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Based Fertilizers

June 25, 2010
Posted by Matthew King

The fish in fish-based natural fertilizers is generally obtained in one of two forms; condensed fish solubles (CFS) or enzymatically digested fish (EDF). CFS-based ingredients, or emulsions, use a strictly controlled, pressurized heating process to extract the raw materials necessary to make fertilizer.

EDF-based ingredients, or fish protein hydrolysates are derived from a process that minces the whole fish, then enzymatically digests, then grinds and liquefies the resulting product. While both forms provide acceptable performance, emulsion-based fertilizers are more concentrated and uniform than hydrolysate-based fertilizers for optimum performance.

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