Molasses - Doses and times

[Herbasaurus]

Hi,

In researching using molasses I am finding a lot of info but not much consistency.

I am reading both 1 teaspoon per gallon and 1 tablespoon per gallon.

The times are running from every watering to only one or 2.

So what is the consensus 1 teaspoon or tablespoon per gallon and how often?

Assume the plants are outside and in the ground.

 

[ithinkiam]

I was told to mix about a spoonful with one gallon of water and let it sit for a week. Then shake and water your plant. Not sure what they meant by a spoonful, but I'd say that no less than 1 teaspoon and no more than 1 tablespoon per gallon is safe. (lol) I'm not sure how often you should water with it, though.

I have been considering trying this, as well. I don't know where to purchase said molasses, though. It seems like a good investment. And I'm told it improves taste.

 

[NiteTiger]

1 tablespoon per gallon every water from start of bloom

 

[Vindie$el]

Molasses makes a good foiliar additive mix at 1 teaspoon per gallon and it will work OK at repelling pest by feeding microbes thus creating a protective bio-film on the leaves. It also is a great food source for the microbes in compost, guano, worm casting tea or any other kind of tea. Once you start making your own teas and ditching the expensive bottled stuff you will find out that it's cheaper, not that hard and works better. Organics is about feeding the soil and microbes are just one part of the beauty of the living soil.

Molasses is not really an additive by itself. It does provide a trace amount of nutrients but it's role is a bio-catalyst.

I don't foiliar spray with molasses at the moment and I have done this with outdoor plants and it works well. I use it in my Earthworm Casting Tea which I use at every watering. I use a basic super soil mix so there is no need for me to add a lot of nutrients with the water but loads of microbes help a lot. I have done DWC bubbler bucket with GH nutrients before and I believe my organics grows faster and healthier than my most dialed in bubbler bucket grow ever.

 

[Vindie$el]

I was taking about my indoor grow and I noticed this was in the outdoor forum but I do very similar things outdoors as well. I use powdered horticulture grade molasses and mix it in with dry organics in my holes and food grade polymer crystals. I think it helps but there isn't any science behind it. Just my eyes and experience.

 

[generalgrievous]

just read a rev tip in skunk magazine today about this....he uses it in early flower but not in late flower as it is 15% soluble Mg, which he says it makes harsher smoke than too much N....seems like a knowledgeable guy....

i think the only way to know for sure would be to feed it to one plant and not another in late flower and compare smoke....

of course i'm in week 5 and still using.... 1 tsp./gl. on sundays...lol

 

[ithinkiam]

i think the only way to know for sure would be to feed it to one plant and not another in late flower and compare smoke....

Good idea!^ I might try this with one of my plants. I've been growing my plants in Miracle Grow Potting Soil and currently use their (MG's) flower plant food with every few waterings. If I wanted to try using a molasses/water solution, would I have to stop using the plant food? And with the molasses, is it okay that I am using it in the potting soil and not some other grow medium? Does it make a difference?

This is my first grow. I want to try new things, but I also don't want to get in over my head.

 

[Ganja baba]

i have been using 1 table spoon to 5 lt of water . every other feed .
we also stop using molasis and in the first week of a 2 week flush at the end of flower we use white sugar then water for the last week . we have tried with and with out the white sugar , it def works . mollasis has mg p and other things you dont want at the end of flowering

 

[bigscoot]

i start off with 1 teaspoon per gallon 4 the first month of bloom then i boost it up to 1 tablespoon 4 the next few weeks depending on the strain i always give them 10-14 days of flush hope this helps
peace

 

[mexilandrace]

I drop a big ole bloop of it in the 5 gallon bucket as I fill it up.

likely about a tablespoon or 2 per 5 gallons depending on the bloop that comes out.

I give it to all my plants regardless of phase.

not every time though. Sometimes just plain water. But if I am giving nutes the water has molasses in it as well, unless I have none.

 

[Vindie$el]

Mexilandrace nailed it. All this talk about measuring molasses....We all know it's really an estimate of the plop that comes out.

 

[hoosierdaddy]

1 TEASPOON per gallon. And a precise measurement is as easy as pouring into a marked spoon.
Molasses should be used at the very first feeding in veg, and continued through until flush.
Molasses can indeed make a harsh smoke if used up till chop.
What molasses does is feed usable sugars and nutrients to the plant and feeds microbes, and most importantly serves as a chelating agent for good nutrient uptake. The plant needs these things for optimum health all through it's life, and it makes no sense to wait until flower to start it.
So in my opinion, the poll is flawed.

 

[Smoke Dream]

Whats up all,

I use Heavy Weight. Can't go wrong. Its a source of Pure Carbohydrates for sz & maturity, but it also brings out the strains natural sweetness w/out masking it like w/other products. ex pineapple, grape flavors etc.
This recommends feed in wk 3, 5 & 6 @ rate of 1tsp.

I also use this to get my bacto & microhyzae prepared for. They sit in it for 2days to a wk. Significant improvments form this!

Don't ever seal the lid all the way though, it builds pressure!D

Hope i just didn't interrupt, just wanted to add 2cents.

Smoke Dream

 

[ithinkiam]

1 TEASPOON per gallon. And a precise measurement is as easy as pouring into a marked spoon.
Molasses should be used at the very first feeding in veg, and continued through until flush.
Molasses can indeed make a harsh smoke if used up till chop.
What molasses does is feed usable sugars and nutrients to the plant and feeds microbes, and most importantly serves as a chelating agent for good nutrient uptake. The plant needs these things for optimum health all through it's life, and it makes no sense to wait until flower to start it.
So in my opinion, the poll is flawed.

My plants have been vegging for weeks and I'm getting them ready to flower right now. (Just switched CFL's to an appropriate color temp and am gradually bringing on a 12/12.) I could still go ahead and use the molasses solution for the next few weeks of flowering, couldn't I? Or would it seriously be a waste?

 

[hoosierdaddy]

Sure, it will help things. Only pennies per dose.

 

[K.J]

I use 1 tablespoon per 3-4 liters of water...EVERY watering from the time they're transplanted into ferted soil, until I chop em' down. They love it.

 

[ithinkiam]

Sure, it will help things. Only pennies per dose.

Well that's great then. I'll have to do some read-up on molasses then, I suppose. More importantly, I'll have to find a way to obtain said molasses. lol.

 

[K.J]

Well that's great then. I'll have to do some read-up on molasses then, I suppose. More importantly, I'll have to find a way to obtain said molasses. lol.

Easy...go to your local grocery store, in the bakery section (you know, where they stock flower, and huge bags of sugar). You can usually find a very small selection of UNSULPHERED molasses there (make sure it's the unsulphered kind!). If you can't find it there, check your local Whole Foods/Wild Oats type natural grocer...they'll for sure have some.

 

[ithinkiam]

Easy...go to your local grocery store, in the bakery section (you know, where they stock flower, and huge bags of sugar). You can usually find a very small selection of UNSULPHERED molasses there (make sure it's the unsulphered kind!). If you can't find it there, check your local Whole Foods/Wild Oats type natural grocer...they'll for sure have some.

Thanks!

 

[Clackamas Coot]

Dried Molasses

Dried Molasses

Dried molasses is a good alternative to using the liquid molasses products. Basically dried molasses is rye seed hulls sprayed with beet sugar molasses (sold at farm stores and livestock suppliers).

It should run about $20.00 (or less) for a 50-lb. bag.

If nothing else it's easier to clean-up if you spill it on the floor vs. liquid molasses.

HTH

CC