Hi organic dudes!

Just wondering if anyone ever tryed honey as fertilizer? As molasses substitute... if so, what were the results?

I was thinking of adddding like 1 teaspoon of pure bee honey to 1 gal. of water. My instincts tell me it is good for flowering (yeah, I'm all about instinctive gardening, but that is another history...)

What do you think, friends?

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Pakistan Ryder autoflowering dwarf CFL budget grow

it's pretty much the same thing as using molasses. You can even use a simple syrup as well for flowering, and yea it's still 1tbs. per gal.

Yeah I agree. I think it'd be a fine alternative to molasses. Just watch for pasteurized and ultrafiltered honey
as they are both heated, destroying some of the beneficial properties.

Here's a quick look at some trace minerals found in average honey:
Vitamin B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Potassium, Zinc.

I tried to find an NPK value for honey but was unable to find one. But as you can see it definitely contains some levels of P and K.

Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Definitely a cool idea. Will try it myself.

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Didnt try this yet. I'm just using regular organic molasses...

I was wondering: honey may have good nute value for plants, but it is also know as a natural antibiotic. Since it kills bacteria, I dont think it is a good idea to use honey in your bacteria-rich soil.... BUT MAYBE you can use honey in foliar tea of your plant isnt healthy

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Pakistan Ryder autoflowering dwarf CFL budget grow

i did use honey as a subst. on my first plant , it came out better than i thought , didnt notice much taste as molasses... here is the buds frm the plant ...lavender . . used organic fox farms and honey ... and oh yes a good amount of metallica for the baby !

conserve your honey cause bees are going extinct.
but i did do a side by side comparison a while back with honey and molasses and imo molasses did better slightly bigger buds and a little bit more crystals too with the molasses.

is molassses only used for flowering?

yes as far as i know it would have no benifit for veg.

Actually some ppl use molasses during veg also, since it feeds the little bacteria farm you have in your soil. I dont know for sure...

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Pakistan Ryder autoflowering dwarf CFL budget grow

i use it after i flush out my plants. usually 2-3 weeks before harvest. However i use molasses, i dont notice a taste but since i flush up to 3 weeks before i do notice that it stopped my plants leaves from browning over while it does have my other ferts.

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