flowering and molasses questions

hey guys, so ive got 4 plants going right now and had a few quick questions about them. i changed the lights to 12-12 3 weeks ago, but it took the plants a week to show their sex. does this mean im in my 2nd or 3rd week of flower? i havent really been able to find a straight answer about that, and i was a little curious. also, ive been planning to start using molasses soon but i was wondering if i should add it to my nute mix (im using tiger bloom and big bloom every other watering) or add it to the plain water that i give them every other watering. any help appreciated, thanks

mike.o420 said:

hey guys, so ive got 4 plants going right now and had a few quick questions about them. i changed the lights to 12-12 3 weeks ago, but it took the plants a week to show their sex. does this mean im in my 2nd or 3rd week of flower? i havent really been able to find a straight answer about that, and i was a little curious. also, ive been planning to start using molasses soon but i was wondering if i should add it to my nute mix (im using tiger bloom and big bloom every other watering) or add it to the plain water that i give them every other watering. any help appreciated, thanks

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it is all up to you,if you want to count that week it took to show pre-flowers.As for molasse,use with plain water,i use humbolt honey ES,good luck

it seems like a lot of people use molasses when they use nutes too, anyone elses thought?

mike.o420 said:

it seems like a lot of people use molasses when they use nutes too, anyone elses thought?

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On my first grow I used molasses in addition to the full foxfarm soil feeding program (liquids and solubles). I was feeding every water though, not every other and it was waaay to much for the plants to handle. By the end, they were obviously suffering from nute burn and many fan leaves had turned a very nasty rust color.

Second time around, I cut the molasses, but kept with the nutes on every feeding. The results have been night and day. Plants looked great right up until the end when the fans starting browning (as they do near the end).

One of the solubles (I want to say the beastie bloomz) has sugar in it, which from what I understand is the main ingredient in molasses that gives the boost to our plants. I figure FoxFarm's got me handled pretty well and I quit trying to fix something that ain't broke.

i dont have any of the solubles, ive just been using the trio(grow big, big bloom, and tiger bloom) i use them every other watering and havent had any problem with nute burn yet and ive heard pretty much only good things about molasses besides so far

Ive just started using Molasses in my grow, which is my first(Take a look!! let me know what you think!!) and im using it with my bloom food at a rate of:- 2 litres water + 10ml bloom food + 1 tablespoon Molasses all mixed in a 2 litre bottle, shaken and poured via watering can! and this seems to be working ok for me!! well i think it is!!! lol
I have been only using 6/7ml bloom food in 2 litres of water upto today but have noticed a little yellowing happening which i put down too not enough food?! as the recomended dose is 5ml per 1 litre water!! so i have up't that to the full 10ml for 2 litres water!!

Want to know more myself so will sub'd to this thread!!

Stay Strong Peeps!!