Salmon Water

[AKNorthernlights]

Hi all

I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on using water from a Salmon stream as a natural tea for watering plants.?

I live on a salmon spawning steam out in the boonies and we have like two million salmon swim up it and eventually they all die and must turn into a liquid fertilizer and should be awesome I would think, I have watered my few plants with it and they seam to do well so far any thoughts?

Also I am going to be 100% organic and want to use what's available to me here locally and spend as little as I can to get quality organic mixes.

I have access to king crab shells, salmon , chicken egg shells coffee grounds, nettles moose and rabbit turds , molasses and plan on doing some composting at some point.

Is there any way those ingredients would be enough to put together a soil combined with tea that would not be lacking in nutrients? and how could I prepare them?

I did purchase some bat guano and some kelp meal and air stone and a few other things to get me started until I can get a good feed schedule figured out.

I don't want to use any chemical nutes at all I believe organics are the future who want to put a bunch of chemicals into their body anyway I know our food already has too much.

Thanks for all the help this great site and good sharing caring people have been very help full to me so far.

 

[Eekman]

That would probably be the best water, as long as it isn't salty

What the salmon add to the environment is irreplaceable.

That is why the Sacramento Valley is as fertile as it is.

The effect is immense, you would do well with it. Also, grind up the crabshells for calcium.

You have a good start, you will learn more on organic growing as you get more into it here. There are a lot of experts here.

I'll be back to see your progress.


Eek

 

[AKNorthernlights]

Thank you very much sir I was hoping to hear that, I was also worried it might be too much Nitrogen or other compounds but my plants so far are doing well with nothing else added just two weeks old at this time.

Hoping this could a cheap source of fertilizer for me.

was also wondering how to go about processing salmon to be used since I have plenty and could use some in the winter when they are not available .

Thanks for your help much appreciated !

 

[AKNorthernlights]

These Are 11 Day Old Fast And Vast Auto's

So far just gave them the Salmon spawn water and bit of( nettle juice with a pinch of bone meal just once)

Growing in a mix of Mirical -no organic potting mix combined with my backyard peat I dug under a Apollo 400 watt full spectrum LED these are" fast and Vast"

 

[dingo]

They look great for 11 days. For me the coco looks too dry but obviously they are happy.
I use a carp fertiliser much like the salmon and it works well in weak doses from week 2 onwards until preflower over.
Good luck with the grow.

 

[AKNorthernlights]

Thanks Dingo but no cocoa that's peat from the back yard and some miracle grow organic potting soil its still damp just dry on top.

I will start feeding a bit her soon as my worm castings and guano gets here.

 

[AKNorthernlights]

Here is a little update the fish water seams to be doing them some good here they are at 18 days.

I did give them my first feeding a few days ago using a bat guano tea with some Alaska fish emulsion and WC alph alpha pellets and kelp meal and tbls of molasses.

I am just using a tablespoon of each ingredient in a gallon of water.

I have a question can anyone tell me about "Plant Success "Mycorrhizae & Bacteria I have a jar of It and wonder if it would be good to mix in a tea for some microbe action.

Also was wondering about coconut milk seams I read about it used to water with and cant find anything about it now

Thanks for all the help

 

[Eyes on Fire]

yeah that'll help your teas along some absolutely.Sprinkle it around your container if you can once its started actually producing some bubbles acrossthe surface of your container.Thats when Ive found they are thee most effective for rapidly producing more life in a Tea."AFN smoke out"

Im not sure id use plain coconut Milk.I would use it in teas and plain soup styled feeding as an enzyme inhibitor and natural sugars n some carbs to build on with some rice wash water too and brew a tea with that in mild amounts.yeah that would be stellar dude."AFN smoke out"

Here is a decent read for ya if ya aint read it yet.
https://www.autoflower.org/f89/inoculants-33320.html

 

[AKNorthernlights]

Thanks Much ! EOF

I was hoping to hear that and great timing I have a batch of tea brewing as I type, I will add a pinch here soon.

And Thanks I will try the Coconut milk in moderation and see if I notice anything good or bad.

 

[blessedinwashington]

I assume your stream or river is pretty fast flowing and looks refreshingly clear. That water is going to nutrient rich but I wouldn't think it would be enough to consider any type of fertilizer. These streams are super quality water as they are constantly cleaning themselves through the movement of the water. Now go to Iowa and use catfish water from the farm pond and it may be a whole different story.