Molasses VS. Honey for flowering for bigger nugs???

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pazsion

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so if its because its a similar glucose form of sugar close to what the plant already burns as food...you could theoretically use molassas? or honey?
just don't over do it.. even small doses could see results? and its applied to the soil?

avoid processed sugars? avoid preservitives? i'f i believe correctly molassas is like camel only with a fruit base? and brown sugar added?

i would have never thought of putting sugar based items intothe soil in any ammount but i will try with some clones.. honey vs molassas vs diffrent kinds of each...
 
Intcorquad

Intcorquad

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pazsion said:
so if its because its a similar glucose form of sugar close to what the plant already burns as food...you could theoretically use molassas? or honey?
just don't over do it.. even small doses could see results? and its applied to the soil?

avoid processed sugars? avoid preservitives? i'f i believe correctly molassas is like camel only with a fruit base? and brown sugar added?

i would have never thought of putting sugar based items intothe soil in any ammount but i will try with some clones.. honey vs molassas vs diffrent kinds of each...[/
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alright heres the thing. you dont have to get all crazy with it, plants are simple yet complex at the same time. during flowering i used 3-4 tablespoons per gallon and also used honey to test it out, never did a control experiment with one or the other. also never have tried with veg but heard it can be used then as well. GL
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stumps

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molasses is not the same as sugar. Just do a fast search on molasses and it will give you all the info you need.
 
SYROUS

SYROUS

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products like stimulator from australia and doze bloom from agricultural organics are honey products for blooming and fulvic acid can be made with honey also,heat the wter to dissolve then cool,im actually gonna try after this thread what the hell right?
 
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vegasendo

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brer rabbit is good.. it actually will suck up into a 5 ml dropper too easy to measure...

i got some organic molasses recently at whole foods bit pricier but it has like 2x as much calcium/magnesium in it as the brer rabbit.. and grandmas had the least id stick with brer rabbit or the organic unsulphured stuff from whole foods..

i fed it like 10 ml per gallon recently and now the organic molasses is to thick so i have to squeeze just a bit in .. works fine wtih my plants I've not noticed anything bad.. did it mainly to correct a cal/mag deficiency i believe to obtain with using r/o water having no calcium/mag.. anyways good luck and thumbs up for molasses here.. and i experimented with the honey es from humboldt.. save ur money that stuff is BS not to mention organic line was super stinky.. u could spend like 1/4 price on fox farm and get the same results
 
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420newbieg

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Ive personally tryed the use of honey. Used a tiny squirt of clover honey and blueberry honey in a gallon of reverse osmosis water crap whatever they say is good and sell at almost every supermarket . Noticed my buds seem to take off this was after a week of no more gauno mixture. i used maine clover honey the plastic bottle looked like it was for possaibly rasberry stuff as it had pink background with green leaves some kind of honey farm sounding name. Seemed i would have ended up with more leaf had i not tryed the honey and less bud. Ill be using honey again the first week of budding and the week before maybe. Also the trick is to shake the stuff around in the gallon and let it sit for a night soak then shake once more and water. Works better soaked and mixed then just dumping and pouring.
 
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azores

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Does anyone know if it has to be unsulphurated molasses of if it can have sulphur? Seems like the kind with Sulphur has more iron in it too...
 
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Robert A McBride

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Molasses: (Sucrose) One of the only benefits not debated is the usefulness of molasses in soils or mediums that have an active living root system filled with Mycorrhizae. Molasses and carbohydrates help to feed the colonies of bacteria to keep them healthy, a byproduct of which is healthy plants.
 
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Robert A McBride

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Honey: (Fructose/glucose) is the simplest of all the sugars, and is immediately available to the plant. More complex sugars such as molasses take longer to become available to the plant. Glucose is created by the plant during the photosynthesis process and it’s the primary material used by plants for growth and flowering. Make sure it's raw organic honey.
 
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beijesb46

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Intcorquad said:
Now i've been reading some posts that molasses helps nugs get fatter by up to as much as 20%. They were saying this is true due to the fact that sugars are available when needed for the plant by the molasses.

Then i came to thinking, what about using honey? It actually has a higher sugar content than molasses does. One cup of molasses 187g of sugar as opposed to 278g of sugar for honey. Now if what these people are saying is true and it really is the sugar that makes the nugs fatter, then honey would work better than molasses.

OR it may NOT be the actual sugar that makes the nugs fatter and it may be the nutrient and mineral content of which molasses has a higher mineral content than honey does. Molasses also has 974g of carbs and honey has 279g of carbs. Now it also may be the carbohydrate content ??? as i have seen a product called carbo load from i believe advanced nutrients that deals with carbs or whatever.

So with all this being said what do you guys think?? I'd appreciate it if only people that have experience with this commented that actually know about nutrients and minerals and all that and gave their two sense on the matter. thanks a lot, happy smokin bongsmilie

P.S. Wanted to add this also. Plants make their own sugars so why would sugar be a factor in helping the buds get fatter??? Some insite on his post please. Thx
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Can't speak for molasses however I used honey on mine last year and it not only caused my buds to grow much denser but also to taste sweeter which was why I was trying it in the first place. Make sure you water either one down first and flush at the end, I'm sure both have their pros and cons, the one major con with honey is if you are growing outdoors it may attract bees or other pests so what I did is dig up the top soil without exposing the roots, add the honey water, cover that layer with the topsoil to soak up excess and cover it up from the pests, this won't prevent them but it will definitely help keep the numbers down and a bug net or small greenhouse might not be a bad idea.
 
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conor c

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Honey has anti bacterial properties so it hurt the good ones too molasses works better as it does the same thing without hurting your micro herd honey is better used for sealing wounds in the plant say after topping for example however id watch as it can attract pests too
 
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