Help With Sweeteners

desertsquirrel · Jul 24, 2011

You do need cal-mag with cns, however its less then usual (around 2-4 ml gal depending on the base water). It also needs extra mg, more like 2g/gal. Good product though.

ChuckShady · Nov 25, 2019

Disco Duck said:
With my third grow ending, and being out of almost all nute products, I've spent a lot of time deciding what to use (and buy) this time around. I've wound up essentially going with the "beginning" of the GH schedule I've been using, while replacing most of the "end" of their schedule. It's just work out that way. Anyway, I have it all worked out now, except for the sweetener. I don't like the artificial taste of GH's FloraNectar.

So my initial instinct after looking into the other sweetener's is Botaicare's Sweet Raw, since it provides all the sugars with apparently not giving any artificial taste. But in all my reading I don't people talking about actually using Botanicare's Sweet products... everyone seems to use Bud Candy or their own molasses conconction.

So, does anyone have any suggestions for a good sweetener to use that doesn't impart an artificial taste like FloraNectar does? I'm torn between Sweet Raw and Bud Candy but open to things I haven't heard of. This is the last decision I need to make to know what to buy. I am going to be using...

GH 3-Part
GH Diamond Nectar
GH Floralicious Grow
GH Floralicious Bloom
GH Florablend
*** Unknown Sweetener ***
AN Hammerhead
MOAB

Botanicare CalMag Plus
Pro-Tekt Silica
H&G DripClean
DM Zone Gold

Evergreen 60-6 (pre-emptive root aphid destruction)

Just need to figure out which sweetener to use, kind-of leaning toward trying Botanicare Sweet Raw just because it seems to be exactly what I want... but everyone seems to use Bud Candy, is Bud Candy just so good there is no reason to use anything else?

Try Sugaree or Sour-dee from Cutting Edge Solutions. It works awesome and smells like candy. Tastes almost as good as it smells with the smoke. Sugaree is more sweet and sour is well, more sour like sour apples. Trust me, use it and you will not regret it.

cemchris · Nov 25, 2019

8 years later....

Wolfe · Nov 25, 2019

Careful doing this with molasses. If you do it too late you’ll get a harsh smoke with that added flavor. . It’s all about genetics IMO . An example is strains like tangerine power from sin city. I use a super soil mix and my product even grown outdoor will stand next to Californian $75.00 1/8 of their top shelf tastiest strains and anything in Denver even strains testing above 30% thc. I don’t use molasses in my grows any longer and haven’t for about 5 or more years. I stopped doing bottled nutrients about then also. I used many lines. And used the most expensive and also cheaper ones.
Found out I was pretty much just pouring money on my plants. I spend about $120.00 in nutrients to grow 25 plants even outdoor this year became ridiculous. I’ll put it up against anyone’s product. I don’t have to ph, ppm or do anything really. I give it filtered water throughout the grow and I get rave reviews. Anyone that has it says it’s the best. And you get piece of mind knowing you didn’t use anything synthetic in your product. But hey everyone has their own preferred method so by no means am I telling you to just go super soil. . I’ve been around a lot of growing the last 10 years and seen and done it many ways. To me I’ve found the a great way for me to produce the best medicine possible for myself. I posted some pics of my outdoor....

Help With Sweeteners

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