Adding Molasses while Flushing

Rumple said:

Ok, we have been curing the molasses flushed harvest for over a month now. The flush was done with a tablespoon of blackstrap molasses per gallon of water for the last two weeks.

We tested the results against jars from our last two harvests. It seems adding molasses to a DWC flush won't make much difference. No one could taste the difference.

Adding molasses to your flush might be something to do when growing in soil, but it won't help your DWC grow. It was worth a try and did not add a negative aspect to my harvest.

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Rumple said:

Thank you for telling me that flushing is for toilets (very insightful and I hope everyone flushes the toilet after using it).

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kinddiesel said:

prob is you will need to molas out or you will be smoking that ! and there is sugar in it, and it will male you choke !, 2 week flush , first week flush with molas heavy, I use , 1/4 cup a day per 5 gallons for 7 days. then use straight water for 7 days, super clean passed , the test from iron labs, taste clean. what the molasses does is makes more sugar looking buds, its good to use every other day of flowering 1tsp per gallon every day or 2. hope this helps.

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chuck estevez said:

sorry if your reading comprehension sucks, but the first part said that molasses was for feeding microbes in soil. Maybe read and pay attention instead of trying to be a smartass!!

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chuck estevez said:

molasses is for feeding microbes, that's it
flushing is for toilets,that's it

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Rumple said:

My reading may not be that good, so can you find the part of post #5 that says anything about soil or feeding microbes in soil? Funny, I can't seem to find that in post number 5.



I can be a smart ass at times. I can tell without a doubt, you are the opposite of a smart ass *wink*
Peace, R.

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Rumple said:

You are correct, I did in fact find out that flushing with molasses was pointless. It is important that I find out the truth for myself, rather than trusting every opinion you find on the internet. So don't flush your DWC with molasses, but if you do, it won't do anything but set you back $4.

R.

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Rumple said:

We normally flush for ten days before harvest (first sentence of the first post here). We tried a few flushing additives (FloraKleen, Clearex, Sledge hammer), they made zero difference in taste or yield. We also tried reducing the nutrients in half, not flushing, and slow reduction. Not flushing or reducing effected the taste in a bad way and gave no more yield.

We are going to stay with pure water for now.

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Rancho Cucamonga said:

What's up Rumple?

You have your supposed harvest and cure pics linked, I've seen you and your name and your pics and you giving advice on many grow sites and you are asking random members here how much molasses you should use and what kind? Are those your pics linked or someone else's? If that is your own grown bud in all those pics you are obviously experienced and would not need to ask such questions. I'm not saying experienced growers do not need to ask questions sometimes, but a simple one like what kind of molasses to buy?

So I ask again, what's up Rumple?

If you are legit please post some new harvest pics, I've seen these floating around online for years.

To answer your question you should never exceed 1 TBSP per gallon, but I'm not sure why anyone would want to flush or end a harvest with watering with molasses. I begin molasses in early flower and end it 10-14 days before harvest as it doesn't do much good beyond that point. I do give a stronger dose of humic acid during my initial flush(fulvic if I used hydro) but only straight water after until cut.

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