Sugar....Fact or Fiction??

High folks, while sat around a table after watching englands miserable exit from the world cup, myself and a group of fellow gardners were discussing the benefits of sugar in plants, when one of the guys says kinda out the blue that he add sugar to his feed water 3 weeks before flushing and increase his yield.
He says he adds a level tablespoon to 20ltrs of feed water and feeds his plants as normal.

Is this true? and more to the point has anyone here actually ever tried this?

In theory i find that it may work as all the flower boosters are indded carbo loaders..what i`m not sure on is will the sugar block the feed lines?

So the question is does this work.?
I couldn`t
ask the guy at the time as we were sat in a busy place,
Any input would be appreciated as i don`t wanna go and try this if its gonna screw up my plants.

I dont think the sugar would block the lines - its very soluble stuff. The question is how (if at all) can roots absorb such a large molecule as sucrose or other carbos. I have been trying to work this out as well and with no luck.

Sugars will feet the living fungi in your medium.
For that it is no food for the plant but food for your soil.

greetz sannie

yes I realise that the micro organisms will feed on the sugars, but there are products out there which are sugar based and claim to boost sweetness in the buds, not to mention other benefits like yield etc. no mechanism for this action has ever been explained.

Has anyone ever tried adding a tad of suger to the water for plants growing in soil?
I would be afraid of mold!
Tandare

Lot's of people my-self included add molasses to their guano teas and to the water-flush. I'm in dirt. The sugars not only feed the critter's but help during the cure break-down when in the jar's. I read the specifics once but I'm not a scientist. I've tried it and continue to do so. Bout a tablespoon or two per gallon.

Sugar is not a good idea, just stick with good nutrients…………

@bigToke,
Can you give an explanasion why not using sugar?

I am growing on soil and add mycorrhiza an bacterie,to expand the grow off it i am using molasses and vinasses to "feed"this life.
This is precise how nature is working!

greetz sannie

he said he boils the water and makes sure the sugar is fully dissolved then adds it to his feed nutrients...

Blackstrap molasses is concidered a fertilizer by some horticulturists, since it is a good source for sulphur and potash. This is particularly important in flower. As said, the sugar feed microbacteria in the medium, and with an active bacteria culture the assimilation of organic nutrients (they need to be broken down by bacteria before becoming avaible to the plants) will increase. As ezra said, even though we don't know exactly how it happens, certain flavours from products introduced into the medium seem to be transmittable to the plants. There is basically an increase in sweetness in the crop when molasses is added before harvest. Orange juice is another product some growers say add (OJ) flavour to your crop, and the other day I heard a grower here at IC say he used a Rooibos (South African Red Bush) tea to flavour his crop. Top Max, BioBizz's flower booster, is basically a molasses product (with kelp and a few other plant additives), probably yield enhancing thanks to the sulphur and potash addition. It is true that plants uses sugars (sugar molecules in the form of carbohydrates) to produce its flowers, but these are produced by the plant itself through the photosynthesis and is not the same kind of sugar extracted from the Sugar Kane.

An old timer once told me--You must feed the soil BEFORE you feed the plants. How true. If you keep your soil alive, it keeps the plant alive. Thriving soil also reduces disease.
This is a 5gal bucket of blackstrap...1 year supply.

This is my compost tea brewer in which molasses is in the mix.



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