How Long Do Feed Molassass To Your Plants??

For how long do you feed your plants molassass?? Plz help,, from flowering to harvest or what plz help? 1st timer here... and i think its 1tlb spoon for every gallon if im correct??

From flowering to the beginning of flush, some people even
feed it through the flush.

See the molasses is mainly to feed carbohydrates to the micro
organisms which will be starving due to the fact that plants
begin to use carbohydrates in high amounts during flowering.
By adding carbs to the soil, you insure that there is no competition
between the plant and the microorganisms, hope this helps.

start off light, during the first few weeks, maybe 3-5 mL per gallon.

But when you start feeding nutes heavier, you will want to up the Molasses
as well, maybe 10-20 mL per gallon after week 4.

i bought the carbo load from advanced nutrients, and i feed a tsp every watering during flowering and it makes some tasty buds.

RookieoftheYear88 said:

i bought the carbo load from advanced nutrients, and i feed a tsp every watering during flowering and it makes some tasty buds.

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I feed up to 25 mL per gallon in peak flowering. It really stimulates the microbes.

can I use a brand of molasses other than "black strap" as long as it is all natural?

how do I find out if my "golding farm" all natural molasses is unsulphured?

Shrubs First said:

See the molasses is mainly to feed carbohydrates to the micro
organisms

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Where do the organisms get their carbs before flowering?

Wouldnt you want to be feeding your micro organisms the whole way through the grow?

150wHPS said:

can I use a brand of molasses other than "black strap" as long as it is all natural?

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According to this article;

http://www.onlinepot.org/grow/3lbsMolassesManual.htm

Several grades and types of molasses are produced by sugar cane processing. First the plants are harvested and stripped of their leaves, and then the sugar
cane is usually crushed or mashed to extract it’s sugary juice. Sugar manufacturing begins by boiling cane juice until it reaches the proper consistency,
it is then processed to extract sugar. This first boiling and processing produces what is called first molasses, this has the highest sugar content of
the molasses because relatively little sugar has been extracted from the juice. Green (unripe) sugar cane that has been treated with sulphur fumes during
sugar extraction produces sulphured molasses. The juice of sun-ripened cane which has been clarified and concentrated produces unsulphured molasses. Another
boiling and sugar extraction produces second molasses which has a slight bitter tinge to its taste.

Further rounds of processing and boiling yield dark colored blackstrap molasses, which is the most nutritionally valuable of the various types of molasses.
It is commonly used as a sweetner in the manufacture of cattle and other animal feeds, and is even sold as a human health supplement. Any kind of molasses
will work to provide benefit for soil and growing
plants, but blackstrap molasses is the best choice because it contains the greatest concentration of sulfur, iron and micronutrients from the original cane
material. Dry molasses is something different still. It’s not exactly just dried molasses either, it’s molasses sprayed on grain residue which acts as
a “carrier”.

I thought blackstrap was good because it is unsulphured...

I'm just asking if I can use a different type of all natural molasses and get the same effect.

I'm only asking because I just spent about $700 on my grow and it's going to be a little while before I can spend another dime. But I have some golding farm all natural molasses, which is cool because I want to go all organic. I just want to make sure I'm not going to hurt my baby girls.

thank you for the above ^^^

that article is great... But there's one thing I'm still confused about:

if the molasses that I have does not specify which type it is on the bottle, how do I find out which one it is?

it IS black in color, and it DOES taste sweet.

Is it safe to say that it's blackstrap?

I really appreciate anyone who can help.
thanks in advance.

nizmo said:

Where do the organisms get their carbs before flowering?

Wouldnt you want to be feeding your micro organisms the whole way through the grow?

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The plants feed them carbs, which is why they stay in the Rhizome.

Are you able to explain that a bit further?

I figured out what a rhizome is, but the rest doesn't really explain anything for me... How do the plants get the carbs to feed the soil?

nizmo said:

Are you able to explain that a bit further?

I figured out what a rhizome is, but the rest doesn't really explain anything for me... How do the plants get the carbs to feed the soil?

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The basic way a plant creates energy, known as carbohydrates is shown in a simple
equation. H20 (water) + CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) + Light energy = CH20 (Sugar) + O2 (oxygen)

The plant produces carbohydrates and oxygen as the by product of it's work. It produces
these in excess and does not use all of them, the rest are respirated, and/or transferred
to the rhizome. That is, until flowering occurs, in which case the plant does use all of
these carbohydrates, and even more. It begins to use the carbs to such an extent that
it chokes out your biological life in your growing medium. This is when supplementing
carbohydrates becomes the most important, it will keep your bio-life thriving and breaking
down your organic feeds at an optimum pace.

Can you supplement carbs during the vegetative stage? Sure, but it really is a waste
of money. It is just so unnecessary, considering that your plant can supply all
of the carbs needed to the root zone on its own.

hope that helps
shrubs.

Yeah thats great, i understand now.

Thanks for that!