Molasses???

Im not posotive, but i think you wait untill the last week to use mollasses. As for the pH, head to your local hydro store, find some pH DOWN, that should do it. Ive also heard of citrus juices being used to lower pH, and baking soda to rise it, but you should look it up yourself. Plant looks awesome!

I use it all the time Veg 2 Bloom

Originally Posted by weedasaurous

Im not posotive, but i think you wait untill the last week to use mollasses. As for the pH, head to your local hydro store, find some pH DOWN, that should do it. Ive also heard of citrus juices being used to lower pH, and baking soda to rise it, but you should look it up yourself. Plant looks awesome!

lol yeah that the problem theres no hydro stores near me, and the home depot, lowes, and walmart, dont carry much plant shit at all. any one know of a name brand item that would help lower my ph.

Lemon juice works in a pinch to lower pH but wont help lower the pH of your medium. Sulphur is your best bet to lower the pH of your medium. And molasses for fat buds is more myth than actual fact...its good for feeding bennies when brewing teas but not the best thing to be adding to your medium on a regular basis.

Originally Posted by Alexander Supertramp

Lemon juice works in a pinch to lower pH but wont help lower the pH of your medium. Sulphur is your best bet to lower the pH of your medium. And molasses for fat buds is more myth than actual fact...its good for feeding bennies when brewing teas but not the best thing to be adding to your medium on a regular basis.

thanks man for the help. but could u explain this line... Lemon juice works in a pinch to lower pH but wont help lower the pH of your medium. so if i put a squeeze of lemon juice in my next watering it will not lower the ph???

I use Grandma's Molasses from Walmart. They sell it in the grocery section for about 3 dollars in a glass jar. I use it on water and feed days through-out veg and flower at a rate of 2 tablespoons per gallon of water. I have a few dozen girls every cycle that prove its worth in gold. It adds a great sweet taste to every bud. I haven't tested it, but I would swear it adds to the weigh significantly. Molasses is a great source of natural sugars which all plants need when producing flowers, seed, or pollen. It also will not affect your ph levels when used alongside a good nutrient line. I use Advanced Nutrients so the ph leveling of it may also be a cause for the lack of increase or decrease in ph. Years ago I knew a guy that would pour it right on the soil before he watered. I have never heard of a reason not to use it. Good luck.

-The Dude

Originally Posted by KansasCityChief

thanks man for the help. but could u explain this line... Lemon juice works in a pinch to lower pH but wont help lower the pH of your medium. so if i put a squeeze of lemon juice in my next watering it will not lower the ph???

Lemon juice will lower the pH of your water/feed solutions, but your water/feeding solutions will soon buffer(within an hour)to your mediums pH. Growing in soil that is. Dolomite lime and worm castings in your mix from the beginning is how you control pH when growing in soil.

Plants do not use sugars from the soil. They make their own sugars during photosythesis. And to say you can add a sweet flavor to buds using molasses is too funny.....