Bud Candy VS sugar (Molasses, Raw Cane Juice & Malt extract)

Lack said:

yes you can use molasses all the way through flush. Tried BC and didn't like how it made my buds taste, so I switched to using GH Floralicious Plus and adding humic acid's. Made a big difference in taste. The bud candy is great and if it wasn't for the unnatural sweetness I would still be using it. I find Floralicious really makes a nice and greasy plant though. So really I cant complain about the stuff. I use diamond nectar for my humic and between the two my harvests taste great and look great. Shhh, should you ever decide you want to do another experiment, give floralicious a shot, I was really impressed with the overall health and vigor of my plants. I too did a controlled grow and was stoked at the results I got. Like I said though BC is good, but the flavor wasn't for me. I'm used to my strains and that was just a wacky flavor it added.

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toohighmf said:

I too believe in humics & black strapp. Floralicious+ has diamond nectar in it, but will say there is no way to OD with the stuff. I used have a warehouse full of ferts, and used humic & fulvic liters for PH down in 3 70 gallon reses. It was the ultimate waste of high priced goodies. But a liter of each put out these buds that had what looked like someone dropped honey on various areas on everything. Looked like exploded trichromes... The only thing we could attribute it to was the excessive use of humics. Now I always use a ton of it.

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~Shhh~ said:

The trial between m&p/ BC & the control has thrown up some results finally

My findings conclude that Bud Candy has the most frosty buds, that finished a few days before the rest. The weight was best on the m&p tray, but this was somewhat marginal (17g's- 20g's) and could be down to other factors like oscillating fan placement, position under light etc. The control group had the largest yielding plant but that was to be expected due to the numbers in that group compared to the m&p and bc groups.

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The other thing was the BC buds were a shade lighter, very slightly although noticeable all the same, over the control and m&p groups. The buds were a little less dense than the m&p group also.

Smoking wise the bud candy group budz are more sweet and tasted better quicker than any other group, I mean they were tasting spot on 2 days before the m&p and about 3-4 before the control group. Thing is the m&p group buds smoke the strongest! They don't have the overly sweet taste from like the BC buds they're more raw cheese...

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So the bud candy group has the sweetest, best looking pot albeit with a slight loss in density over the m&p although firmer than the control group budz.

The m&p group has the densest nugs, still very frosty and exhibits a the cheese bouquet without sweet undertones the BC bud carries.

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~Shhh~ said:

I tried a lil harder to get clear close up's of trichs on the cola's to show the amber's and average amount of trichs on each groups plants, not sure it was a total success but a lot better than earlier attempts!

Control>BC>M&P

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~Shhh~ said:

The trial between m&p/ BC & the control has thrown up some results finally

My findings conclude that Bud Candy has the most frosty buds, that finished a few days before the rest. The weight was best on the m&p tray, but this was somewhat marginal (17g's- 20g's) and could be down to other factors like oscillating fan placement, position under light etc. The control group had the largest yielding plant but that was to be expected due to the numbers in that group compared to the m&p and bc groups.

The other thing was the BC buds were a shade lighter, very slightly although noticeable all the same, over the control and m&p groups. The buds were a little less dense than the m&p group also.

Smoking wise the bud candy group budz are more sweet and tasted better quicker than any other group, I mean they were tasting spot on 2 days before the m&p and about 3-4 before the control group. Thing is the m&p group buds smoke the strongest! They don't have the overly sweet taste from like the BC buds they're more raw cheese...

So the bud candy group has the sweetest, best looking pot albeit with a slight loss in density over the m&p although firmer than the control group budz.

The m&p group has the densest nugs, still very frosty and exhibits a the cheese bouquet without sweet undertones the BC bud carries.

Control budz are lovely tbh, nice taste, smell and appearance.... If I didn't have the other 2 groups to compare against I would really pleased with how they came out. Plan on using this nutrient schedule again with the addition of the m&p or bc depending which I end up liking most... Still undecided as each product has had a slight effect on taste & appearance more than anything else IMO. Although it's kinda hard to say one is preferable
over the other really...

My misses still like the full on cheesey'ness from the m&p buds, while I am digging both groups and their results.

Not the best of conclusions, but my observations never the less... Hope they are of some use to someone out there.... I think the bottom line here is CARBS WORK!

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