FAQs:

What product is the best choice for me?

Fish Brew™ Bold FLO is packed with unique wild type microbes such as freshwater diatoms, fungal hyphae and bacteria found in concentrated fish manure from our Cape Cod Trout Hatchery. 

Recommended applications:

• High-value crops and plantings
• Sensitive or high stress plant growth stages
• hydroponic applications
• compost tea or extract brewer inoculation

Rise & Thrive Soil Conditioner is a diverse blended microbial product from concentrated fish manure from both our outdoor Cape Cod Trout Hatchery as well as our indoor New Hampshire Trout Grow-out farm.

Recommended applications:

• High volume or repeated applications
• Field Crops
• Turf Grasses
• Raised Bed Vegetable gardens
• Flower Beds
• Disturbed soils
• Compost inoculation 
• Organic growing

Organic Fish Hydrolysate Fertilizer is enzymatically hydrolyzed (digested into a liquid) fish. This liquid contains nutrients including nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus directly to soils.  Our hydrolysate also retains fats and oils to feed microbes and improve soil biology. 

Recommended for any application requiring soil fertilization.  Can also be used as a foliar spray.

Can have a strong odor during application, so it is only recommended for the most hardcore houseplant enthusiasts who put happiness of plants over olfactory comfort!

What is the difference between a biological amendments, and fertilizers?

A plant probiotic is made up of living microorganisms such as beneficial bacteria and fungi which have been found to form helpful connections with plants to support healthy growth. Fish Brew™ Bold FLO and Rise & Thrive Soil Conditioner are biological amendments.  Unlike fertilizers, they do not have appreciable levels of nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous, or potassium. 

A fertilizer is used to apply essential nutrients directly to a plant and our Fish Brew™ Hydrolysate is a great example of that. Where our  help plants grow by introducing living microbes, Fish Brew™ Hydrolysate contributes ready-to-use nutrients for plants growing in soil as well as food for microbes.

Why do you need a plant probiotic or soil conditioner if microorganisms are naturally occurring in the soil?

Every time soil is disrupted from tilling, transplanting, or manual aeration, microbial interactions are broken as the structure of the soil changes. It takes time for soils to adjust and rebound from a complete upheaval of their orientations and dynamics. Instead, supplementing with Fish Brew biological amendments can speed up this adjustment process and restore dead microbes and fragmented symbiotic relationships.

What is the shelf life of Fish Brew products?

We recommend a shelf life of approximately 1 year for biological products like Bold FLO and Rise and Thrive and 2 years for fish hydrolysate

How do I store Fish Brew products?

Viability is best kept when the products are stored in cool, dry locations. Always remember to shake the product gently before use and do not store diluted products. 

Can I use Fish Brew products with other fertilizers too?

Yes! Fish Brew products are helpful by supplying microbes able to fix nutrients stuck in forms previously unusable by plants and other organisms to their usable forms. We encourage the use of Fish Brew along with salt-based fertilizers for optimal plant growth.

How long until I start seeing results in my plants?

We notice the benefits of our Fish Brew Products in 2 to 3 weeks since first application. However, every species of plant is different and each forms specialized relationships with select microbes at different rates, some plants could show results sooner or later because of that.