Does it have to be unsulfered blackstrap? The shitty little town I'm living in literally has nothing. All I can find is 'Organic Blackstrap Molasses' at Walmart. If so not a problem I'll just have to find unsulfered somewhere. Sent from my SGH-I337M using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Most of what you find in the store is unsulphured Edit: I have never seen molasses in the store that is not unsulphured
that will be fine im sure.. organic... blackstrap.. and molasses part all sound really really good to me, especially if in the food section @walmart.
Oh yeah, figured since it was for cooking I'd be good. Sent from my SGH-I337M using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Sulpha is good for plants its tge building blocks for terpene altho it does slightly reduce ya microbial life by useing too much sulpha auto help page http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1294434-Need-help-with-autos?-Welcome new vote page http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/photovote/2014-04-05-autoxtreme%C2%AE-loki_1624/
Sulfur itself is good for plants (in the right amounts). However, "sulfured" molasses contains Sulfur Dioxide, which is HORRIBLE for both plants and microbes. Sulfur dioxide is the compound in Acid Rain..... obviously acid rain is not good for plants (see attached picture). Potassium is good for plants, but Potassium Hydrochloride will kill your plants in seconds. Phosphorus is good, but I don't think there's a single grower here who would use Phosphoric Acid on their plants. Get unsulfured molasses, or even better yet..... get Organic Agave Nectar
Ha true true tho in uk im pretty sure we can only get like one sprt of molassas widely and thats lyles black syrup doesnt say if it is or isnt unsulpha so not sure tho my plants never complained auto help page http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1294434-Need-help-with-autos?-Welcome new vote page http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/photovote/2014-04-05-autoxtreme%C2%AE-loki_1624/
In the US, sulfured molasses generally has to say that it is sulfured (allergy reasons)..... any molasses that doesn't say either way, is unsulfured. Still inferior to Agave Nectar, Yucca, or Aloe, but certainly acceptable.
Agave nectar beinf some form of honey or something ?? auto help page http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1294434-Need-help-with-autos?-Welcome new vote page http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/photovote/2014-04-05-autoxtreme%C2%AE-loki_1624/
Sorta...... Agave is a succulent plant, like aloe. It is the plant (primarily) used in the production of tequila. They simply cut the pina (more or less, the heart) of the plant, and drain the sap from it. The sap can be fermented and distilled to produce tequila. Or it can be filtered and only minimally heated, to produce Agave Nectar. Agave nectar is called aguamiel in Mexico, which means "honey water," so you weren't far off lol Agave nectar, aloe, and yucca, all have much higher levels of minerals, amino acids, PGRs, phytohormones. etc.... than blackstrap molasses does, because they are much less processed than molasses is.
Hmm intresting bet it costs a bomb in uk haha ill have a mooch around the net i like new things and i trust ya so ill give it a go if incan find it auto help page http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1294434-Need-help-with-autos?-Welcome new vote page http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/photovote/2014-04-05-autoxtreme%C2%AE-loki_1624/
Something i keep meaning to ask i make molassas up with water 8n a bottle if it starts gassing is that no good to use is it bad obviosly means bacteria is breeding and eating sugar auto help page http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1294434-Need-help-with-autos?-Welcome new vote page http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/photovote/2014-04-05-autoxtreme%C2%AE-loki_1624/
Well bacteria are (in the right amounts) great stuff....... What was your goal mixing molasses with water? If it was to "feed" the soil.... that's something I don't recommend (and most on here don't). When you overload your soil with sugars, two things happen..... you get an overload of bacteria, to the detriment of fungi and protozoa..... also the bacteria are distracted from digesting and making nutrients available to your plant, and instead spend their time consuming and processing the sugars. The only time I use molasses (and when it runs out, I will get agave nectar) is when I am making an Actively Aerated Compost Tea (AACT or ACT). In that situation, the molasses is foodstock for the microbes, but is mostly consumed by the time you pour it on your soil.... so it's really just a microbe tea.
Oh i was gonna mix 10ml with 4 lireters of water for a boost i do it every so often and i recently did a mid grow flush auto help page http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1294434-Need-help-with-autos?-Welcome new vote page http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/photovote/2014-04-05-autoxtreme%C2%AE-loki_1624/
I mean.... everything I'm saying only applies if you're growing organically. I'm a little high and can't remember off the top of my head if you grow organic or not..... but in organic growing, flushing is pointless, and actually even counter-productive. As for molasses..... in a grow using synthetic nutes.... I can't imagine what good molasses would do, but it probably doesn't hurt either.
Im using bottled organic nutes. And i.find flushing mid way seems.to make my plants bigger. And i know coco grower who uses it apparently he helps break down salts?? What ever he does it works he has huge plants i mean like only 5 plants taking up an enitre attic space auto help page http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1294434-Need-help-with-autos?-Welcome new vote page http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/photovote/2014-04-05-autoxtreme%C2%AE-loki_1624/
Flushing removes the salt buildup. Salts are only in synthetic nutes..... if your nutes are true organic, they shouldn't have any salts, so there shouldn't be any salt buildup. I'm sure that coco grower you know uses synthetic nutes. Perhaps you underwater typically, and the "flush" midway gives them a water boost lol..... I have no idea.... it's hard to argue with what you've observed, but in an organic soil, there's no scientific basis for flushing.... Look at your labels... look under the ingredients for the terms "nitrate" and "phosphate"..... with very few exceptions, those are salts.
Will do i dont do it for salt removal and i just have done since my auto x for some reason i it was cause inknew someone who used plant magic and did it so i have the plant magic is molassas based so unsure why i even use molassas haha dunno if i.under watwr deffo dont over water i drench and the let it dry till pots are light then i drench again auto help page http://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1294434-Need-help-with-autos?-Welcome new vote page http://www.dutch-passion.nl/en/photovote/2014-04-05-autoxtreme%C2%AE-loki_1624/