what was the purpose of the molasses then? normally, we use molasses in part with microbes. are you mixing the into your soil or just tryibg to feed the existing one? the K value of molasses is pretty skimp compared to it's volume. get a bottle if probiotic tablets from the grocerie or corner store, crush it up and stir into your extract, seal it up for one week. itll consume the molasses and make the K and trace elements of the tea more readily available. theyll be already part of a network of trading before they even make it into the soil.