Anyone use molasses as a foliar spray?

[Justa6655321]

Anyone use molasses as a foliar spray?

Never tried it this way...anyone?

 

[3dDream]

Why? Isn't the sugar for the micros in the roots? I know it add to the flavor, but there is also sodium in molasses so be careful.

 

[wvkindbud38]

I mix molasses in with my nutrient mix a time or 2 in flowering.....never used as a foliar spray......be careful

 

[icanthinkofanid]

yea it feeds the roots or the microbs in them. I figure this would be a very bad idea in late flowering.

 

[T.Baggins]

ahhh.. the ants would love me if i did, lol

 

[guest]

No they would not.................Molasses actually repels ants.

 

[T.Baggins]

No they would not.................Molasses actually repels ants.

really???

 

[buddin_904]

no just kidding

 

[Pig-Pen]

Molasses will have a chelating effect on the other nutrients in your foliar spray, if nothing else. Rather or not that actually affect foliar nutrient uptake or not, I don't know. It helps at root level, however.

I've done it, no problems, adding molasses to foliar feed spray. Hard to say if it actually helps or not. It will leave residue, too.

My observations lately on foliar feeding is that plants are just as responsive to plain water for foliar "feeding", so that's all I use anymore.

Leaves are not efficient nutrient absorbers, they have no evolutionary need to be; that's what the roots are for.