Nutrient cycling

Fish amino acid.
A closer look.

Fish by-products, sugar, and time become a natural farming input with a particular role in plant nutrition.

Begin with observation.

Natural farming asks what useful resources are already close to home. Fish amino acid, often called FAA, begins with fish by-products and sugar. Over time, fermentation and the movement of water out of the material produce a liquid input. FEED is Aloha Organic’s expression of this practice.

The CTAHR publication places FAA in the context of nitrogen nutrition, especially during vegetative growth. That timing matters: a plant producing leaves and stems has different needs from one moving into flowering and fruiting. An input is most useful when its purpose fits the crop and stage.

A good nutrient plan also considers what the soil already provides and how to avoid excess. Read the full publication for the method and its context, then connect your application decisions to your crop, soil observations, and current product guidance.

Follow the reading

From practice to source.

Natural Farming: Fish Amino Acid · University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · CTAHR

The source publications describe natural farming methods. Use the current product label and application guidance for your formulation; a research publication is not a test of an Aloha Organic product.

Feed

Fish by-products and raw sugars are fermented over approximately six months. This nitrogen-containing input is part of Aloha Organic’s growing routine for the early and vegetative stages.

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The microbial world

Lactic acid bacteria

Meet a group of fermenting bacteria, and explore why observing a culture and identifying its microbes are different tasks.

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