Half organic and half chemical dependency to a plant is like being a little pregnant. It just doesn't happen. The purpose of organic growing is to develop a living soil that services plant requirements and chemicals quickly destroy that soil with their salt deposits.
That definition is obviously limited to indoor growers.But one must remember,
Organics never yield as high as chemicals..
Experimented with it for years.
Organics will taste a tad bit better..
Its a trade off.
Id say chemicals is perfect for a cash crop, and Organics is great for your own personal stash.
Peace
Average for unsulphured black strap molasses is 1-0-5. Its importance to plants is sugars, carbohydrates, potash, sulfur and especially feeding the microherd that actually breaks down and delivers NPK nutrients to plants. I always include molasses in my AACT teas.
it be true DankShasta
If you're using Fox Farms nutrients full lineup you'd have to flush in an attempt to get rid of some of the chemical residue. That's not what I'd consider organic growing, this is the organic forum, but to each his own.
I don't know any true organic growers who flush. What's the sense when the object is to enhance the soil and nutrient delivery to the plants?
I flush, and find it beneficial. the build up from tea feedings, the amounts of guano ive bubbled and fed, yeah for a week im going to feed plain water, and lots of it to push out that and any molasses still in the soil, i want the plants to breathe and use up the remaining nutrients they're holding on too, i want to see the water leaves lighten up a shade and then i give them 24hrs of dark, cut, trim, and hang. i did a side by side test of flushed vs unflushed never fed anything other than organic teas i made from guano, ewc, earth magic, molasses, cold pressed seaweed, neptunes hydrolyzed fish. i cooked with the unflushed, it was inferior in flavor, so harsh, unpleasant to smoke. i like a smooth smoke that leaves a white silky ash, not a gritty black ash. if your ash is black you may be cheating yourself.
in most cases, there are microbacteria in the soil already ( if the soil is rich) so wouldnt the molassas help that any way? cause most almost all soils have nutrients in them.
i dont know any synthetic growers that flush for 3 weeks.. taking a week or two AFTER your feed schedule, i start by running 40 gallons through a 7 gallon pot, then feeding only water, for a week prior to the chop, some even use final phase as it clears it feeds simultaneously. i just run water, dumping enough to "wash" the soil, then use water to allow the plant to drink up whats left (which you have heavily diluted, allowing the plant to use its own stores) i dont even think about cutting until i actually see a shade of green lighter on my leaves. the struggle where i live doesnt even begin until you hang. try drying and curing tasty herb in a place with a relative humidity constantly below 5%