A better use for Molasses?

Django66

Django66

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I'm not sold on the benefits of feeding your soil microbiome sugar. They insist that you only use Unsulfured molasses. But plants need sulfur to live. Also when you are growing in a container a lot of the natural composters are missing. They would normally eat all the dead fungi and bacteria that is left when the sugar runs out. It runs out fast and you wind up with a lot of dead microbes and nothing to eat them and turn them into something beneficial to your plants. Remember Cannabis is an annual and autos only need 90 days in a pot. Just start out with some nutrient rich soil and feed only when needed.
I took that Molasses I wasted my money on and mixed it with warm water 70f. Then I pitched some brewer's yeast. Looks like it's adding Co2 to the room.
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Rurumo

Rurumo

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I think of it as junk food for the soil. Healthy food can include fulvic acid (Mr Fulvic), seaweed extract, or ground malted barley.
 
Django66

Django66

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And wouldn't other sugars work. High Fructose corn syrup. I think I can find that in something in the kitchen. Lactose, maltose, dextrose, sucrose, glucose, fructose, and all the rest of the toes.
I hate gingerbread.
I don't own a Co2 meter. I wonder how much beer I would need to ferment in the grow room to increase my yield significantly.
 
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DavidfromMichigan

DavidfromMichigan

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Django66 said:
I'm not sold on the benefits of feeding your soil microbiome sugar. They insist that you only use Unsulfured molasses. But plants need sulfur to live. Also when you are growing in a container a lot of the natural composters are missing. They would normally eat all the dead fungi and bacteria that is left when the sugar runs out. It runs out fast and you wind up with a lot of dead microbes and nothing to eat them and turn them into something beneficial to your plants. Remember Cannabis is an annual and autos only need 90 days in a pot. Just start out with some nutrient rich soil and feed only when needed.
I took that Molasses I wasted my money on and mixed it with warm water 70f. Then I pitched some brewer's yeast. Looks like it's adding Co2 to the room.
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Sulphur is good for your plant. Sulphur dioxide is a toxic gas that will kill all the microbes in your soil.
 
DavidfromMichigan

DavidfromMichigan

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Django66 said:
And wouldn't other sugars work. High Fructose corn syrup. I think I can find that in something in the kitchen. Lactose, maltose, dextrose, sucrose, glucose, fructose, and all the rest of the toes.
I hate gingerbread.
I don't own a Co2 meter. I wonder how much beer I would need to ferment in the grow room to increase my yield significantly.
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Honey works well but Molasses contains so many micro nutrients.
 
Django66

Django66

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DavidfromMichigan said:
Sulphur is good for your plant. Sulphur dioxide is a toxic gas that will kill all the microbes in your soil.
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It's looking like black powder may be a damn good fertilizer. 75:15:10
KNO3 = no ammonium. (Screws up calcium and magnesium uptake more than sodium)
 
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