Nice lawn. I'm a fan of fish fertilizer and found a product from Neptune's Harvest called turf formula which is a 2-0-2 blend of fish, seaweed, humate, yucca extract and molasses, works well and it's cold pressed hydrolyzed fertilizer...doesn't stink as bad as Alaska but still a smell with it (no deodorizer like Alaska has). Its a very effective and powerful product with all the other goodies inside and an indefinite shelf life.
I have been using that same Alaska 5-1-1 fish emulsion and a locally made Drammatic brand fish hydrolysate 2-4-1 on my lawn for 3yrs now, and on organic veggie gardens for 20+yrs. I combine them with food grade blackstrap molasses and I lay it down heavy. The last application was 40oz Alaska 5-1-1 and 24oz molasses on about 1,250 sq ft front yard with an Ortho hose end sprayer. That may sound like a lot but the heavy clay soil I'm working with could handle much more than that. This is a property that had been nuked with Truegreen chemicals for 45yrs and had never had anything organic applied over those 45yrs. It was very tired soil but it is coming around. It is currently the thickest most weed free lawn on the block and I have not used herbicide, pre-emergent, fungicide, pesticide, or chemical fertilizers in 4yrs. Still a couple steps behind your lawn tho.
Sorry for the late reply to your comment. Thank you for being so thorough in your statement. I'm going to refer back to this comment in a few weeks and try out your process. Thank you again!
@@TheMoreYouMOW If you plan on trying it I should let you know that the last 2 gallons of Alaska Fish 5-1-1 were very thick and they plugged up my Ortho hose end sprayer. To get around that I used paint strainers to /strain/filter the fish before adding it to the Ortho. The paint strainers were only $1.50 for a 4pk and I bought them at Home Depot when buying the Alaska Fish. The Drammatic brand fish 2-4-1 never has the plugging issue but I did not use it this year as I was looking for more Nitrogen. The filtering adds another 2 steps to the process as the fish is too thick to be filtered on its own, it must be diluted. Last time I mixed 5oz Alaska fish in a water bottle with about 8-10oz water. Shake the crap out of it and pour it through the strainer into the Ortho. Its a freaking mess so I am still looking for a better way to do it. I also mix the blackstrap molasses in a water bottle and shake it the same, but there is no need to filter/strain the molasses. In only shake it in water first to make sure it is fully dissolved.
I actually really like it. I just used it for my renovation earlier this week. I can't really think of any complaints. Can be difficult to completely empty the tank, but that's really it
@@TheMoreYouMOW appreciate the quick review! I know some of their other products like the mister for mosquito spray are rough but I'm in the Ryobi system already so trying to get the good and avoid the bad
Did you know that adding multiple liquid products into the tank affects the accuracy of the mix ratio. In other words adding 12 oz of this and 8 oz of that and 6 oz of another increases the volume.
@@TheMoreYouMOW So having worked in a chemistry lab, this is how to mix accurately. If you have three chemicals, make a gallon of each separately, then combine them and you will have three gallons. But do not add water or dilute it further.
You're doing what i want to do. Go as "organically" as practical. If i have a problem that requires something synthetic, I'll use it but it wont be a regular practice. What mow height are you using, what part of the country and what grass species?
That's exactly tly what I'm aiming to do. It's not always the easiest route but if I can make it work, I will. I'm currently around level B on the timemaster, I'm not sure of the inches though. I'm in Wichita, KS and I have mostly TTTF
@@TheMoreYouMOW Once my soil test is good, I'd like to transition to 15-25lbs/100sqft of dry worm castings 3x/year. Supplement that with liquid feeds & biostimulants at appropriate times during the growing season and a fall application of granular. Pure Perennial ryegrass irrigated 1-1.5"/week & I'm south of Harrisburg, Pa.
Very nice looking lawn.
Thank you very much 😊
Kool video... really should have on PPE with that Bifen in that mixture. Otherwise, you'd be ok.. 😎
Agreed. Oversight on my part
Again the color already looks great, dont forget about the live edges around the trees.👍
That's actually the next video. Already filmed it, just need to edit 👀
Love that spray beat, sick song.
Thank you. All of the music on my channel is made by my brother Dramatics. He has all of these somes on SoundCloud! Thank you for watching!
Nice lawn. I'm a fan of fish fertilizer and found a product from Neptune's Harvest called turf formula which is a 2-0-2 blend of fish, seaweed, humate, yucca extract and molasses, works well and it's cold pressed hydrolyzed fertilizer...doesn't stink as bad as Alaska but still a smell with it (no deodorizer like Alaska has). Its a very effective and powerful product with all the other goodies inside and an indefinite shelf life.
Oh wow where can I find that at? As you can see from the video I'm running out of supplies!
Where
I have been using that same Alaska 5-1-1 fish emulsion and a locally made Drammatic brand fish hydrolysate 2-4-1 on my lawn for 3yrs now, and on organic veggie gardens for 20+yrs. I combine them with food grade blackstrap molasses and I lay it down heavy.
The last application was 40oz Alaska 5-1-1 and 24oz molasses on about 1,250 sq ft front yard with an Ortho hose end sprayer. That may sound like a lot but the heavy clay soil I'm working with could handle much more than that.
This is a property that had been nuked with Truegreen chemicals for 45yrs and had never had anything organic applied over those 45yrs. It was very tired soil but it is coming around. It is currently the thickest most weed free lawn on the block and I have not used herbicide, pre-emergent, fungicide, pesticide, or chemical fertilizers in 4yrs. Still a couple steps behind your lawn tho.
Sorry for the late reply to your comment. Thank you for being so thorough in your statement. I'm going to refer back to this comment in a few weeks and try out your process. Thank you again!
@@TheMoreYouMOW If you plan on trying it I should let you know that the last 2 gallons of Alaska Fish 5-1-1 were very thick and they plugged up my Ortho hose end sprayer. To get around that I used paint strainers to /strain/filter the fish before adding it to the Ortho. The paint strainers were only $1.50 for a 4pk and I bought them at Home Depot when buying the Alaska Fish. The Drammatic brand fish 2-4-1 never has the plugging issue but I did not use it this year as I was looking for more Nitrogen.
The filtering adds another 2 steps to the process as the fish is too thick to be filtered on its own, it must be diluted. Last time I mixed 5oz Alaska fish in a water bottle with about 8-10oz water. Shake the crap out of it and pour it through the strainer into the Ortho. Its a freaking mess so I am still looking for a better way to do it.
I also mix the blackstrap molasses in a water bottle and shake it the same, but there is no need to filter/strain the molasses. In only shake it in water first to make sure it is fully dissolved.
How do you like the Ryobi backpack sprayer? Is it still working too?
I actually really like it. I just used it for my renovation earlier this week. I can't really think of any complaints. Can be difficult to completely empty the tank, but that's really it
@@TheMoreYouMOW appreciate the quick review! I know some of their other products like the mister for mosquito spray are rough but I'm in the Ryobi system already so trying to get the good and avoid the bad
Great video
Thank you! 😊
Looks great, thanks for the content.
@@scottterry4590 thanks for watching!
Nice grass!
Thank you, much appreciated!
Did you know that adding multiple liquid products into the tank affects the accuracy of the mix ratio. In other words adding 12 oz of this and 8 oz of that and 6 oz of another increases the volume.
Good point. That makes a bunch of sense!
@@TheMoreYouMOW So having worked in a chemistry lab, this is how to mix accurately. If you have three chemicals, make a gallon of each separately, then combine them and you will have three gallons. But do not add water or dilute it further.
Awesome info! I'll definitely keep that in mind when mixing from now on.
Do u see a difference if you just apply fish emulatotion?
I couldn't see any changes visibly but I'm sure on a microbial level it should have done something to the soil lol
You're doing what i want to do. Go as "organically" as practical. If i have a problem that requires something synthetic, I'll use it but it wont be a regular practice.
What mow height are you using, what part of the country and what grass species?
That's exactly tly what I'm aiming to do. It's not always the easiest route but if I can make it work, I will. I'm currently around level B on the timemaster, I'm not sure of the inches though. I'm in Wichita, KS and I have mostly TTTF
@@TheMoreYouMOW Once my soil test is good, I'd like to transition to 15-25lbs/100sqft of dry worm castings 3x/year. Supplement that with liquid feeds & biostimulants at appropriate times during the growing season and a fall application of granular. Pure Perennial ryegrass irrigated 1-1.5"/week & I'm south of Harrisburg, Pa.
I use that same fish fertilizer 2 years ago we had cats in the backyard later that day😂😂😂
I believe it! It's some potent stuff!