fish ferts and espoma nutes

more how to use nutes and ferts. hope this helps.

Fish Fertilizer
This is for the use of Alaska brand Fish Fertilizer, and Alaska Kelp Fertilizer-- But other brands of Fish Emulsion and Organic nutrient that is JUST P & K with NO "N" value will work also.

Start The FIsh Ferts at 1/2 recomended rate when the plants have 3 sets of true leaves... after week 2 of veg, go to 3/4 stregnth...
When ready for 12/12-- you need to get some Alaska Kelp fert* (-- it is just P-K... add this to your 3/4 stregnth Fish Ferts at 1/4 stregnth... and use this blend thru the bloom period...
IF she seems to need more-- feed more often instead of increasing the amounts... with this fert , that seems to work better.

You will probably need additional micronutes-- so I would call around, or go online for EarthJuice Microblast... use at 1/3 stregnth every week.. as the Fish ferts arent complete with all the micro's needed.


*or another No Nitrogen Organic



ESPOMA NUTES :
Espoma is a brand of dry, granual organics used mostly in outdoor in-ground growing, but CAN be used at a lesser rate to enrich the soil of container plants.

It is marketed as Plant-tone, Veg-Tone, Holly-Tone, Rose-tone and Flower-tone.

You will want to get Veg-tone and Flower-tone... If flower-tone is not available, use Just the veg-tone.

For in-ground,prep your planting site, adding 1/4 cup of the Veg-tone to the hole you dig for the plants (at least 18 inches wide and 12 inches deep- the soil fluffed and back In the hole when you add the Espoma)
... or in containers, use 2 tablespoons in 5 galons of soil.
When the Plants Begin to bloom, use the Flower-tone as a top dressing according tot he bags directions, and gently rub into the soil around the plants so i doesn't wash away in the rain.

You MAY use the Fish-Fert Schedule along with the Espoma, but reduce the feedings to every other week.

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How about buying fish heads from the fish monger and putting that in the pot? I recall from years and years ago, my ex husband doing that. He said that the roots of the plant will wrap themselves around the fish and go gangbusters. Any truth to this? It certainly sounds nice and organic (if not stinky) , but after reading through so many threads here, I haven't seen any mention of that. Seems like the nutrient topic is pretty darned complicated.

And if this sounds dumb, please excuse my ignorance. This is my first post, and I'm trying to all of my homework beforehand to avoid mistakes.

there should be more people like that. to many just jump in and start groing and wonder why it didn`t work.
i dont know about puting fish heads in my bucket. i dont think the smell would be worth the benefit. mabee compost it or something?
i`ve got lots of other threads with good info on nutes and good info i`ve found on the internet, and will be adding lots more. so look around and soak up the info and ask questions.

Thanks for the reply. I am tempted to just jump right in, but I know that if I put in all that effort and time and anxiety, and it doesn't work, I'm just going to be angry with myself.

As for composting the fish heads, I dunno. I'm tempted to think that might stink worse than just burying the fish heads. If the fish is mixed in with the soil, wouldn't it then be exposed to more air, hence, more stench? If it is buried, not exposed to any more air than it's getting from the soil, maybe it won't smell as bad.

I do recall that we did it with some other plants, just house plants--not sure if he ever did stick it in the weeds--but I don't recall it stinking. I do remember the fish emulsion smelling really, really bad, as in gagging bad. It's so good for plants.

Seems like there is a lot of info on the nutrients here, so maybe I'll just go with what seems to be tried and proven, and maybe experiment, using one fish head. They're free, not like there's a big investment, you know?

Thanks again for not making me feel like a pest for asking.

I'm off to browse a bit more through these threads.

Bonz, you do know that there are like 6 feeding schedules on the Alaskan Fish Fertilizer right? Which do you recommend using for ganja?

wasn`t sure exactly how many. i didn`t write this, sorry i forgot to put a credit at the bottom on this one. from what i know of this guys work, this is probably just one that he felt worked best for him. i will fix the credit for him. thanx

yeah, be careful giving out advice that you cut and paste from. I have burned my plants badly with that stuff and so has sea maiden...

the edit button has dissapeared on that thread, so if it returns i will fix that.