Accidentally broke my molasses bottle, help determine right amount by color?

I dropped a brand new bottle of molasses while mixing my water up and it went all over the floor. (luckily tile)

I scooped up as much as I could, got a little blood in there too thanks to the glass but not much and now it's all mixed into a super dark super strong 5 gallon mix of water and straight molasses nothing else.

If you were to guess by the color of the water alone the right amount of molasses so I can use the bloody mix I now have what color would it be? Dark as straight coke, half watered down coke, what?

This sucks...

Buy another bottle.Why put yourself thru that?

That would be a good option but I would say do some math u put a _ size jar of molasses into 5 gallons of water there is _ tbsp per bottle of molasses so I need to mox in say 3tbsp to be at about 1 actual tbsp of molasses.... However I'd jusr buy andother bottle like said above lol

I'm broke dude give me a break. I wish it was that easy but I couldn't save it all and had used some just prior to it breaking so it wasn't a full bottle any more after I recovered what I could.

Then I'd say thats ur best bet..... I hate math lol. I would just throw 3-5 tbsp of that water in with the water ur using to feed with. Gl

What size of bottle of molasses did you have? Approximately how much was in it when it broke? Without that info, it's impossible to guess.

Either way, don't sweat it. Many many many people on here grow awesome pot without ever using molasses. Best of luck.

olishell said:

Buy another bottle.Why put yourself thru that?

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ya no kidding what is it 2.50 a bottle..

i use molassas in soil. it dont matter how much. your plant will do with it what it needs. unless you break 4 bottles and only have a gallon of water....i wouldnt worry about it. molassas has never given me any ill effects. dont know your bug situation but it will attract bugs. i am very fortunate that i have little bug probs.

jeff

ps
the guy ask about molassas not how much it cost. you should go easy on him.....but then again, i am high as a kite and maybe stupid

Edit, I see that you broke a new bottle that had just been used for a feeding. 12 ounce bottle? If so, then a full bottle contained 24 tablespoons of molasses. (1ounce = 2 tablespoons; 12 x 2 = 24). You used some, and some was left on the floor. You might have recovered approximately 10 ounces, but only you can tell. IF you have ten ounces (20 tablespoons) in 5 gallons of water, we need to do more math. By the way, I hate math.

We need to know how much molasses you generally use per gallon of water when you feed. It would also be helpful to know how much water you feed with at a time. Myself, I just started using it at the rate of one (1) tablespoon per gallon. In other words, 5 tablespoons in 5 gallons of water. At 10 ounces, you would have 20 tablespoons in 5 gallons of water. 4 times the strength that I use. (I'm not suggesting that my molasses to water ratio is what you should be using).

I'm just thinking out loud and trying to break down the numbers in my own confusing way. 1 gallon of the above-described solution would have 4 tablespoons of molasses in it. 1/2 gallon would have 2 tablespoons of molasses in it. 1/4 gallon would have 1 tablespoon, etc.

So, just use those numbers to play around with it and figure it out. If you're like me and only use 1 tablespoon per gallon, then add 1/4 gallon of your solution to 3/4 gallon of water. If you use 2 tablespoons, then add 1/2 gallon solution to 1/2 gallon water, and so on.

Hope that makes sense. Best of luck to you.

It was close to $10 a bottle, I got the big 24oz hoping it would last a while.

Not that $10 is a big deal, but it just so happens to be right now. Oh well, thanks to those that tried to help. I'm guessing 16oz made it into 5 gallons of water so your 12oz estimate above should be close enough.

thanks

What he said... haha

The numbers I used were based on 10 ounces of "saved" molasses. If you estimate it closer to 16 ounces, you have to adjust the math.

yes thanks you gave enough info to figure it out.