Foliar feeding of the FE/SW would be one excellent way around the settling in the bottom issue. Weekly or at most bi-weekly should keep most of your plants thriving. From using seaweed over 20 years now (liquid form) I can see adding it to the resevoir sporadically should pose no problems. I agree the fish emulsion would settle and be a problem except maybe during the 2 a day fillings which should agitate and help keep more of it in solution form. Just a few thoughts. Don't forget to consider the calcium for BER problems and consider dolomite or gypsum mixed in the media before planting will help minimize some part of this problem. How to deal with feeding after fruit or veg is getting ready to harvest is a more a challenge I suspect. I don't care for fishy maters and so foliar at that point becomes problematic. Maybe this is where adding to resevoir makes more sense because the plants uptake will mean more frequent filling and more of the FE and SW kept in solution. Just some quick thoughts before I get ready for work:) Happy Growing David

I use it regularly on outdoor stuff - have for years. I like it, though I really couldn't say I find it to be head & shoulders above stuff like Osmocote or MG. Though it makes no difference to plants where they get their nutrients from, in the back of my mind I have this feeling that the lower the concentration of fertilizer salts in a container, the less the likelihood of problems with water/nutrient uptake. Frequency of applications vary by plant. Because I am a bonsai grower, I often fertilize at and above recommended doses, but there are plants whose development I want to slow, too. In actuality, the best fertilizer program for best plant health doesn't usually include the inducing of the most robust growth. Heavily fertilized plants will usually be found to have less energy in reserve to fight off insects & infection with various pathogens. In addition, the highly succulent growth produced by heavy applications of nitrogen is favored by insects, making them a more likely target for infestations. Though some might argue the point, it is near impossible to keep containerized plants happy without supplemental nutrients (except for the small percentage that prefer a very spare soil). For most container growers (and I'm talking about the average Joe/Jill) a good policy would be to watch leaf color carefully. If you see signs of chlorosis, or venation, give the plant a half dose of your favorite balanced fertilizer. If, in a week or so, color doesn't improve, another dose is in order. Though the minors (micro-nutrients) are beyond the scope of your question, scarcity of certain elements, particularly in containers, can be a problem. I use a micro-nutrient frit in all my container soils, but as of yet, I have only found it in 50 lb bags & it is expensive (but dosage is small & a little really goes a long way). There is a major producer of fertilizer that has a liquid product on the market that advertises it contains the minor elements. Though I haven't tried it, I would really recommend you try it for containers & houseplants. I'm not sure, but I think Schultz makes it. Perhaps some one can help me here? Good luck. Al

I've got a hose end sprayer like that too but until I have to water every day in the summer I use the bug sprayer. Also some of my plants are too small to hit with the hose end one yet. Most of my pots are 11 in. X 14 in. I use the hose with the long handled shower head type end that doesn't let the water dig up my pots. I read that bugs don't like the seaweed extract.I hope it's good info-true. Looks like I'm lucking out in the Aphid Dept. this year so far. I had tons of Aphids but they are now just mummies. I didn't think the wasps (Golden Chalcid)I let go last year were supposed to overwinter but it seems like they might have. Lots of hard light brown dead,hollow aphid mummies on my plants in the last few days. YEEE HAAAAAAAAA!Eat um up.Get um boys... Even the aphids I have inside are getting mummified. Now if the Green Lacewings come back I'm not going to know how to act. Grasshoppers are allready out though.The big brown suckers. I'll find something to fix their wagons soon.

Cornell solution contains horticultural oil which is an insecticide. It is non specific and will smother any insect it gets on, as will any kind of oil. What are you hoping to accomplish with the fish emulsion? Are you trying to use it as a fertilizer or for some other reason?