Flushing With Molasses

Drabarni

Drabarni

Member
Hello,

I have just started flushing on of my plants preparing it for the chop, I want to start using molasses in her water for the final days but the molasses turn the water muddy brown and my PH kit is a manual indicator and would be impossible to get a result with leaving me blind.

Do i need to worry about the PH of the water for the final flushing?

Can anyone tell me what molasses do the PH of tap water (Raise/Lower)?

The plant is a lowrdyer 2 grow hydro style in coco coir.

Many thanks in advance
 
k0ijn

k0ijn

Scientia Cannabis
Drabarni said:
Hello,

I have just started flushing on of my plants preparing it for the chop, I want to start using molasses in her water for the final days but the molasses turn the water muddy brown and my PH kit is a manual indicator and would be impossible to get a result with leaving me blind.

Do i need to worry about the PH of the water for the final flushing?

Can anyone tell me what molasses do the PH of tap water (Raise/Lower)?

The plant is a lowrdyer 2 grow hydro style in coco coir.

Many thanks in advance
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What?

You want to remove all the minerals (what plants need) from your reservoir, use pure tap water and add molasses to that?

I'm sorry but I'll strongly advice against doing that.

I would not experiment with a grow if I'm new to growing.
Why don't you just do a few grows without starving your plants and then perhaps when you have more experience you could do an experiment like the one you're proposing.
 
Drabarni

Drabarni

Member
Its a few days from the chop, the coco is just drying out now. I've been reading about using molasses during the flush which is what prompted my question. I have found my answer to the PH question, it lowers the PH.

Some people have reported problems with molasses in the res, pump, etc so i have been hand watering it to her. I can't report any adverse reactions, the buds are definitely more swollen since i started.

I have another 2 plants in there about a week or so behind this one, i can't see any reason so far not to use the molasses for them too. I will see tomorrow when i chop the first plant and get a good look at it.

Merry Xmas
 
Drabarni

Drabarni

Member
Ok, to be clear what i have done is flushed the coco with 15 litres of water (on Tuesday), since then i have just been feeding with plain water and molasses right up til yesterday morning. The plant in question is getting chopped tomorrow night.
 
djlifeline

djlifeline

Well-Known Member
Ok and I am asking why? All your doing is robbing your plant of what it needs at the most critical stage of its life... You will start to see deficiencies.
 
Drabarni

Drabarni

Member
Being finished tomorrow shouldn't i see def's anyway? Yellowing leaves, etc

Are you saying feed the plants nutes right up til i chop them? Because that's contrary to most other stuff i have read.
 
djlifeline

djlifeline

Well-Known Member
This is going to open up a massive debate. I would say 80% of people don't flush.

This is mine and most non flushers logic:
Last 2/3 weeks is when they put on the most weight so why deprive them of whats gonna increase production?
People flush to remove a build up of salts in there soil which causes lock out.

What is your logic for flushing? What do you hope to achieve? I done a personal side by side experience and my buds seemed more sticky without the flush and bit bigger.
 
Drabarni

Drabarni

Member
What i hope to achieve is clearing chemicals from the buds to improve the taste and smell of the final product. I appreciate the fact that its depriving them of nutes which is why i was looking at molasses for the final 4/5 days instead, the good word is they are great for putting on bud mass.
 
Drabarni

Drabarni

Member
They seem to be working for me anyway dude, if i could get a read on the PH after i have added them to the solution i think i would add them in with the feed for the other 2 plants.

I have been using canna A+B, super thrive and i used AN bigbud for a few weeks there too.
 
Sunbiz1

Sunbiz1

Well-Known Member
Drabarni said:
Hello,

I have just started flushing on of my plants preparing it for the chop, I want to start using molasses in her water for the final days but the molasses turn the water muddy brown and my PH kit is a manual indicator and would be impossible to get a result with leaving me blind.

Do i need to worry about the PH of the water for the final flushing?

Can anyone tell me what molasses do the PH of tap water (Raise/Lower)?

The plant is a lowrdyer 2 grow hydro style in coco coir.

Many thanks in advance
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Molasses cannot be absorbed hydroponically, the molecule size is too large.
 
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KushDog

Active Member
I feed with molassas, but i dont give ant to my soil plants 2 weeks before harvest. because I let my plants fade out and turn abunch of colors. but I use it , and like it. I never flushed with it tho, but i am growing in soil
 
Drabarni

Drabarni

Member
Thanks for replying lads, i have stopped using them now and will investigate the hydro issue for next time, thanks for the info SunBiz. So it needs to be absorbed by the soil first?
 
scroglodyte

scroglodyte

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your plants have stored nutrients that it continues to use in development after the fast has begun. i think the only reason flushing is so popular, is we exceed our plants requirements. if we only met these requirements, instead of exceeding them, there would be very little excess nutes to have any influence on bud taste. plants do best when they get what they need, and not a molecule more. i think a middle of the road approach is best. mild flushing, mild fasting. nutes are not the high road to big buds. healthy, well-balanced, well-trained/pruned plants are. of course ........
"There are as many opinions, as there are people."
 
Sunbiz1

Sunbiz1

Well-Known Member
Drabarni said:
Thanks for replying lads, i have stopped using them now and will investigate the hydro issue for next time, thanks for the info SunBiz. So it needs to be absorbed by the soil first?
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Converted would be a better term I believe, and molasses added to water systems can actually do the opposite of your intentions by creating unfriendly bacteria. I'm not a hydro grower, but I'm pretty sure there are other sweeteners you can use for added taste etc.

Since I'm here, and know almost zero about water grows...I have a question for all. I smoked someone's hydro the other day, and it tasted like fertilizer. Was it caused by not flushing?.
 
K

KushDog

Active Member
Sunbiz1 said:
Converted would be a better term I believe, and molasses added to water systems can actually do the opposite of your intentions by creating unfriendly bacteria. I'm not a hydro grower, but I'm pretty sure there are other sweeteners you can use for added taste etc.

Since I'm here, and know almost zero about water grows...I have a question for all. I smoked someone's hydro the other day, and it tasted like fertilizer. Was it caused by not flushing?.
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yes not flushing will make your buds tatse like chemicals. somebody will come on here and be like no dont flush just let you weed cure for 3 months. but the expeanced growers will all tell you to flush hydro
 
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