derius johnson
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i use fox farm grow big big bloom tiger bloom open sesame beastie bloomz and cha ching.. what is mollasses im hearing everyone is using it.. do i need it would it help ?? thakss
What is mollasses??
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gwaziman001
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I have been using mollasses from week 5 of flower my plants seem to love it bulks the buds up
LILBSDAD
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Mollases is what is used in a lot of the bloom nutrients out there. You can get it super cheap http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=blackstrap+molasses+&_cqr=true&_nkwusc=blackstrap+mollases&_rdc=1 15 bucks a gallon delivered. Black Gold
bamfrivet
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if you get molasses then make sure you get Black Strap, it's a type of molasses. It has a bunch of trace elements and carbs and sugar. It doesn't really help your plant, your plant only absorbs about 15% of the sugar from it. What it really helps is your soil. All those sugars and carbs and trace elements feed the micro organisms living in a symbiotic relationship with your roots. The happier your micro organisms and micro bacteria and fungus' are, the happier your plant will be. 1tbsp per gallon is a good amount, don't use more than that.
Subcriminal
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Do you mix the molasses with your nutes when feeding?
bamfrivet
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Yep, about 1 tblsp per gallon should be plenty. Just like nutes a little bit goes a long way. Also when using molasses make sure you flush every other watering or every now and then. You don't want your roots getting all gunked up with anything that didn't absorb into the soil.
Heisenberg
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If you do not understand why molasses is useful in some situations then you should make an effort to learn about the soil food web.
homebrewer
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It's a byproduct of the sugar making process. It's something to be used in the kitchen, not your garden.
malignant
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have you ever used it? because i see great results. it beats carbo loading with sweet.
homebrewer
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I'd love to know what 'carbo loading' is.
homebrewer
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The mineral makeup of molasses is below and the numbers are from a 100 gram sample or 5 tablespoons. That doesn't mean a whole lot because the percentages in red would be the same regardless of weight.
Personally, if I saw a fertilizer on the shelves with those percentages listed in red, I'd pass for something more useful. And keep in mind that the numbers in black are 5 times the amount of molasses that anyone suggests using per gallon. Plants have a limited ability to pull up sugars from the soil so the 'sugars' are more for the microbes if you're running them and even then, you'd have to be an organic grower running microbes to see any possible benefit from the sugar additions.
- Calcium ----- 205 mg .205%
- Iron ------------ 4.7 mg .0047%
Magnesium --- 242 mg .242%
- Phosphorus ---- 31 mg .031%
- Potassium --- 1464 mg 1.464%
- Sodium ------ -----37 mg .037%
- Zinc --------------0.3 mg .0003%
- Copper ------ --0.5 mg .0005%
- Manganese --- 1.5 mg .0015%
- Selenium ---- 17.8 mcg .0178%
Personally, if I saw a fertilizer on the shelves with those percentages listed in red, I'd pass for something more useful. And keep in mind that the numbers in black are 5 times the amount of molasses that anyone suggests using per gallon. Plants have a limited ability to pull up sugars from the soil so the 'sugars' are more for the microbes if you're running them and even then, you'd have to be an organic grower running microbes to see any possible benefit from the sugar additions.
bamfrivet
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If you are running hydro I could see not wanting to add molasses to your water, because it can gunk things up fast if your not careful. If you are growing in soil, it can only benefit you. If you are growing organic or not, there are still micro organisms that live in your soil that have a symbiotic relationship with your roots. You might not realize your feeding them, but you are. Most nutes have molasses in it, they just don't list it as that. Do what ever works for you though.
