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Old February 1, 2014   #6
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I'm a bit restrained to use liquid fertilizer on top of onions(or shallots or garlic)...can't it harm them?
Blood meal is water soluble. It will be liquid the first time it gets wet.

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Why do you think acidic nitrogen from fish emulsion is better?
And do you use it also for garlic?
To produce good crops of tuberous vegetables, you need repeat applications of nitrogen and phosphate.

Controlling soil-borne pests of tuberous vegetables is problematic. Keeping the pH near 6.0 -- particularly in the nitrogen source will discourage them.

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I found fish emulsion (5-2-2) and bone meal in the same webshop. The fish emulsion doesn't have a brand, I hope the quality is OK.
If you are concerned about the quality of Fish Emulsion, then I think you'd be horrified at the pharmaceuticals in blood meal and the metal content of volcanic ash.
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