Feeding with molasses

[Haf baked]

I read about mixing molasses with the water the last couple weeks of flowering and I was wondering how attractive that would be to the animals. Any help would be useful.

 

[crackbaby]

I use it and have never had any problems! Like you said, I switch over to molasses for the last couple feedings.

 

[FreeRangeZombie]

I know molasses brings mold/fungi in hydro but in the last 2 weeks you might be alright . Just add very little if so. In soil I never had any problems .

 

[Jeffdogg]

Dont really see why at the end of the cycle, that late anyway. Its used primarily as a carbohydrate/energy delivery system and has micro nutrient's which you would want to use in veg and flower.

Molasses, as we all know, is the thick, syrupy juice created by the processing of either sugar beets, or sugar cane plants.

But what many people don't know, is that molasses is a good, quick source of energy for the various forms of microbes and soil life in a compost pile or the soil.

In fact molasses has long been a part of the common products used by organic gardeners to bring greater health to their soils and plants, because it's a great source of carbohydrates that stimulates the growth of beneficial microorganisms.

Keep in mind theres sugar and other things in it so if its outside theres a chance you will get ants and other bugs that like that sweet stuff. For indoors in a controlled environment sure. But if you do choose to use it outside make sure of one very very very very very important thing. That its unsulphured molasses or they will die (or damage them very badly)

 

[pimpdaddypapa]

also what about this story that you need to boil the molasses down in water to help the plant absorb? This was said to be because the molasses is a tri-glicerite and the plant only absorbs a bi-glicerite.

 

[imchucky666]

Molasses seems to be fine, as far as animals......
I usually have deer, coons, possum, cat and the occasional dog, and I've been using for about 3 weeks now, twice a week or so.
I have been wondering the same question, and staying up until at least 5 a.m., since that's about as late as the coons will come.
One thing I've heard NOT to use do to attracting anything and everything, even Polar Bear is Alaskan Morbloom.

 

[imchucky666]

also what about this story that you need to boil the molasses down in water to help the plant absorb? This was said to be because the molasses is a tri-glicerite and the plant only absorbs a bi-glicerite.

I've never heard that one. I just stir in a tsp/gal and use it.

 

[poplars]

only con to it is that you might need to supplement nitrogen because it tends to make the plants use up their nitrogen reserves really quickly. I speak from experience.

 

[indcolts77]

only con to it is that you might need to supplement nitrogen because it tends to make the plants use up their nitrogen reserves really quickly. I speak from experience.

This is true...do not use more than 1-3 teaspoons (and yes i mean TEAspoons) per gallon once or twice a week....if you feed too much your microbes will grow too fast and compete with the plant for nitrogen in the soil, forcing it to use reserves in the leaves and yellow... more of an issue during veg or early flower, but in late flower shouldn't be that big of an issue as flushing essentially does something similar

 

[scroglodyte]

i pour it on my flap-jacks!

 

[chrishydro]

Great 4 roots. One tsp per gallon. I mix it in warm coffee cup w water than add to water can than mix than water.

 

[ebgood]

i decided to try using molasses for the first time this season and it was the best move ive ever made. my buds are the fattest and frostiest ive ever grown. i used it through the whole veg cycle and still now in flower. i tbsp per gal once a week. im hooked!!

 

[Haf baked]

The jar doesn't say anything about sulphur. It's local molasses, sorghum molasses.

 

[Jeffdogg]

The jar doesn't say anything about sulphur. It's local molasses, sorghum molasses.

Dont use that................. The jar will say it on the label like this one..

http://www.amazon.com/Grandmas-Original-Molasses-Natural-Unsulphured/dp/B0005XP1E2

Im telling ya use UNSULPHURED or you will be very very disappointed.....

Its expensive on amazon but in a store its like $3, Is going to the store and buying a $3 jar of the unsulphured kind really that much of a bother to ensure your plants health and safety?
Keep in mind theres a couple weeks left on your crop. just enough time to fuck em up......

 

[indcolts77]

Good info jeffdog.. Walmart bro, guarantee they got it in the baking aisle.. ralphs, target, vons...take ur pick

 

[Jeffdogg]

Even gonna throw you a bone here and give ya some more info

[h=3]Harmful Chemicals In Molasses[/h] Most of the chemicals which are used in the refining process of cane sugar eventually find their way into the waste residue which is the molasses. Therefore, you not only have the harmful effects of the sugar but also of the toxic chemicals which are used in its manufacture. We will take a look at some of the chemicals.
[h=3]3.1 Sulphur Dioxide[/h] Sulphur dioxide is a chemical compound of sulphur and oxygen, having antioxidant properties. It is sometimes used in food for control of discoloration.
An antioxidant is a substance that prevents or delays oxidation—a substance capable of chemically protecting other substances from uniting with oxygen. It is one of the most common groups of additives used to prevent change in color or flavor caused by oxygen in the air. For example, some fruits and vegetables containing certain enzymes (such as apples, apricots, bananas, cherries, peaches, pears and potatoes), darken when exposed to air after being cut, bruised, or allowed to overmature.
According to the Merck manual, exposure to sulphur dioxide results in respiratory tract irritation: sneezing, cough, dyspnea, and pulmonary edema when inhaled as in smog. If the body responds so strongly to this agent when it is in the air, it makes sense that it cannot tolerate it when we ingest it with our food. It is, in fact, a deadly poison and is treated as such in the manual.
Everyone knows that we need oxygen to live; in the absence of oxygen we cannot breathe. On a cellular level our cells require oxygen to function. All plants and fruits of plants contain oxygen as an essential component of their structure. Oxygen also plays a role in every action and reaction in our body and is required to produce the ATP (adenosine triphosphate) for energy metabolism.

Non-sulphured, Black-strap Molasses: Contains no preservative other than the high concentration of sugar. Black-strap molasses contains about 150 different kinds of sugars, from simple to somewhat complex to humics. During the extraction of sugar, heating results in condensation of the sugars into humic-like substances. The majority of foods in molasses are bacterial foods, but a few are fungal foods. Fungi tolerate high concentrations of sugar better than bacteria, so extremely high concentrations of molasses favour fungi. Testing must be performed to assess what concentration is needed to select for fungi and against bacteria in any particular set of conditions. Testing is also needed when using as a nitrate-to-bacterial biomass converter.

Feed Grade Molasses: Commercial grade molasses has sulphur and possibly other preservatives and antibiotics added to reduce fungal growth. Sulphur in most inorganic forms make excellent fungal inhibitors. Antibiotics will inhibit, kill and prevent the growth a wide range, but not all bacteria and fungi. Thus feed grade molasses is not a good choice for a biological stimulant. Care must be taken to read about the ingredients so no ugly little surprises confront you and you don't get the response you want to see.

 

[Jeffdogg]

Good info jeffdog.. Walmart bro, guarantee they got it in the baking aisle.. ralphs, target, vons...take ur pick

Thank you, im a black belt in Google-Fu

 

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[imchucky666]

The jar doesn't say anything about sulphur. It's local molasses, sorghum molasses.

NO!
Unsulphured in fine print on back of the label, Grandma's, or I am using Publix store brand right now.
Kroger even has Blackstrap right next to the store brand and Grandma's, but from $3 for generic for same ingredients and size, or $6 for Blackstrap........................