Yucky Molasses..

The molasses went vinegar in my 50-gallon auto-water tub.. Anyone had this happen to them? I would like to know how the sugars stay in the soil and get absorbed by the plant if they just turn to vinegar with the inclusion of oxygen.

Anyway.. I will post my formulas later but I use soluble seaweed powder 1-0-18, azomite, humic acid, and epsom salt for the 50-gal drum, this lasts 5 days with the single plant in a 26gallon medium. I used 15tsp of molasses in a 50-gallon drum and my pH spiked to 5.8 from 6.8pH due to the molasses rotting - emitting the sulfur smell as well.


Has this happened to anyone else?

molasses is used to feed microbes in soil, it is not absorbed or used by the plant except for trace elements.

http://www.thesoilguy.com/SG/Molasses

yes the carbs are only to feed the bugs in your soil/water.

five days is sometimes too long , an the bad bugs will breed more then the good ones , giving off that rotten smell. are you using plenty of aeration? what medium are you in?

50 gallons would be a hard "tea maker" to clean out. when you make teas in a res that big , you gotta be able to get to all the corners an clean everythang. them microbes , good or bad, will breed very fast when you feed them sugars.




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You should mix it in much smaller batches so you can use it up before it sours.

Red1966 said:

You should mix it in much smaller batches so you can use it up before it sours.

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ya, I suppose this is the problem. I actually have earthworms living in the soil container. har har..

Worms are good for your soil, but are squishy when they crawl out on the floor.