Little_Hobo
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Molasses... think my comment got lost in the sea of a tiff there. What is your guys opinion of the taboo that is Molasses? do you use it?
24 - 48 Dark period before harvest
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drsaltzman
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You probably need 1 tsp of molasses for your entire grow, if at all.
Your better off using Recharge for healthy root zone beneficials.
Your better off using Recharge for healthy root zone beneficials.
xtsho
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What? I always boil my roots in a molasses syrup. It pushes resin into the buds and makes them sweeter. I then give them give them 72 hours of darkness with the roots buried in ice.
I get sweet, trichome coated, purple buds everytime.
Oh so cute.
I'll accept that you're probably right 99% of the time, and at the risk of asking some more moronic questions, please tell me:
What is happening after we kill off the roots ability to absorb nutrients and the leaves change color? What's going on then?
Is this not mobile nutrients, of which there are many, being stolen to feed new growth at the top of the plant in a last ditch effort to survive? If not, what is happening?
And I don't give a s*** about the color. I merely want any chlorophyll that I can to get a jump start on breaking down. That's it.
I have enough trichomes too. I don't care about bag appeal. I'm not trying to make money. Here did I cover the various things that you'll attack me for?
twentyeight.threefive
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Molasses isn't needed for a successful grow. People think some magical additive is going to improve their grow. This is exactly why they make nutrient lines with 14 products.
Mastering the basics of growing is going to improve your end product more than anything else. GL
twentyeight.threefive
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If you can't wait for your weed to dry and cure properly then do whatever you want. You're obviously going to anyways.
What's the rush? If you have more than enough weed why the need to find a way to quicken the normal process? You can wait months to grow the plant but not for it to dry and cure?
Forced move. New environment does not allow for growth or cure.
I'm not doing what I want, I'm doing what I have to. So now I'm dealing as best I can.
twentyeight.threefive
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The weed cures in jars. What does the environment have to do with that? I'm confused.
Black strap molasses helps for bigger and sweeter buds.
Hang time. Sorry I was not specific enough.
So I'm scheduling everything I can to give myself two weeks of hang time up to move day, which means I have to harvest before that. So yes I have an actual due date, no choice.
bk78
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I saw a big difference after using it …..
twentyeight.threefive
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Oh. Starving your plants isn't going to decrease drying or finishing time.
Besides you said you wanted a jump start on curing.
"If I starve out the plant in that final week (whether by ice or boiling the roots) and watch it move all its nutrients around and burn off all the chlorophyll to get a jump start on curing is this so bad?"
bk78
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Any pics before and after using your wonder molasses?
bk78
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Wait is this a thing?
Star Dog
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What's 2 weeks of hang time?
Little_Hobo
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lol ive really been enjoying the politics of growing. Everyone is so passionate about their points of view and experience.
xtsho
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What you ask is much too complicated to reply with a simple post and much of it I am still learning.
Plants are fascinating but in some ways their life cycle mirrors ours.
Senescence, ageing and death of the whole plant
SidV
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You could always dry in unbleached brown paper bags. This will help them finish while drying.
Just trying to give you ideas since your time table is set in stone. I would hate to see anyone bust there ass for months and months only to have to chop early.