Molasses?

haven't been on this site in quite awhile, but i was wondering on different people's input on using molasses on plants. i have been using FloraNectar by general hydroponics during my flowering stages with somewhat dissappointing results (i didn't notice any major increase in aroma or growth from my different grows with same strains). this is a rather expensive nutrient when compared to the price of molasses. i was reading around the forms and many people state that they use molasses on their plants. my question is would molasses work just as well or better for my plants and should i use it during the whole plant life (not just the flowering cycle). what are the ratios everyone uses per gallon during the different growth stages? thanx peace out

P.S. i realize i shouldn't have posted this question in the advanced section seeing as how its just molasses...my bad

just look it up theri alot about mallases already and some like it some dont. i like to use it but never really saw any huge differences

Molasses is for your soil, floranectar has some molasses in it I believe but the macros are intended for your plants. Try sweet from botanicare as it has some secondary macros in there your plants like. Or don't use any of them at all, the difference isn't night and day.

Molasses is in practically every commercial fertilizer. Look on the back of fertilizers and you will see them use beets as a main ingredient. Beets are how they make molasses. So what you know the Big Pharma is re-packaging molasses and charging you BIG BUCKS for aname on it. Yes, unsulphered Grandmas molasses works great. You can also get granular molasses at your local garden store or at ACE true Value.

Bud Candy is the best IMO - full of sugars.

Molasses unlike the popular belief that it does something for your plants, doesn't. It adds microbes to your soil. So in essence, molasses is good for the soil.


Whatever, I still occasionally use it when I water.

Molasses is used both by the soil and by the plant, not to be disagreeable. There are many studies available for reading on this subject, just google it and you can find countless articles. I am going to attach a link which I found on posted here after I had read it on the web. I personally use it throughout the grow since I grow in organic soil, it helps keep my soil alive and makes extra sugars available to the plant for strong growth.
https://www.rollitup.org/organics/113468-molasses-plant-carbohydrates-b-com.html
Happy Growing and keep asking questions

thanks very much for everyone's input on the question. it seems that even when using mollases people don't see any big improvements on their plants, but does the taste come out a little better with its use? that was the main reason i started using floranectar because i wanted to improve the flavor of my bud. i understand that floranectar has some additional benifical nutrients in it, but im not sure it's worth the extra money. i currently give the plants micro nut., cal/mag, and my regular nutrients so i'm not to worried about my plants being defficient in any nutrients. i also give them additional nutrients at different times like liquid karma for example right around the switch from veg to flower.

The answer to your question is most commercial fertilizers have molasses in them, but they brand them with a label. here yu go:
http://www.gardenscure.com/420/organics/95401-molasses-sweet-organic-goodness.html

Another option for molasses use in the garden is it’s use alone as a fertilizer. The Schultz Garden Safe Liquid Plant Food is a perfect example of the direct application of molasses as a plant food. Garden Safe products are available from a variety of sources, including Wal-Mart. Although we consider them overpriced for a sugar beet by-product, Garden Safe products are fairly cost effective, especially compared to fertilizers obtained from a hydroponics or garden store, and they can serve as a good introduction to molasses for the urban herb gardener.

Here are the basic instructions a gardener would find on the side of a bottle of this sugar beet by-product - Mix Garden Safe Liquid All Purpose Plant Food in water. Water plants thoroughly with solution once every 7-14 days in spring and summer, every 14-30 days in fall and winter. Indoors, use 1/2 teaspoon per quart (1 teaspoon per gallon); outdoors, 1 teaspoon per quart (4 teaspoons per gallon). 32 fluid ounces (946ml). Contains 3.0% Water Soluble Nitrogen, 1.0% Available Phosphate, 5.0% Soluble Potash derived from molasses.


SO as you can see it is widely used.

All ive heard about molasses is that it feeds the beneficial bacteria in your soil keeping it, as one poster mentioned, "alive" longer. Def not for use with hydroponic systems.

Sorry to bring this up again but.......
ANOTHER STRIKE AGAINST GENERAL HYDROPONICS!!OH YEAHOH YEAH
UH HUHUH HUH

hahah, just had to piss off all the GH nuts out there.
If you want to improve the flavor of your weed, Advanced Nutrients has a product that claims to to do so. Its called Bud Candy, and even some of the ppl who hate Advanced, begrudgingly approve of Bud Candy. It has carbohydrates like youd get from molasses too.

So if you look long enough you can find information that supports both lines of thinking, it helps the soil and it helps your plants. However the more I read the more I'm inclined to think it does more for your soil than the actual plant. Even Jorge Cervantes in his grow bible shows a pic of two buds side by side, one with molasses one without. You can see a noticeable difference in the two buds. I guess it fits right into the flush or don't flush category, the jury is split. I'm not exactly sure what it does, I know it's good for the microbes in soil, it supposedly gives the plant a boost of sugars, whatever it does or doesn't do, I use it occasionally.