Yhiness

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Any advice using black strap molasses?
Is it ok to use it the whole grow?

 

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Is there a problem you are trying to solve or are you supporting an organic grow with sugars?

 

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Yhiness said:

Any advice using black strap molasses?
Is it ok to use it the whole grow?

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I used to use it, supposed to be full of nutrients your plant can use, the unsulfured molasses. But lately (or not so recent) it's caused some problems, or, to be fair, with its use I noticed (what appeared to be) some nutrient lock happening. Kinda have gone away from it these last few grows, just to see what jives with the plants. If your gonna use it I'd stop it's use after the 6th week of flower. The "word" is it leaves behind unwanted stuff that purist don't want around towards the end of flower.

 

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molasses takes for ever to break down in the soil. Molasses also has anti fungal properties to it too. I think it's a better wet soil amendment. If you your looking for a sugar "Bud Candy" is supposed to be good. I stopped using molasses.

 

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Unless your growing at a large scale I don't see why you would use it instead of "Bud Candy".
I Will use molasses as a raw sugar to feed to my compost piles to speed up microbial life and decomposers.

 

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Glomus said:

Unless your growing at a large scale I don't see why you would use it instead of "Bud Candy".
I Will use molasses as a raw sugar to feed to my compost piles to speed up microbial life and decomposers.

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Exactly this, the only reason to use molasses in an organic soil grow. Help break down the dry amendments. A popular reaction to this is buds seem to come out stickier than usual.

 

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You're better off using Real Grower's Recharge over straight black strap molasses. The product contains molasses along with a boatload of beneficial microbes, humic acid and fulvic acid to boot.