How to make organic fertilizer with fish emulsion, liquid seaweed, white vinegar and molasses

A great organic fertilizer reciepe designed to help protect plants from pests, heat stress, cold damage and add tons of beneficial nutrients into the soil in addition to being so gentle it will not burn your plants.

A few simple ingredients are all you need:
-fish emulsion
-liquid seaweed
-white vinegar
-molasses (optional - will helpto reduce the smell of the fish emulsion and liquid seaweed)

1/4 cup of fish emulsion
1/4 cup of liquid seaweed
splash of white vinegar
1 tablespoon of molasses
1 gallon of water in a pump sprayer

Combine all ingredients into pump sprayer and spray all over the plants and soil. Plants love to drink from thier leaves, furthermore, you want to feed the soil more so than feed the plant itself. Good soil results in a good crop.

This great organic reciepe will also help to ward off pests and disease. This organic fertilizer reciepe was found in a book called "Extreme Gardening: How To Grow Organic In The Hostile Deserts" by Dave Owens. It is a must have garden book if you live anywhere in the desert!

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• organic
• fertilizer
• fish emulsion
• liquid seaweed
• vinegar
• pest control
• soil
• foliar
• grandmas molasses
• herbs
• vegetables

[lycheesack]

Hi, I'm just wondering did you buy the fish emulsion that was labeled to be odorless? How does the odorless one smell not stinky or less stinky? That's a mighty big batch do you think I can scale it down to 500ml? I'm doing an indoor container garden. Using chemical fertilizers just freak me out. Thanks!

[ArizonaAdventures]

@lycheesack yeah this is the not so smelly version, however it still stinks, lol, and yeah you can scale down for sure. It's hard to really hurt your plants with this natural / organic stuff usually, so don;t get too much into exact amounts. I think a tablespoon mixed in with your watering can would be great each watering. Glad to hear your not using the chemicals :)

[alwilliam]

Alaskan brand is OK, problem is, it's not 'hydrolized' (cold process). It looses a lot of the nutrients and essentials stuff. That's why if you notice, the cheaper price. Neptune Harvest or Old Age brands are a bit pricey, but both are hydrolized.

[ArizonaAdventures]

@alwilliam so true. I just found out about the hydrolized stuff a few months back, but have yet to locate any that locally, so it looks like it will have to be an online purchase. I think it also has something to do with the parts of the fish that are used right? The hydrolized uses the entirefish I think? Anyway, thanks for posting that here and have a great new year!

[sly2kusa]

Great stuff! I was getting ready to go haul some hog-sized Carp from our local watering hole for this very idea. I get free Seaweed down at the beach (put it in a plastic trash can full up with water and let it sit for 2 months to completely decompose and desolve). The Vinegar and Molasses is a good idea though for additional microbial activity I would imagine. Great stuff as always bro! :-)

[ArizonaAdventures]

@sly2kusa I always wanted to bring back some seaweed when I make it down to the beach, but never knew how to do it the right way. I'd be very interested in hearing more on how your technique goes. The molasses feeds the microbs while the vinegar helps with soil ph mostly I'm told. Just be sure to mix up the molasses cause it's really thick and can clog the sprayer easily.

[ArizonaAdventures]

@selubria Sounds like a great blend you have there. I've been wanting to learn more about botanicare products too. Cool info on the apple juice! Have you been growing mushrooms for a while? Growing mycrorhizzal fngi might be a fun project for me. Talk to you later!

[selubria]

Guano's do really amazing stuff. My personal mix is High N bat guano, with peruvian seabird guano and earthworm castings. I add the molasses and some liquid karma (stuffs great) and that.'s my veg tea. then for bloom I switch the HIgh N bat guano for High P guano add some organic apple juice (really high in K) and some mushroom compost. (will breed mycorhizzal fungi which will work wonders for your flowering plants.

[ArizonaAdventures]

@selubria great info, thanks. What else would you add to the mix?

[selubria]

The molasses is actually necessary. You should be using organic unsulphered cane (not beet) blackstrap molasses. The molasses provides sugars and carbohydrates that the microorganisms in your tea need to eat in order to reproduce. The bacteria and fungi in your tea are what chelates the nutes in your soil or fertilizer into plant available. Also they fight off pathogens that can make your plants susceptible to pest infestations and disease. I would add some other things to the recipe as well.