what type of molasses should I use?
thanks
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what type of molasses should I use?
thanks
It looks like nute companies use the one with sulfur. There is sulfur in sweet and sulfur in flora nectar. I have read unsulphured and this is why I ask.
According to Rusty, Unsulphered.
Not just Rusty, pretty much every grower I have seen who uses Molasses uses the unsulphured variety.Quote:
Originally Posted by WashougalWonder
You don't really want sulfur building-up in your medium.
1/2 to 1 teaspoon (not tablespoon) per gallon of properly ph'd water. I use it on a non-feeding day, once a week.
thats the kind I have. good.
I ran out of sweet. i just added 100ppm (ecx500) of it to my res. That came to about 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. sounds about right.
Always start on the low side, and watch for effects regardless of the product. Since I don't know what other molasses or sugar product(s) you're using, I'd recommend possibly less. (molasses is stronger than carbo-load and CalMag products)
I think I might be using to much cal-mag.
here is what I am running (ecx500):
cal-mag 200ppm
PBP bloom 300ppm
blackstrap 100ppm
I was going to also add a bloom booster tonight. I forgot to yesterday.
I am going to start flushing in about a week. I might have a bit too much cal-mag in my solution right now since I added the molasses. Should I mellow out on the cal-mag.
Way too much calmag, for sure. I'd cut that by about 1/2.
I know. I was not fully aware of all the cal in molasses.Quote:
Originally Posted by khyberkitsune
I am going to drain half my res top with base and a p-k additive. My plants are really close.
I am not used to molasses. There is no cal in sweet and that is what I normally use. This stuff is loaded.
I lowered it a bit. The ratio of cal-mag and my nutes gives my res a pH of somewhere in the 5.0-5.5 range. I will check the substrate later and if its really high i will lower the cal-mag a bit more. For now everything is in check.
the ph of the substrate was around 6.5
I think I do need to lower the cal-mag way more.
i will do so soon and post here if it had an effect on stabilizing my substrate. It is just crazy because my res is low. like 5.0-5.5 and the substrate so high. It must be all the cal-mag they are not drinking.