Yep, it fades. If you have an irrigation system and the soil' not completely sodden there, you could run it for ten minutes a zone just to wash it in. That'll get rid of the smell.

Eventually you'll smell it when it goes down, but as soon as it dries it's gone.

I like the smell of the conditioner. It smells organic to me. Same thing with Alfalfa. That smell reminds me of horses. Soybean and Cottonseed don't smell like much. Milorganite smells organic also, but more like barnyard than the soil conditioner which smells like an Atlantic ocean beach.

That is a good conditioner formula . . I would look at another , more eco friendly surfacant with no sulfates.


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Has anyone used an ortho hose end sprayer for this? Did you set it to 2 oz per gallon and then attempt to spray over 1000 sq feet? It would seem like a gallon would come out of the sprayer pretty quickly and make it difficult to cover a 1000 sq feet in time. Would it be better to set the dial to 1 oz per gallon and then spray 2 gallons of water over the 1000 sq feet? I was thinking this would give you more time to cover the 1000 sq ft area.

Also, i've seen different amounts mentioned for molasses. I've seen a "glop" and I've also seen a measured of amount of 2 oz per 1000 sq ft. Is there any rule of thumb on this, is one amount better than the other?

I've used both my Chapin and Gilmour, and settings tend to be in the 10 tablespoon per gallon range. That's easiest and I don't have to run.

For molasses, 2 per thousand per month is the maximum, a glop is my handy and easy way of just getting some down without measuring too much. For starters, if you haven't been organic long or don't plan to go, 2 per thousand per month or every 2 months is about right. Eventually you don't need it any more if you feed organically as it's just a small bacterial boost.

akrug wrote:Has anyone used an ortho hose end sprayer for this? Did you set it to 2 oz per gallon and then attempt to spray over 1000 sq feet? It would seem like a gallon would come out of the sprayer pretty quickly and make it difficult to cover a 1000 sq feet in time. Would it be better to set the dial to 1 oz per gallon and then spray 2 gallons of water over the 1000 sq feet? I was thinking this would give you more time to cover the 1000 sq ft area.

Also, i've seen different amounts mentioned for molasses. I've seen a "glop" and I've also seen a measured of amount of 2 oz per 1000 sq ft. Is there any rule of thumb on this, is one amount better than the other?

I have used the Ortho Hose-End Sprayer. I would set it to no more than 0.5 oz. per gallon. Even then, you'll need to go at a decent clip. After going through it twice, I will probably do like 1 Tablespoon per gallon in the future. Yeah, it takes 5 minutes longer, but you feel like you're getting more even coverage of your soil.

I have mine set at a tablespoon/ gallon but the next time I apply I'll do 1oz. It doesn't hurt anything where applied heavier initially it seemed to stay greener longer.

I love that adding baby shampoo lets me put down fish emulsion without the family whinging at me for days.

..it does? That actually reduces the smell?

Apparently! I married The Nose, and had his children. They all smell and taste things that mere mortals can't detect. No one has said a word to me when using the new mix of baby shampoo, fish emulsion and molasses, whereas before they closed up the house and wouldn't go outside. They even gag at new mulch piles. I wish we still had my family's farm, that would show them what reality smells like...

We all seem to have married The Nose, which can detect decay that mere mortals cannot. I can't detect Milorganite a day after it's down. *I* can't.

Edit: I wonder if that counts as a super-power? The ability to detect six bacteria on a pound of material could come in handy if, you know, you leave meat out on the counter for more than six one thousandths of a second or something...