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Does adding a certain fish fertilizer acually make a big difference to grow with?
What would u guys use if so and why?
What would u guys use if so and why?
TIP: Any kind of fish will work. In fact, you might as well use trash fish, or fish discards like fish heads, guts, etc. I like to use whole fishes though as I think that makes for a better product.
TIP: ALWAYS USE NON-CHLORINATED WATER. Chlorine kills microbes. Simply let your chlorinated tap water sit for several hours, allowing the chlorine to dissipate. I let it sit overnight generally.
TIP: Try not to use cane sugar since it is chemically bleached. Raw(unrefined) sugar like muscovado is best. In the Philippines we use molasses because it is cheap, but any glucose source works – syrup, honey, etc. Just use whatever is cheap. Glucose gives microbes energy. Whatever you have access to cheaply, go for it.
Wow Appretiate the detailed info ! Thank youYou want to look into Hydrolized Fish, the one that stinks.....its gold for the soil life and also for plants...GOLD
Its packed with minerals, calcium and phosphorus and you can even make it yourself...is the best way to guarantee its freshness and have it without additives and preservatives.....
How to make your own fish fertilizer:
- Buy a fish.
- Now, ideally you would throw the fish into a blender to mash it up into little pieces. I cut my fish into 8ths or so and then chuck it into my kitchen blender but I’m a bit of a caveman. If you’re squeamish, buy a separate blender for this, just make sure it is powerful enough, mine is 500W and works fine for small-medium size fishes. Remember, the finer the fish bits, the more effective the fermentation.
- Add water. You can use a simple guide of 3:1 – 3 parts water to 1 part ferment material. 1 roughly 8in tilapia comes to about 500mL when ground up, so I add about 1500mL water.
- If you are using a blender, blend up the mixture. The water helps keep it loose so it blends much better after you add the water.
- Add lacto bacilli to blended fish mixture. I use 2tbsp per L. You can use more or less if you want. 2tbsp/L is plenty though.
- Add 1/3 parts sugar. This should be 1/3 the amount of fish you’ve added. Sugar will be either molasses or normal cane sugar.
- If using sugar, the equivalency is about 1KG sugar = 1L solution. So if you have 500mL like my tilapia, you want 1/3 of that in sugar. You’d use about 167g sugar, or roughly ¾ cup.
- I blend the whole mixture up a bit. It’s good to have it as fine as possible.
- Up to you how much you blend it, I blend until I don’t hear so many bones crunching in the blades of the blender.
- Now you have liquefied fish, sugar, and lacto. Pour this mixture into a container. Loosely cover the container. No need to seal, because the container will explode as CO2 is released by fermentation. You just want to make sure other things don’t get into it. I use a container with a lid and loosely screw the cap on top (just make sure you don’t seal it because it WILL explode).
- The process takes anywhere from 3 weeks to over a month. How do you know its finished? By the smell.
- You know when it’s done when there is no smell anymore. During fermentation there is a nasty smell, but once completed, there will be almost no odor. You can open it, and put your nose right up to it. Take a whiff. Nothing but a faint vinegar smell. Now you know its done. Congratulations! You’ve made your own Fish Hydrolysate!
- Now, usually I transfer it to a smaller container, usually just a smaller water bottle, just for convenience. At this time, I use a strainer and a funnel to strain the bones and scales out of the hydrolysate. But don’t expect a lot. From a whole 8-10in tilapia, you will only get a little tiny pile of bones/scales. They will feel kind of rubbery, not brittle. Throw these in the compost pile or garden, they are excellent fertilizer and microbe food, already inoculated with microbes!
- Leave the cap on the strained concoction loose until you see no more little bubbles forming. Then cap it and store it for use as your own natural fertilizer.
How to use this fish fertilizer:
Mix 2tbsp/gal for applications.
Plants
- Use as a soil drench as opposed to foliar spray.
- Inoculate compost to boost fungal population. This is huge – major growth booster of fungus.
- Use in compost teas to boost fungal growth, add Nitrogen. Use at ¼ strength for this application(1/2 tbsp per gal).
- Mix in water when watering plants, as a natural fish fertilizer and to enhance populations of micro-organisms in the soil
Animals
- Mix with water for an effective protein/lacto boost for your animals. Some will really love the added flavor. Others will hate it.
This article was copied from http://gilcarandang.com/recipes/fish-fertilizer/
Here's something to keep in mind: Fish emulsion is just one more way to get the required nutrients our babies like. It's not magic, just one more tool. There are ways around using fish if you don't like the smell, but plants do like it. And it's cheap.Wow Appretiate the detailed info ! Thank you
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Thank you for sharing, I just checked those out and unfortunately he uses the Alaska in tandem with Fox Farm fertilizers. I would like to use the Alaska fertilizer by itself, just unti lI get to flower where I have other plans for feeding.The Rev talks about using Alaska liquid fish fertilizer in his Skunk articles
And whatever you do, DO NOT OPEN a bottle of that stuff around CATS. Unless you want to get attacked. Lmao my cats go NUTS when I use that shit!I think if you are using a super soil or living soil, you should be able to do that straight until flower. I am 8+ weeks in and am only using terp teas. I have used that same alaska bottle you posted, holy shit that stuff smells, don’t get it on ya.
I have used the Alaska fish fertilizer on 2 outdoor grows and it worked damn good. Had my whole backyard stinking like a skunk too. However the dog got ahold of it before I got to harvest. Dick head didn't leave me 1 bud so it must have been pretty good this year I am using it too along with worm castings and bat guano. I will be switching to the Alaska more bloom for when it goes into flower.Has anyone ever used this and only this fertilizer straight through until flower? Is it possible? I'd like to use this but I'm not sure if the P&K content is high enough for the plants nutritional needs in veg through until flower. Someone let me know please!
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Hahahahaha holy shit that's funnyI have used the Alaska fish fertilizer on 2 outdoor grows and it worked damn good. Had my whole backyard stinking like a skunk too. However the dog got ahold of it before I got to harvest. Dick head didn't leave me 1 bud so it must have been pretty good this year I am using it too along with worm castings and bat guano. I will be switching to the Alaska more bloom for when it goes into flower.