**flushing with mollasses** +rep

stopcallingmedude

stopcallingmedude

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if you are about to chop your plant, molasses isn't going to do much. your buds have most likely already reached their potential. i use molasses with great success throughout my grow to give the plant boosts throughout their growth phases, ie. beginning of veg, and the beginning of flower when the buds are starting to really form up. just flush with regular ph-ed water. you'll be fine. use molasses next grow.
 
bigbud x northenlights

bigbud x northenlights

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i have 2 to 2 1/2 weeks left, ive been told by many that molasses in the final 2-3weeks can make a big difference to bud size!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats why i was asking, thankyou n peace.
 
litljohn

litljohn

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bigbud x northenlights said:
i have 2 to 2 1/2 weeks left, ive been told by many that molasses in the final 2-3weeks can make a big difference to bud size!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats why i was asking, thankyou n peace.
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if you want to use mollases then use it for the 2 to 2 1/2 weeks then just give a week flush.it will add a week to your grow but its worth a good strait flush.ive heard it will make your bud taste weird.
 
wvoider09

wvoider09

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stopcallingmedude said:
i don't post much anymore, but i had to speak on this:

the quoted statement is absolutely false. (besides the fact that your final flush should be water only.) do not listen to this! perfect example of perpetuated misinformation. i'm sure bubba means well, but this is wrong. there will be no sugar left in your bud from using molasses. there will be no residual effect and there will be no harsh taste. harsh tastes come from improper drying and curing, or failing to flush residual nutes, primarily nitrogen, from your bud. molasses is not used as a bud sweetener or flavor enhancer. it is biologically impossible for it to be used for that purpose. molasses is only used because it is a cheap source of carbohydrates. sugar molecules are too large to be taken in by the plant's roots.

quick biology lesson: plants use sunlight and water to convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into simple sugars. this is a process called photosynthesis. if a plant could absorb sucrose through it's roots, wouldn't that make photosynthesis pointless? :peace:
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This is great advice, stopcallingmedude! Adding sugar during the last 6 weeks of flowering can add to the weight of the buds by up to 20%. SO decide what you want do. If you are going to just flush it with straight water, then go ahead.

However, if you're looking to add some weight to your buds for the final 2 weeks, then add at least 1 tbsp of molasses per gallon to the mix. Like stopcallingmedude suggested, the molasses won't add to the harsh taste. That you'd have to blame on the leftover nutrients that weren't flushed properly or for long enough. Be sure if you can to give long enough to cure to bring out that smooth taste. Personally, I have been using FloraNectar on my current grow which has natural raw cane sugar, molasses, malt syrup in it. When flushing, I'll continue to use this along with distilled water until chopping. Good Luck!
 
lostsoul420

lostsoul420

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wvoider09 said:
This is great advice, stopcallingmedude! Adding sugar during the last 6 weeks of flowering can add to the weight of the buds by up to 20%. SO decide what you want do. If you are going to just flush it with straight water, then go ahead.

However, if you're looking to add some weight to your buds for the final 2 weeks, then add at least 1 tbsp of molasses per gallon to the mix. Like stopcallingmedude suggested, the molasses won't add to the harsh taste. That you'd have to blame on the leftover nutrients that weren't flushed properly or for long enough. Be sure if you can to give long enough to cure to bring out that smooth taste. Personally, I have been using FloraNectar on my current grow which has natural raw cane sugar, molasses, malt syrup in it. When flushing, I'll continue to use this along with distilled water until chopping. Good Luck!
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Just to add to this, the molasses/sugar actually breaks down the leftover nutes and other micro organisms in the soil and feeds it to your plant. So by using molasses throughout the whole flowering stage essential by doing a molasses and Ph'd water mix one day then after one day use nutes then after one day just Ph'd water then Water and molasses mix again and repeat. It's kinda like a mini flush every week and by doing this your feeding your plant more than ever therefore increaseing the mass of budds and the aroma and also the overall product. Also making sure your not over nuteing and keeping a balanced Ph. I used granny's molasses throughout the whole flowering stage. Worked great got an oz 1/2 off a 15" tall by 10" wide lady. Crazy bagseed genetics i guess........ or the molasses and some good lovin. Dunno still in my first grows. But i will experiment. Peace brother.
 
bigbud x northenlights

bigbud x northenlights

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thankyou for all ur replies people, but wot i realy wanna kno is about my current situation not about the whole flowering cycle, i gave my last feed yest, i am staring the flush when the soil is dry enough, prob 2moro. thats all i wanna know is will it benefit me to flush with 1 tablespoon of molasses for the last 2 weeks??? without messing my grow, spoiling the smoke?? making it harsh or not burn properly??? please i need first hand experience advice, thankyou and +rep for experienced answer.
 
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sirbudmaster

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bigbud x northenlights said:
thankyou for all ur replies people, but wot i realy wanna kno is about my current situation not about the whole flowering cycle, i gave my last feed yest, i am staring the flush when the soil is dry enough, prob 2moro. thats all i wanna know is will it benefit me to flush with 1 tablespoon of molasses for the last 2 weeks??? without messing my grow, spoiling the smoke?? making it harsh or not burn properly??? please i need first hand experience advice, thankyou and +rep for experienced answer.
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in short...YES it will benefit your plants. NO it will NOT mess up your smoke or your plants


peace
 
FLOWERMASTER

FLOWERMASTER

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yea i was wondering the same thing...never used molasses....i think i got my strain were i want it so i think im going to worrie about bud size now....so if i were to test this out what would i buy it in syrup or cane?
 
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sirbudmaster

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FLOWERMASTER said:
yea i was wondering the same thing...never used molasses....i think i got my strain were i want it so i think im going to worrie about bud size now....so if i were to test this out what would i buy it in syrup or cane?
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just read though the post....its right their! use syrup version unsulphered molasses..someone even posted a picture sheesh


peace
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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yah.. mollases is pretty much lke corn syrup .. some peps use it as a sweetner for tea or pancakes.. i personally like my tea with sugar, lol.. but, yah, it won't hurt eder the taste or smoothness of the smoke if you were to flush with the mollasses till the end of harvest.. i too use the same one that someone posted a pix of.. i am not from the uk, but i am sure you can find it at your local grocery store, it should b on the same aisle as the pancake syrup or the aisle with sugar and what not.. u want the stuff that is a syrup.. it looks almost like honey, only a lil darker in coloring, and pretty thick.. i use one to two tablespoons per gallon of water all the way thru flowering with no probs.. i have also read that it can increase bud size but like anything from 10 to 20 percent... and as to use it or not with only two weeks left to go, i would say go for it.. just b sure to do a proper flush at the end and you should be golden..
good luch mate.. and all looks great, they r sum sweet looking plants u've got there..
 
rustybud

rustybud

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i jus read 4 pages der ... and ur nt even gona do it nw lol tutut experiment lol im gona giv it a blast myself ..
 
bigbud x northenlights

bigbud x northenlights

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rustybud said:
i jus read 4 pages der ... and ur nt even gona do it nw lol tutut experiment lol im gona giv it a blast myself ..
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tell u wot u do that, let me know if ur bud tatses like shite, if it dont then i will use molasses next time lol. hows tha sound, if ur buds tha bad il send u some slamming northen lights thatl be sure to smoke well and put u on ur ass, yyyeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:peace:bruv
 
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bongofblitzing

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ok so i went to the local grocers and i found some "Brer Rabbit" all natural unsulphured molasses. it has 290 mg of potassium, 15g of total carbohydrates. 10% calcium, 15% iron, and 20% magnesium. this should work pretty good yes?
 
ganjaganj420

ganjaganj420

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HI guys sorry to but in but i need so
me help. I have been thinking ab
out doing my flush with molasses as well but i'm not exactly sure how soon my plant will be done. I am growing white dwarf and im wondering how much longer you guys think she'll need. all the hairs are still white on top. I tried to post some pics but idk what you can see in them. i hope this helps any info on how soon to flush would be great
 
ballo

ballo

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ive used molasses all the from beginning of flowering up until this last two weeks of just flushing with good water. my pics are on the 3rd page of my sig. its my first grow though
 
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