epsom salt vs molasses 1st noob dwc grow

i have 2 rubbermade totes with 5 plants per tote and i have 6 6500k 23w cfls with 2 2700k 23w cfls plenty of air flow no reflectivity yet on the walls, just plain white. im using bag seeds as this is a little experiment. im wondering what little inexpensive things i can do to get more yeild out of each harvest. my room is about 4x3x10 ft. i was wondering other than the pH being around 5.8 would epsom salt and/or molasses help with yeild and quality/flavor? any info helps.

thanks in advance!

I give a little Epsom salts, 1 teaspoon per gallon 2 or 3 times during the grow. Just to make sure plants do not become Mg deficient.

Molasses - total waste of time IMHO, plants given molasses do no better at all than those NOT given what is basically sugar.

thank you! the plants are still in soil but are getting the 18/6 light they need until today, im going to go get net pots and hydroton finally. the last two things i needed for the hydroponics! ill probably give them the epsom salt right away when i get them in the pots and dwc right away so they start off well. any other tips/tricks will be helpfull. ive been reading and reading and reading for the past few weeks and hopefully i have a decent setup for a decent crop

thanks again

edit: they are still going to stay with 18/6 light, they are finally going hydro today is what i meant

I grow 80% organic and I suggest when in flowering use a Tblsp of each with every fert. This level is acceptable indoors and outdoors. A good grower would suggest also to cut that in half and slowly introduce the full strength. That way you can back out without over doing it.

epsom salt (Mg) should be part of the plants diet (dont have to use epsom salt; some will say steer clear of it and use the real plant version... fuck that lol) regardless of if you want a bigger yield. as Spanishfly said, a couple of times throughout the life cyle of the plant will do fine.

mollasses on the other hand is debatable... use it and decide for yourself.

They should both be used, as long as you're not certain they are getting their micro-nutes, elsewhere. As mentioned, use them sparingly, as there's no need to overdo it. If you really want to increase yield, keep adding CFLs. Nutes don't increase yields, they keep plants up to levels they are supposed to be at. Lack of nutes, will decrease yields, but, as long as a plants needs are met, extra nutes don't do anything, except slow them down. Your light output, determines nute useage, ultimately. So, if you want your plants to process more food, they need more light, and so on, and so forth.....

its not an either or..

I would suggest using both, carbs during bloom and cal/mag throughout...

the point of molasses is to increasse the "good" bacteria in your grow medium, as you can imagine it works alot better in soil as hydro systems geraly don't hold these bacteria because of how they work so you would need to goto your local flower shop and pick some of them up to add to your hydro system for molasses to be effective.

From what I've seen in my garden they work well together. They both
have magnesium but molasses has a simple n/cal/mag (pretty mild dose)
:and Epson salt is much more complicated Magnesium sulfate (rock
salt) is a chemical compound containing magnesium, sulfur and oxygen,
with the formula MgSO4. It is often encountered as the heptahydrate
epsomite (MgSO4·7H2O), commonly called Epsom salt. The pH of hydrates
is average 6.0 (5.5 to 6.5). Helps a little with ph adjustments.

So in the end you get it all (Calcium Potassium, sodium, zink,
Magnesium, fluoride, sodium)
(MgSO4·7H2O)

Just what I've seen in my Garden