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Ahh, I was just curious. I have increased the CO2 supply a bit but it looks as these will be finishing about a week or a week and a half earlier than normal. I have had some of the plants of this strain do that. Some took longer than 8-9 weeks and some shorter.
Awesome grow, elway07! I want to give molasses a try on my next feed but before I do, I just want to know by adding it to my nute mix will it effect the ppm and ph?
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Originally Posted by kancha
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quick question elway....
what was your nute/molasses schedule? on the days you used molasses did you use nutes as well? and do you start using molasses at the very beginning of flowering?
is fox farms grow big & tiger bloom all you use along with the molasses?
Honestly I think it is best to start backing off the nitrogen slowly towards your flowering stage and introduce the phosphorus slowly but surely. When you switch to 12/12 that way the plant has buffered up and has phosphorus stored to make flowers. A little nitrogen is good but the plant already has that stored as well so the N should stay relatively low unless you want the plant to grow more but a lot of N can burn out the leaves too. I think that is what is burning out your leaves. The potassium should stay the same throughout the whole plant's life stage so if you introduced molasses from the beginning it would buffer up to it with no problems. It should be used sparingly throughout and with another element that boosts production or thrive too and helps the soil digest the molasses. I like kelp meal and I think a little humic acid might help even out the molasses.
So can I mix the molasses in the same gallon as my liquid nutes or do i need to have to separate gallons?
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Originally Posted by horror business
truth.
i can vouch that the mollasses is NOT doing any harm to your plants.
i use 2 tablespoons per gallon from the onset of nute addition.
that means from the first time i give nutes, untill the chop i NEVER miss with the molasses. occasionally, when its a plain water day, i may only use 2 teaspoons as opposed to 2 tablespoons.
ive never seen any detrimental (sp) effects. (indoors. outdoors, i have noticed and increased propensity for insects and what not........but thats part of the outdoor game)
what i wanna know is, is there a way to break the mollasas down to a simpler sugar form so that the plans can use it muchmore readily?
ie: amylase in your mouth. if you chew a cracker for a bit, it gets sweet. the amylase breaks the carbs down to simple sugars (see glucose) and your body can very easily and readliy transport and absprb it. i would assume plants operate the same way (minus the amylase of course)
i guess if i spit in a cup for a bit, mixed it with the molasses before mixing it with water it could break it down a bit. but who knows if there is anything in saliva that could potentially harm the plants......
fuck man... I've been meaning to go and buy molasses.. I've just keep putting it off...
it is awesome... molasses is one of the steroids i'm loving it...