Molasses and flush

[SlowCalaToker]

Hi all. I am on day 46 of flowering of my first crop and starting to think about harvest time(YEA!) I want to give my girls a carbo load (with molasses) for the last couple weeks of feeding. I also want to give the required 10 day fresh water flush. My questions are:

1: Do I just add the molasses to the nutes I am currently using for regular feedings for the last couple of weeks before starting the flush, or;

2: Do I replace all nutes that I have been using with the molasses before the starting the flush, or;

3: Do I add the molasses to the flush water and only add it during the flush period, replacing the current nutes?

Thanks in advance for all your help, I'm planning on harvesting at the end of this month so I need to start the new cycle this weekend in order to get two weeks of carbo load and 10 days of flush completed (depending on the answer to the above questions.

 

[SlowCalaToker]

No one huh? Thanks for the advice....

 

[cjk]

well, it's really up to you. i would keep feeding until the 10 day flush assuming you're using organics. i would use molasses during the entire grow every other feeding or so but wouldn't flush with molasses. 10 days of clean pure water is ideal for me.

 

[SlowCalaToker]

well, it's really up to you. i would keep feeding until the 10 day flush assuming you're using organics. i would use molasses during the entire grow every other feeding or so but wouldn't flush with molasses. 10 days of clean pure water is ideal for me.

Cool, thanks cj. I have 10 days before I start flushing, I'll hit with the molasses until then. I am starting a SoG as soon as these two plants are harvested, so I will try the molasses from the beginning next time.

Thanks again.

 

[cjk]

molasses is generally used in organics to attract beneficial microscopic soil organisms. keeping these organisms alive keeps your soil alive and healthy. you can see how this would be beneficial not only in flowering

 

[Dragor]

what i like to do (being in full organics) is to not use molasses until halfway through the flowering cycle because it tends to cause premature yellowing of leaves... that's why its best as a flush nutrient... so in second stage of flowering I alternate feedings with molasses water until I start to see the trichome hue change from cloudy to yellow (not even amber yet)... that's when I force yellowing and completion of flowering with clean spring pH water three times (about a week and a half) - and let the last watering dry out almost all the way before I chop her down - tends to dry and cure more easily when its somewhat dehydrated at chopdown. That's all good luck -d-

 

[SlowCalaToker]

what i like to do (being in full organics) is to not use molasses until halfway through the flowering cycle because it tends to cause premature yellowing of leaves... that's why its best as a flush nutrient... so in second stage of flowering I alternate feedings with molasses water until I start to see the trichome hue change from cloudy to yellow (not even amber yet)... that's when I force yellowing and completion of flowering with clean spring pH water three times (about a week and a half) - and let the last watering dry out almost all the way before I chop her down - tends to dry and cure more easily when its somewhat dehydrated at chopdown. That's all good luck -d-

Thanks d, I've done two molasses feedings so far, and will be starting my flush next Sunday. Do you have any feelings about the "36 hours of darkness before chop" idea? I have seen and read about it here, but don't really understand the reason or purpose.

Just wondering, I want to be the smoothest harvest I can make it.

Thanks!

 

[NiteTiger]

36 hours of dark before chop is myth, no proven benefits.

As to the molasses, I use molasses throughout, and flush is plain water + molasses

 

[Dragor]

Yes I use the 36hour darkness method and I find that it brings out the stink in the plants really nice before they get chopped - and I have never done it differently so I cannot tell if there's a diff if you don't do it. The theory is that all the nutrients accumulated within the plants veins are pulled down into the main stem during this very long dark period (this is why leaves look droopy in the morning) - and so when you trim the branches off the main stem you have a "cleansed" nug that won't have any chemical taste or harshness (well on top of doing the other important flush steps as mentioned above). My buds always come out fluffy very stinky and taste intensely like they are supposed to - burns like silk.. good luck!

 

[NiteTiger]

The leaf droop has nothing to do with nutrients - the plant is 'sleeping' because it is dark.

The only way to effectively remove nutes is with a flush. I did do side by side, part of harvest went 36 dark, others didn't. No difference.

 

[Dragor]

Nite: that's awesome that you did that side by side comparison - I'm so supersticious sometimes I swear haha - I develop my own botanical theories and go with them haha so I am not always right - glad you got this cleared up peace

 

[NiteTiger]

Hey, that's what we're here for, to test all these different things out

 

[Guest]

Some wisdom shared right here folks. Thanks