using sugared water

smellzlikeskunkyum

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do you guys have a preference in molasses? im gonna go buy it today prolly. im growin "grapefruit x willie nelson", "afghan", and "excellent random bagseed" ill try to get a grow journy goin and ill put a link up for it, they are just lil things right now. you guys are a great help i hit some skunk outta my volcano in your honor!!
 

smellzlikeskunkyum

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theres a "robust" or original in gramas brand

, also i have an unopened jar of gramas molasses , but it says "best by : feb 2009" its prolly still good aint it? just wouldnt taste quite as fresh maybe?
 

bicycle racer

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let your nose be your guide if its spoiled or contaminated with bacteria your nose will tell you. most expiration dates are precautionary and do not mean the product is always spoiled.
 

bicycle racer

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i have always used the standard grandmas molasses as i have never seen any others. im sure the robust is fine as long as it is un-sulphered.
 

Pete Moss

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Hydro Organics High Brix Mollasses is the chit--1tbs per gallon every other watering through flowering, even flush with it still in there at the end...feeds the microbes in the soil, makes 'em bery bery dense 'n heavy...oh, and sweeeeet!!
 

Uncle Ben

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I hop 3 times on my left foot, toss a tad of sugar over my right shoulder while singing Hendrix' Foxy Lady and man you should see my buds. They laugh their ass off.

UB
 

Hydrotech364

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I heard that you should not use molasses with mix/soil.I use Hornby's Big Bud,my flowering nutes and cane sugar.I wear a bra on my head and sing Ganja Farmer by Marlon Asha while doing a seizure dance!
 

Uncle Ben

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I can see that some people drank the sugar instead of feeding the plants, lol. Uncle Ben, you funny...
Fermented sugar water..... ;)

As an aside, it's my understanding that the sugar molecule, in any form (sucrose, fructose, lactose, etc.) is too large to move across the root's epidermal gradient into the plant, unlike salts such as potassium chloride. Some folks say molasses feeds the soil's microbes. I've done experiments with molasses and found it much better suited for flapjacks.
 

bicycle racer

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it will significantly increase finish weight of buds and raise resin content particularly in soil. i have grown the same clone with and without a carb source bud size and weight were better with the carb supplemented grow. healthy roots=healthy plant=good harvest weight. and as far as plants being able or unable to directly absorb sugars there is some debate depending who you ask or what you read. i see no reason why carb sources like deoxy ribose could not be directly used by the plant. in my grows carb sources seem are helpful overall and are cheap anyways.
 

Bud Frosty

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I'm planning on trying maple sap tapped straight out of the tree (already processed by the tree to sustain itself) on one plant 4 wks into flowering. Any thoughts?
 

bicycle racer

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never tried that it should be ok might have some unknown effect from ambient plant hormones in the maple sap but again i have never used that method.
 

growdr0

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I was at my local dro expo and i remember this thread, so i went ahead and purchased Sugar Daddy, pretty much just molasses and cane premixed i applied April 21st so in a week or so i'll let yall know something.
 
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