what do u use to sweeten your buds?

Bottom line is you can enhance a plants natural flavors with proper grow conditions. But you cannot physically alter a plants flavor by pouring a flavoring agent into the root zone.

VTMi'kmaq said:

I'd be interested in hearing more in depth alexander if your keen on explaining to me how i can ensure she is producing copious amounts of sugars!

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Grow in near perfect conditions is the key.

VTMi'kmaq said:

I'd be interested in hearing more in depth alexander if your keen on explaining to me how i can ensure she is producing copious amounts of sugars!

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Keep it green, healthy and thriving from start too finish. Keep them on a complete and balanced diet. And then just let the genetics do the rest.......

fair enough seems kinda kiss simple to me. i like that thankyou guys.

Thats nice who ya making it sweet for, sweetie? If your selling just work at getting a big growing strain/pheno high in THC.

After reading this I may consider not using shit... but, when I worked for a caregiver we used Earth Juice's High-Brix during flushing. added 30ml/5gal. I'm sure someone will educate me. pz and thanks.

penguinking said:

kgp, you seem like an organic gardener. am i correct in my assumption? I know from personal experiences that when I run my synthetic line-up of nutrients hydroponically, there are most definitely products that enhance both flavor, smell, and overall yield. Some (most) don't work, and some do. Particularly botanicares original berry sweet. I have been a skeptic in the past, and this stuff most definitely added a berry/sweet undertone throughout all strains it was used on. Used it on my last run, and will continue to for years to come. Don't knock it til' you try it.

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Yes, all organic. Ive tried it.. And Im knocking it. I produce high quality smoke with great taste and smell.

urgod said:

i doubt weed can absorb any kind of carbohydrates... but molasses do help beneficial microbes grow, and they will in turn help your plants uptake more nutrients.

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Exactly.

Alexander Supertramp said:

Its science. But its the plants grown under the best conditions that have the highest sugar content. Sugar content the plant created itself, not sugar taken up by the roots.

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Correct

Alexander Supertramp said:

Bottom line is you can enhance a plants natural flavors with proper grow conditions. But you cannot physically alter a plants flavor by pouring a flavoring agent into the root zone.

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Many will argue but this is what I agree on too. I put shit in my soil that smells like ass. But my buds smell wonderful.

There most certainly are additives that are not just NPK that do actually do something to plants.

Some do drastic things, like PGR's, for example.

And sure, all a plant needs is NPK, but why not give the plant more than it needs so it can grow better than just the bare minimum...

In fact, why are you helping the plant at all?

Just throw it in the dirt outside and forget about it. That's "all the plant needs", right?

blacksun said:

There most certainly are additives that are not just NPK that do actually do something to plants.

Some do drastic things, like PGR's, for example.

And sure, all a plant needs is NPK, but why not give the plant more than it needs so it can grow better than just the bare minimum...

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A plant can only uptake about 16 elements...

I don't use sweetners or flavor enhancers...don't need to.

I use Molasses for final flush...not for flavor but due to the fact molasses binds with nutes and impurities and helps with final flush.

My Blueberry x Northern Lights is the bomb...better then dispensary meds.

I slow flush my plants...2 weeks. By the time they are ready for harvest it looks like fall in my grow room. Fan leaves all yellow, sugar leaves just starting to yellow, buds all frosty...like the first winters frost.

My weed is smooth, no harshness, flavorful, smelly as all get out. ( So much so my landlord installed an air freshener in the hallway outside of my apartment...he knows I grow )

I do notice the difference between flushing with molasses and not flushing with molasses though.

Grandmas Unsulphered molasses for the win.

Lowering temps and PH in the final weeks also helps to improve flavor and quality. By the end the room is in the low 70s to high 60s and PH is down to 5.5.

blacksun said:

There most certainly are additives that are not just NPK that do actually do something to plants.

Some do drastic things, like PGR's, for example.

And sure, all a plant needs is NPK, but why not give the plant more than it needs so it can grow better than just the bare minimum...

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PGR sure do things to the plant. Do the need them? No. Are they healthy for you? Do they contain carcinogens that are band on food crops? Yes. Do what you like, I'm gonna do what I like.

blacksun said:

In fact, why are you helping the plant at all?

Just throw it in the dirt outside and forget about it. That's "all the plant needs", right?

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Sure if he soil is rich in nutrients throw it in the dirt. I have seen monster plants grown this way. I can look out mu window and see trees that are 40 foot tall grown this way. Mother nature is a mother fucker.

kgp said:

PGR sure do things to the plant. Do the need them? No. Are they healthy for you? Do they contain carcinogens that are band on food crops? Yes. Do what you like, I'm gonna do what I like.

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There are natural PGRs that are just fine for consumption, specifically triacontanol, found in a common ingredient that, and you should know this since you are one of them I think I saw, organic growers use, alfalfa!

Sure if he soil is rich in nutrients throw it in the dirt. I have seen monster plants grown this way. I can look out mu window and see trees that are 40 foot tall grown this way. Mother nature is a mother fucker.

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Right............take it a step further..................it could have grown even better than that.

Also PGR's will do nothing for flavor. JMO

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Misconceptions and ignorance, keep that mind closed!

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I agree with you on that.

I'm not saying you're wrong, just that saying "there's nothing that can be added other than NPK to plants to help them grow better" is wrong. I'm not even sure if you said that. Just that maybe it came off that way...

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I'm not saying you're wrong, just that saying "there's nothing that can be added other than NPK to plants to help them grow better" is wrong. I'm not even sure if you said that. Just that maybe it came off that way...

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Your not saying Im wrong, just ignorant? OK, thanks for the compliment. I ammend with many organic matter, and yes alphalpha. Can you grow bigger buds than me? Probably. I choose to stay away from synthetics for my own reasons. I agree that many thing will make a plant bigger, but better is a opinion. I said all a plant needs is NPK, and that it doesnt care if its cheap, or from an expensive bottle. When you said PGR's I figured you were talking about gravity and bushmaster products. I was hitting on the topic that these plants can flourish with basic NPK, and I can get sweet tasting buds without adding any snake oils.

Back to the topic, my point was you do not need these fancy bottles with of flavoring to get a sweet falvored plant.

kgp said:

Your not saying Im wrong, just ignorant? OK, thanks for the compliment.

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I didn't say anything like that...if anything, I said I'm ignorant for possibly misinterpreting what you said or implied....

All plants need is npk, they do not care if its generic fertizer, or expensive brand name.

And you mentioned soil out doors, sure there is plenty of nutes in living soil. Enough to feed the giant redwood trees.

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This is the line I think I took out of context. You may have only been implying that for sweeteners.





I am saying that there are additives out there that are not solely NPK that definitely benefit plants.

Just because things grow in nature, doesn't mean we can't improve upon them.

We are humans, we have critical thinking skills, it's in OUR nature to observe and then improve upon the things around us.

That's survival 101.

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I didn't say anything like that...if anything, I said I'm ignorant for possibly misinterpreting what you said or implied....






This is the line I think I took out of context. You may have only been implying that for sweeteners.





I am saying that there are additives out there that are not solely NPK that definitely benefit plants.

Just because things grow in nature, doesn't mean we can't improve upon them.

We are humans, we have critical thinking skills, it's in OUR nature to observe and then improve upon the things around us.

That's survival 101.

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Makes sense and I think we both took eachothers posts out of context. I agree with you, and I dont think you nor I am ignorant.

Agreed! I do have to apologize for being a jerk.