Twistyman
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Molasses at any grocery store sugar isle...Grannys....etc..
adding sugur to your water!!!
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sir smokesalot
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i havent grown with a hempy bucket before but i dont know that i would risk it. you def do not want to do a DWC or aero. the problem is that in something like a DWC the molasses will sit in the rez and eventually you will get root rot and kill your plants (trust me i learned that one the hard way
) and of course it would clog up an aero system. i dont know the scientific principle but just keep it away from any type of water based setup. to be on the safe side you would probably be best off just buying something along the lines of Botanicares Sweet line or some type of generic carb loader. pretty much all nute lines have something to boost the carbs in flower and help with resin production, and you wont have to worry about destroying your crop
realmeatdildo
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I think if someone here was an entrepreneur and wanted to make millions they could use your line, 'pure plant energy in a bottle', and slap that on the label and flog it off through the hydro shops as a new supplement!
O4aUsErNaMe
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I keep my water in 2lt plastic milk bottles . How much molasses do i put in the water ?
By the way the stuff i got is organic blackstrap molasses (low fat)
Is this the right stuff and how much do i use ?
I don"t wanna damage my babes this is my first grow
about half a teaspoon will be fine ,to much wont hurt your plant any way.
O4aUsErNaMe
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why not ?it was a common practice in the early 50/60s with the agricultural lot ,they spread it on the land before seeding to get the microbes working..
it cant hurt the plant
O4aUsErNaMe
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most benificial during flowering ,but you can add a little during veg........
dave3
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gangjababy
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look in the grocery store, next to the syrup
smokablunt16
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Should that be only used during flowering then?
overfiend
HeavyMetalHippie
yeah i usebrown sugar only during flowering. i tried it during veg and it diddnt make to much of a difference but it makes the buds swell quite noticably. also did a few batches now where i diddnt use it and the buds got nice but nowhere as bulky
smokablunt16
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Sounds good....I cant wait until they start!! ahhhh the agony!!
techhead420
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Does anyone have any proof of this technique beyond anecdotes of "buds swelling" and the like.
If you want to increase the sugar content of your plants then pump up the CO2.
simplified photosynthesis equation:
6 H2O + 6 CO2 + light energy = C6H12O6 (ie. sugar) + 6 O2
Science, it's a wonderful thing!
If you want to increase the sugar content of your plants then pump up the CO2.
simplified photosynthesis equation:
6 H2O + 6 CO2 + light energy = C6H12O6 (ie. sugar) + 6 O2
Science, it's a wonderful thing!
babylonburn
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you use molasses 3 teaspoon to a gallon,
O4aUsErNaMe
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so is nature.
but it is pretty hard to boost co2 when you grow outdoors,
plus the fact that most of the carbs in the ground have already been burnt of in the growing of the plant.
so the molasses is just an efficient way to boost the carb level at the very moment the plant needs it the most.
