Watering With Brown Sugar?

[Johnny b Burner]

not really believing when i have actually done this 2 times 2 plants with 2 plants w/o i not saying it adds flavor cuz i never tasted a difference but he brown sugar has the molasses in it which swells up the buds. Dont knock it till u do it and see for urself ok

Right on my friend keep a open mind we are just breaking ground on this growing weed shit...

 

[3m3n3m]

show me a documented grow that proves the benefits of using brown sugar/molasses. Show me a grow journal that shows plants from seed or clone that don't use brown sugar or molasses VS plants that do.

Hey.. STFU from 2020

 

[Matthewschultz2829]

you cannot simply add brown sugar and expect it to change the flavor of your bud and why would you want to change the flavor? if grown, dried, cured, stored right the flavor should be outstanding regardless the strain.

Genetics play a huge roll awell

 

[TaoRich]

dudes its not the brown sugar/molasses that the plant uses, its the bi product from the bacteria that consumes the sugar within the soil that is taken up by the plants

This is it folks.

Black strap molasses without sulphur or any preservatives contains Rhizobacteria.

Rhizobacteria - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Rhizobacteria align with the plant roots and make the soil nutrients more available to the plant for uptake.

The beneficial growth effect is from the life you introduce into the soil, not the energy in the molasses.

Brown sugar will have a similar but lesser effect. It is less bio active.

Why do almost all plant teas include molasses ? It introduces the rhizo and kick starts the beneficial microbes.

 

[Tht_Blk_Guy27]

Winner winner, chicken dinner. You feed the soil, the soil will take care of the plant.

the most underrated comment here

 

[Low Key]

Molasses/sugars feeds the microorganisms in the soil which Makes the lady’s super happy and it’s all about making them happy..

Change my mind

 

[MICHI-CAN]

Small additions in potted soil of sugars on a limited schedule can be beneficial. In ground you are just inviting pests and problems. And no flavor is induced or enhanced. Best wishes.

 

[NewEnglandFarmer]

100% agree with folks pointing out that the molasses feeds the soil microbes, not the plant. The happy, thriving microbes then feed the plant, which makes for a happy, thriving plant.

Analogy: a dairy farmer spreads manure on his fields to enrich the grass, then turns his cows loose in the field to dine on the succulent grass, which improves the quality of their milk. In this situation you could say that he's spreading manure on his fields to improve the milk, but it's not a direct causal effect--the manure feeds the grass, which feeds the cows, which then produce better milk.

 

[MidwestGorilla219]

My experience with using molasses towards the end of flowering is that the flavor was changed. Even different strains tasted similar.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

My experience with using molasses towards the end of flowering is that the flavor was changed. Even different strains tasted similar.

I noticed something like that too. But I'm not sure if it was just super active microbes, or actually something to do with the molasses. Maybe the Hi Brix levels. I first was thinking it was from guano. I still haven't figured it out, but I'm not making teas like I was that round.

 

[TaoRich]

Analogy: a dairy farmer spreads manure on his fields to enrich the grass, then turns his cows loose in the field to dine on the succulent grass, which improves the quality of their milk. In this situation you could say that he's spreading manure on his fields to improve the milk, but it's not a direct causal effect--the manure feeds the grass, which feeds the cows, which then produce better milk.

100% agree with this.

And do you know what will happen ?

That milk will be creamier, and fattier, and richer, and taste so much better.

Does it taste better because of the taste of the manure making its way though to your glass of milk ?

Nope. That's just crap.

The manure makes the soil rhizosphere happier and healthier because it is more diverse.
The more diverse soil makes the grass happier and healthier.
The healthier grass makes the cow happier and healthier.
The happier and healthier cow makes happier and healthier milk.

Diversity. Diversity. Diversity.

When there is a multiplex of life forms and individual microbe and bacteria and mycelial life, they all compete to keep each other in a dynamic balance of population control.

I'll bet you that grazing fields supplemented with manure have more bugs, more complex topsoil, more mushrooms, more clover, more pollinator flowers, more insect life, more everything.

And just about every one of those life forms will add their own little tweak to the end quality of the milk. Every little bit of micro piss and micro crap they push out is food for something else in the complex web.

Now

Can you imagine if some scientist in a lab coat analysed the equivalent N : P : K elemental ratios for a cow's theoretical needs, and then fed the cow just that, through an intravenous drip ? That and that only ?

Now just imagine what that milk produced by that optimal (sic) diet would taste like.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

100% agree with this.

And do you know what will happen ?

That milk will be creamier, and fattier, and richer, and taste so much better.

Does it taste better because of the taste of the manure making its way though to your glass of milk ?

Nope. That's just crap.

The manure makes the soil rhizosphere happier and healthier because it is more diverse.
The more diverse soil makes the grass happier and healthier.
The healthier grass makes the cow happier and healthier.
The happier and healthier makes happier and healthier milk.

Diversity. Diversity. Diversity.

When there is a multiplex of life forms and individual microbe and bacteria and mycelial life, they all compete to keep each other in a dynamic balance of balanced population control.

I'll bet you that grazing fields supplemented with manure have more bugs, more complex topsoil, more mushrooms, more clover, more pollinator flowers, more insect life, more everything.

And just about every one of those life forms will add their own little tweak to the end quality of the milk. Every little bit of micro piss and micro crap they push out is food for something else in the complex web.

Now

Can you imagine if some scientist in a lab coat analysed the equivalent N : P : K elemental ratios for a cow's theoretical needs, and then fed the cow just that, through an intravenous drip ? That and that only ?

Now just imagine what that milk produced by that optimal (sic) diet would taste like.

It would leave black ash too if you burned it.

 

[TaoRich]

In ground you are just inviting pests and problems.

If you balance your 'ground' or soil, then you'll attract a multitude of bugs.

The good bugs will play bouncer, and keep the bad bugs under control.

If you have no bugs ... or label them all as pests and nuke them willy nilly ...
... then when a detrimental bug gets in ... you'll have no bouncers and mayhem will ensue when the thugs take over

 

[MICHI-CAN]

If you balance your 'ground' or soil, then you'll attract a multitude of bugs.

The good bugs will play bouncer, and keep the bad bugs under control.

If you have no bugs ... or label them all as pests and nuke them willy nilly ...
... then when a detrimental bug gets in ... you'll have no bouncers and mayhem will ensue when the thugs take over