CENTRAL GARDEN BRANDS 100099247 Fish Emul Fertilizer, 1 Quart

I personally don't think this product smells that bad. It just smells a little like old fried fish and if you aren't used to that/ hate that smell then this might not be the product for you. The only time I really smell it is when I open the bottle to use it.When it comes to plants smelling it isn't noticeable unless you stick your face in the plant after using it. Make sure you use the directions and dilute correctly. If you are really scared of the smell dilute it a lot. It will still work and if you feel that it wasn't enough to fertilize your plants fertilize them again next time you water, this product is organic so it won't harm/burn them. I use this for indoor plants and dilute is just as the directions say and its fine! I actually have used it with a little more than the recommended amount and my place doesn't stink up from it. I live in a small NY apartment and I have a lot of plants. I don't smell the fishy smell unless, as i already said, you put your face in the plant. It MIGHT smell a little in the surrounding 6ish inch radius but only for one night and the next day nothing. But I really don't notice it and I am sensitive to smells. I was really worried it would stink up my place like some other people said but it hasn't for me.The plants I use it for include:Areca PalmAloe VeraMarble Queen PothosCebu Blue PothosMoney PlantCalathea MedallionSnake PlantRubber PlantLemon Button FernVariegated Peace LilyMy Variegated Peace Lily was almost dead and this fertilizer helped bring it back! I know people say that once your plant is pretty much dying that fertilizer can't help. In this case before I started using it, it was already coming back but this fertilizer helped it come along really well! I hadn't watered my peace lily in two weeks and it was outgrowing its pot already as in there were roots starting to come up from the soil so a lot of the leaves got crispy/died. It wasn't one of those times where it's just flat and lifeless and water will bring it back, no, it was really dying and I lost 7/8 of the plant. It was already on the road to recovery before I started using the fertilizer but I really do believe this helped it a lot when I started using it! I started seeing waaaaayyyyy more new growth and my peace lily looks revived.My rubber plant was producing smaller leaves than it usually has and when I started using the fertilizer the new leaves were bigger than any leaves it had ever produced and its pushing out so many new ones now!Note*** No other factors were changed (light, water)Some tips if you really are worried:Don't use a watering can when using this product. I'd recommend using a plastic qt. water bottle (reduce, reuse, recycle). I'll rinse the inside when I'm done using it but I think being able to fully seal whatever container being used with this product just eases my mind a lot.I typically will bring my plants to the sink when I water them so that all the water just drains out the drain. If you don't already, you should do this when using the fertilizer to make sure you don't have any fishy smelling water in your drainage tray this way everything just goes down the sink and no your sink won't smell like it either just run the faucet a little and rinse the sink. I let my plants sit in the sink a little to make sure that all of the excess drains out. I also take a wet paper towel and rinse the pot a little before putting the plant back where it was. If you do this and then see that water is still coming out and going into the drainage tray, empty it as soon as you see it!Best of luck!

I have many herbs and a small vegtable garden. I never really used anything but water on my plants as i did not want to pour chemicals on my plants. Then i went away for vacation and the person i hired to water my plants, "forgot". I was very upset as they were pretty much dead, after not being watered for 2 weeks in mid-summer. I looked into a natural fertilizer hoping i could maybe save them with a natural fertilizer and some TLC. After one use of this fish poop fertilizer,Lol, they were springing back to life! Needless to say i ordered more for this summer! My plants are 3 times bigger than anyone on the block and my neighbors are asking what im using on my plants. I use it as directed and it works fantastic. I also planted lady slippers this year and theyre very rare and hard to grow, also endagered and illegal to pick in my state. Well i treated the soil before planting my seeds, and 100% have germinated and after two weeks are twice as big as they should be. My mom and dad are also hooked and are using it on their veggie plants, my dad already has tomatoes and cucumbers ready to pick, and they shouldn't be ready for another month in our temperature zone! My husband and i recommend this to everyone and anyone who wants to go all natural with fertilizer and have awesome plants, herbs, flowers, trees, etc. The only thing that stinks is that it stinks! Lol, but the smell vanishes after about an hour after treating. You will not be disappointed in this product, its even better than top name fertilizers and its all natural, you cant beat that! My father in law has a garden at the community gardens , and they have a no chemical , no pesticide rule, so we will be gifting him some fish poop for fathers day!

I was told by a rose grower that I bought a bare root plant from to use this product because it wasn't coming out of dormancy. I have always wanted to buy this for my veggies but never did. Well my rose bushes are thriving, and early leafy greens in the garden are the best ever. I tested on arugula and did half with the product and the other without. Night and day difference. I am waiting to see what these does with tomatoes. I have an early variety (4th of July) that is already setting flowers. I have never had flowers this early in eastern PA (3rd week of May). I will wait to see what the whole season is like before saying tomatoes benefit from the fertilizer. So far I am very happy and the smell is not bad. If using indoors it could be an issue but you do dilute the product so it shouldn't bother most gardeners.

After reading up on the reviews I figured I would give it a try. Well pretty much the same as most of the reviews I read. There is a fishy smell, and especially in the summer time. It does dissipate rather quickly.I live in a community in FL, so you know we are all close to each other and it gets very hot here. I have to keep the smell down so here is how I do it. I mix the fish oil, been oil, and copper one once each with almost a gallon of water in to my one gallon sprayer. When the sun begins to go down I spray the plants down laying it on heavy starting from the bottom near the roots to the tops. It usually smells like the fish market, but I never had any small animals or pest problems, knock on wood. In the morning I give them a rinse/watering and in about a half hour when it all dries up the smell is very slight.The results are noticed in a few days. Plants are bug/fungus free, green and healthy. This combo with the fish oil also has kept my veggies and plants from getting that winter look, spots, yellow leaves, in our winter plants just look stressed. Not mine. They are green and healthy. I do this about 1 or 2 times a month depending on how everything looks.Good stuff