ShawnSunshine
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Pros and cons of feeding cannabis plants sugar and sugar products such as molasses and honey
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Tea & Brown Sugar to increase Microbes?
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xtsho
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All you're going to do by adding sugar is increase the microbes temporarily. You're better off adding organic matter like EWC and compost to enrich the soil. You can top dress with both.
Herb & Suds
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I agree Molasses or honey but I can’t find any benefits to brown sugar even molasses based it isn’t conducive to plant absorptionCan Sugar Improve Your Cannabis Plant Growth? | Fast Buds
Pros and cons of feeding cannabis plants sugar and sugar products such as molasses and honey
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0potato0
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I think the brown sugar is there to suck out the water out of the organisms preserving themHe is fortifying it with brown sugar
PadawanWarrior
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No. It's to feed microbes.
Herb & Suds
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I’m starting to feel full blown trolled
xtsho
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With KNF the sugar is used to make IMO 2 or FPJ. It's not used to just water plants with.
IMO 1, microorganisms collected using brown rice.
IMO 2, brown sugar added to IMO 1 to feed the microbes while storing them. IMO 2 can be mixed with water and watered in adding microbes to the substrate.
I've started making JMS which is less work and provides microbes just the same. Either IMO or JMS is going to increase the microbes in soil more than by watering with some molasses or brown sugar which isn't going to do a whole lot and if you have decent soil there's already plenty of food available for the microbes in the organic matter available.
0potato0
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All correct except for the part where you add sugar to put the EM 1 microbes in a dormant state not to feed them. If you don't supersaturate it (leave any free water) the bacteria will go nuts and it will start bubbling and frothing because of the activity. In JMS you are definitely feeding them. I don't have a garden otherwise i would do JMS too
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ShawnSunshine
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I've got some raw honey, I'll add that.
0potato0
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Brown sugar is made by adding molasses back to crystalline sugar. You might as well use molasses if you just gonna feed microbes in the soil.
If you are doing osmotic extractions like JMS you need solid sugar. Also this (not mine):
"Sugar has 7 main roles in KNF
1. To apply osmotic pressure to break down cell walls releasing the nutrients and hormones from inside (plasmoysis and cytorrhysis)
2. To filter the microorganisms present to ones that can survive high osmotic pressure (removes some pathogens)
3. To remove oxygen through anaerobic fermentation (yeast locks up 02 by making alcohol). This prevents the oxidization of hormones, minerals, and vitamins.
4. To suspend and stabilize a fermentation using a full or supersaturation
5. To directly feed the biology via sugars present in FPJ, FFJ, FAA, and OHN
6. The creation of Alcohol and then live Vinegar (BRV, WSCA, WSCP, and is used in some IMO and FAA recipes)
7. As a potential source for minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants"
If you are doing osmotic extractions like JMS you need solid sugar. Also this (not mine):
"Sugar has 7 main roles in KNF
1. To apply osmotic pressure to break down cell walls releasing the nutrients and hormones from inside (plasmoysis and cytorrhysis)
2. To filter the microorganisms present to ones that can survive high osmotic pressure (removes some pathogens)
3. To remove oxygen through anaerobic fermentation (yeast locks up 02 by making alcohol). This prevents the oxidization of hormones, minerals, and vitamins.
4. To suspend and stabilize a fermentation using a full or supersaturation
5. To directly feed the biology via sugars present in FPJ, FFJ, FAA, and OHN
6. The creation of Alcohol and then live Vinegar (BRV, WSCA, WSCP, and is used in some IMO and FAA recipes)
7. As a potential source for minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants"
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im starting to think your this guyA couple potatoes, leaf mold, bucket of water. Collect your own microbes and water with that. You'll introduce plenty of microbes. You don't need to feed them molasses. They'll feed off of decomposing organic matter. Molasses is overrated the same way calmag has been for years.
How to make JADAM Microorganism Solution (JMS) - JADAM Organic Farming
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McShnutz
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I keep a stock tank of LAB, organic acids, worm shit, glacial dust, epson salts and molasses. 1 qt of stock into clean 5gallon bucket of water. Then add whatever organic parent material, Brew for 3 days.
I toss in a little piece of natural sea sponge for the fungi. It helps give them a "perch" to grab onto and reside in.
I toss in a little piece of natural sea sponge for the fungi. It helps give them a "perch" to grab onto and reside in.
