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I got this one.
AN = Advanced Nutrients (one of the many companies selling expensive grow juice for our favorite plants)
AN = Advanced Nutrients (one of the many companies selling expensive grow juice for our favorite plants)
Since your interested i'll tell you how i make my AN FPE without LB
Justice the fermenting process brings the ph down. Thats how you know when the FPE is ready.
some quotes i took from a convesation between two dudes:
"I took 1 part of seed meal that I use and added to that 3 parts of a combination of rice hulls, rice bran and fir wood chips. I added the correct amount of AEM (Activated EM-1) and set it aside to ferment.
When it hit <3.0 pH (actually it hit 2.8 pH when it was finally finished) I added this to the soil mix instead of the regular fertilizer mix. The amount that I added was 10% of the total humus content (EWC, thermal compost and Alaska Humus) and with such a low pH one would expect to see all kinds of problems what with 'nute lockout' and others horrors of growing cannabis."
"Let it ferment down to < 3.5 pH and you'll know that you're up and running."
...Also your diluting your culture 1:20 parts water. So i would think the alcohol level would be minimal if any.
Ascophyllum Nodosum Extract
1. Take about a cup per gallon of powdered Ascophyllum Nodosum and molasses, in this case the bacterial bloom is beneficial since were trying to remove the o2 to create a fermentation.
2. Put powder in bottle and mix with water. Shake until mixed well. Leave cap loose and place somewhere you'll see it
3. Everyday shake/stir it as much as you can and than keep lid loose again.(Remember to tighten the lid if your gonna shake it!!)
4. Do this for 2-4 weeks you'll notice a creamy head layer to the solution when shaken. It will also be a nice light brown color and should smell sweet.
5. Once you can see that the life has ceased inside the solution(Lack of bubbles at top) you filter the solution so the original food source is drained.
6. You can put this in a bottle and store it up to a year, dilute it as necessary. I can't guarantee a nutritional analysis, but YOU CAN BURN PLANTS WITH THESE, so start low and work your way up. Maybe try it on some garden plants before you try your valuable crop. That is how FPE differ from AACT, they are nutrient extracts not microbial extracts.
Fish Fermentation- This is a FPE but is another fermented product. I think its the best you can get and works much better with Lactobacillus because i hate the smell while fermenting and lactobacillus takes good care of the smell. I'd suggest using papaya if you cant find LB, because it has enzymes that help break down the matter. It works well for FPE or Fish Hydroslate.
1. Grind down left fish you may have, the oilier the fish the better(salmon, mackerel, tuna; if they have bones in them thats even better). Grind this in a blender with until its a paste to make sure to speed up the process.
2. In a bucket fill with a carbon source half full such as sawdust. Mix water fish, molasses and humic acid.
3. Let this rot for a couple of weeks and stir as much as possible(once a day) until it has rotted.
4. You can add this straight to your compost/soil mix which is what i do. It adds pretty much all the good things you can imagine. Vitamins, Omega Acids, Proteins, Macro nutrients, Micro nutrients and Humic/Fulvic Acids.
Fish plus seaweed Ascophyllum Nodosum in general provides everything that liquid karma does. Granted LK smells a lot better and can be used as a foliar feed. I think the fish hydroslate is a great thing when "cooking" your soil though since it brings many microbes to the mix.
TCM- i'm glad you liked my idea on Ascophyllum Nodosum. Right now i'm to the point where since i use cloning powder i simply mix 50powder/50AN.
My favorite is to soak the clones in the solution of AN and humic acid directly after being cut to make sure theres a minimal chance of o2 from entering the wound. 15-30mins later I dip in the 50/50 powder and plant directly in jiffy cubes with some mychrozzial in the hole.
Its worked well for me, with the exception of finding the right clone mix and the move. Just make sure not to let a cut sit out of water for to long after being snipped, thats probably the biggest killer IMO.
Do they cover plant macro nutrition(NPK etc.) or do they cover secondaries and catalyst actions(cal, mag, sugar, vitamins, humates, enzymes etc)?
I dont know yet but ill get back to u on this because im planing on making and using some soon.Also if using calcium phosphate what is a good option to make your own magnesium supplement?
And of course if you have any recipes dextro I wouldn't mind if you posted them hehe.
Hello all,
I started the process to make EM using rice wash 9 days ago, and do not see any separation in my jar. I followed the directions posted earlier.
Anyone have experience with this? Should I pitch it, or wait longer.
My method: One handful of organic rice in a 16 oz. mason jar. Filled 3/4 with filtered water, shaken until cloudy. Strained out rice, replaced rice wash in jar. Jar placed in cupboard above refrigerator, with lid on (leaving small gap). The jar is out of light and in a stable temp.
Thanks.
Jack you should put some holes in it if you going to have the top ring on, just make sure you dont get anything falling in there. Kinda cover the holes with some cloth or somethin.
I have the lid (without screw top) covering the top with about a 1/16 inch gap.
It is also placed in a cupboard which is dark.
The picture was to show what my rice wash looks like after 9 days. In other pictures I have seen, there is quite a bit of activity on top of the wash in about 5 days. Like cheese or something.
Mine has zip.
The rice I used was organic brown sweet rice. It was stored in my refrigerator. Maybe I need to kick start fermentation with some organic beer or soy sauce?