Molasses in the last 2 weeks of flowering

themink86

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so my roommate just bought some blackstrap molassses and i put about 1 1/4 TBSP/gallon into my girl's soil yesterday. I am planning on using molasses one more time, then going to distilled water for the next 7-10 days. Is this a good idea or am i able to keep watering with molasses until a few days before harvest?

If you have any experience with using molasses, i would love to hear your comments!
 

Drgreenz

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Keep doing it up until about a week before harvest. That way it will give the plants time to use up and convert the molasses into beneficial things. otherwise you can end up with a very starchy bud that will smoke harshly.
 

nickfury510

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so my roommate just bought some blackstrap molassses and i put about 1 1/4 TBSP/gallon into my girl's soil yesterday. I am planning on using molasses one more time, then going to distilled water for the next 7-10 days. Is this a good idea or am i able to keep watering with molasses until a few days before harvest?

If you have any experience with using molasses, i would love to hear your comments!
I use mollases all the way through my flower and all through the flush. :joint:
 

nickfury510

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paper bags and mason jars.... after the buds are almost dry on the stem I cut them off and put into a paper bag piled at the bottom upto about 3-4" gentally stiring the pile every few hours, keeping the bag rolled up at the top to close it off and set it in a corner for a day or two. after the buds are dry to the touch i stick them in mason jars until they are ready to go where they are going. or leave them in there if they are staying at home....
 

subcool

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Sucanat, Soo-ka-nat Thanks to Hydro and Planet Skunk for this info I copied it word for word.

I have gotten an overwelming response with questions on sucanat and I find myself writing the same thing over and over.
So what I have done is compile some information for you to sift through and I give the amounts to use. So with what information Im giving you here should asnswer your questions good enough for you to make an informed decission.

Sucanat (which is a concatenation of Sugar Cane Natural) is non-refined cane sugar that has not had the molasses removed from it like refined white sugar. It is essentially pure dried sugar cane juice. The juice is extracted by mechanical processes.[1]

Sucanat is generally accepted as a substitute for brown sugar. Unlike regular brown sugar, sucanat is grainy instead of crystalline.

"More importantly, Sucanat supplemented herb has an aroma and flavor all its own. It won't cover up the natural smell of your plants, but it'll add an extra richness and flavor to the strain. Some varieties that I've seen grown with Sucanat take on the flavor so much that they smell like carmel candy when you break up a bud. Joints rolled with Sucanat-grown ganja taste delicious all the way down to last ember burning against your fingertip. Bong hits linger on your tongue for hours, and even a quick hit off a pipe during lunch break becomes a momentary orgasm of sweet, savory goodness as the smoke rolls of your lips."

We all know that white sugar is like the devil. It's got zero nutritional value and rots our teeth. It also makes us feel crappy when we eat it because it makes our blood sugar level spike up and then come crashing down. Immagine what it does to our poor plants.

Have you heard of Sucanat? It stands for Sugar Cane Natural. It's sugar in its most natural form - pure cane juice with only the water removed. This process preserves all the vitamin-filled molasses. It's organically grown with no added preservatives or additives.

Sucanut can be used in place of white sugar or brown sugar when baking, and adds a wonderful flavor due to the molasses. Unlike refined white sugar, Sucanat contains iron, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin B6, potassium and chromium. So you will also be getting nutritional value when you smoke your herb.

PaPa's Tips: Look for Sucanat in the baking aisle at your local health food store. It's a little bit more expensive than refined white sugar, but you're paying for the extra vitamins. Try it next time you bake some cookies or muffins. It can also be used to sweeten sauces and marinades, adds a wonderful flavor to your weed due to the molasses. Unlike refined white sugar, Sucanat contains iron, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin B6, potassium and chromium.adds a wonderful flavor due to the molasses.

use two tbs per gallon, it gives it carbohydrates wich the plant has to make to photosynthesise, so it lightens the work load on the plant and all the extra carbs can be used to build bud, and you also get the benifit of the enhanced flavor of the weed.

If you are using another type of carboload then only use one tbs per gallon
 

South Texas

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From the time my Babies get about 8" tall, I start with the molasses & liquid seaweed. Other supplements are added, later; fish emulsion, teas, etc, but aways molasses & seaweed. Test has shown that both are very good for soil & plant. But when mixed together, they REALLY make a difference. Once the trichs are clear, I shut down all ferts except for the M & S, then double the watering- a type of flushing. One week before harvesting, I just water heavily one more time, & let the Ladies dry out naturally. The great taste was everybodies most often comment.
 

South Texas

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Very Interesting. As a Family Tradition, we raised a couple acres of Blue Ribbion & White Cane, then made our Molasses. A tractor turned the 'Squeezer', and we took sips of the natural juice. It's STONG with sugar. Anyway, on a side by side comparison, how does the pure juice compare to the cooked molasses?
 

South Texas

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Wrong. The Cane juice, say 50 gals. was cooked/boiled down to about 6 gals. of molasses. It takes from 4 AM to 7 PM per "throw". It's the raw juice that I would like to know about, compared to molasses. For Journal Notes, Ants is repelled by molasses... weired.
 

onemorebowl420

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When I use molasses, I stop using it 2 weeks before harvest, right after I flush. The whole point of flushing 2 weeks before harvest is so that the plant uses up all the starches and sugars it has stored in its reserves, because that is what makes the smoke harsh. I do a 2 step flush where I first saturate the soil with water, let it sit for 15 minutes or so, then run a large quantity(about 5 times conatiner size) of water through it. The first water breaks down the salts and the second part actually flushes them out. The bud I harvested last was some really smooth smoke, so in my opinion it works great.
 

bikeskill

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SUB. do you think fresh coconut milk will work insted of fresh cane sugar juice for the carbohydrates?
 

subcool

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I have no clue. Sucanat contains concentrated minerals and elements found naturally in the sugar cane stalk and that is why I prefer to use it not only that but its not nearly as messy as molasses
Sub
 

Whiteboyindahood

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I have also had very, very good results with sucanat well. Sooooo sweet but I don't like to overdue it. I back off to quarter strength during flush but the plants like the added carbs in the absence of fertilizer. I too cure the way bikeskill does. My goal is to keep the plants as moist as possible throught the entire cure so as to let the plant metabolize the remaining ferts/carbs. My cure takes 2 months but yeilds delicious.
 
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