Alaska Fish Emulsion...

freflyte

Member
Its probably been around a couple months. I can't quite remember when it was introduced.

You got a good point about it being harder for people to fuck up organics. New growers are known to over do things, so maybe they should cut their teeth on organics first :).
Here is what I have been doing on just Alaskan Fish Ferts, a little bat guano helped with a very little spinning. The side light has done wonders along with the spinning of the plant.

Just got a video of what it look like on utube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I07ZsoBpCYs&feature=player_embedded

Let me know what you think.

Peace,
"Lucky"Chucky
 

treemansbuds

Well-Known Member
I make a bloom tea using Alaskan "bloom" fish 0-10-0, Bat Guano, 2-7-5, Molasses, MaxiCrop Seaweed, and Earthworm Castings. I also throw in a li'l Cal-Mag to give them those trace minerals/vitamins too. Brew it up for 24-36 hrs, then add 5 gallons of tea to 25 gallons of room temperature, unchlorinated water and feed liberally to the girls.
 

monsoon

Member
Right now I'm using miracle gro 30-10-10 for veg but when I switch to flower I wanna use the alaska 0-10-10 along with some other supplemental nutrients.
Will the chemical ferts I'm using now have a negative effect on the alaska morbloom?
 

madodah

Well-Known Member
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the Lilly Miller Alaska Fish Fertilizer (emulsion) is not organic and according to the title this is the organic forum. Last I heard the OMRI label has been removed and you can look up the heavy metal content. Many organic suppliers such as this one have ceased carrying it as its no longer certified for organic production.

If anyone is interested, fish emulsion is NOT a hydrolysate. The difference being emulsions are cooked, destroying bacteria and enzymes in the process, whereas hydrolysate is made using a cold process. I used to use it before being informed of its deficiencies, great shot of nitrogen, but the contents aren't all that attractive. It's actually a byproduct from applications completely unrelated to agriculture or food production.
 

madodah

Well-Known Member
so their lable is wrong when it says "suitable for organic gardening"
You must have an older container as the OMRI labeling has been discontinued. Someone on another forum spotted a container in a big box store with a yellow sticker over the OMRI designation. Suitable for organic gardening without certification is as silly as Fox Farms fanboys claiming all fox Farms nutrients are compatible with organic growing.
 

odbsmydog

Well-Known Member
i love Alaska...it is the bomb...it's stinks..but so do my buds...i have great results with it, iuse it at 1 table spoon per gallon along with 2 tsp per gallon of bio-grow, and 1 tsp per gallon of maxi-crop seaweed...I've used this mix for awhile and I swear by it.....Alaska rocks the house as do all my other stinky fertilizers like guano.......
That's a really good mix right there. I just use mollasses instead of the bio-grow since bio-grow is mollasses and sea-weed anyway. I love folier feeding with a tsp of fish and some age old or maxicrop kelp as well, the kelp has a really good green up effect and the fish helps keep spider mights away when used as a folier.
 

fiverivers

Active Member
Cheers freflyte! That's called "community service!" Thanks for all the great advice. If you have some time...I could use a few pointers with my new vertical grow.
fiverivers
 

freflyte

Member
Cheers freflyte! That's called "community service!" Thanks for all the great advice. If you have some time...I could use a few pointers with my new vertical grow.
fiverivers
The main item that I do that is not the "normal" method of growing. That is I "spin" each plant on a turntable that revolves at about one RPM. Then you need to add a side light to promote the side growth, this is the growth that is normally cut off.

I put on a video of the "Spinners" in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I07ZsoBpCYs

Actually this is the best light distribution that one can do, some of the advantages are:
1. Because the plant turns the leaves can not burn no matter how close the light is to the leaves. So this means that you can bring the light right up next to but not touching the hot bulb.
2. Because the plant is rotating the branches will get very long from the bottom, I have had branches over three feet long. They are also full of bud, I pull at least 30% from the bottom of the plant.
To sum it up, rotate your girls. Some of the experimenting that I have done is to start the little ones directly into the grow pot (I use a #10 Smart pot). Then start them rotating only with the overhead light for a couple of weeks. Afterwords I turn on the side light for another few weeks.
This will promote the growth from your lower branches (the ones that normally get trimmed off). Then that is when I put in a center stake to tie the long side branches to the stake. Also if you turn off the side light after this the lower branches will stretch toward the light.
I have been hand making the "Spinners" but need to get them produced so they will not be too expensive to sell to the folks..... working on that.

As far as the AFF they have all been vegged with it producing some excellent veg growth. The AFF Bloom is not quite up to others so my next grow will use some growth enhancer like Kool Bloom. This has saved me quite a few dollars and have produced very well for me.

Peace,
"Lucky"Chucky
 
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