 💯 , looking forward to more. Btw was just wondering , are you a vegetarian ?? Lots of ♥️♥️♥️♥️ for King Tuck 🐕
How do you pick the tomatoes from the top of that plant? I mean, you're tall, but those things are going to grow another 4 feet!
Well other than feeding them to your cat what the hell else are you meant to use sardines for?
Great experiment. Lets me know to use even more of the stuff I throw away in the garden. Anything for nutrients in the soil!!
Besides quite enjoying watching your channel for a few years, some of the things you do are far overengineered and pointless.
Loved this James! We're trying electroculture stakes in our garden for the first time. I'm skeptical but let's see how it goes!