Quote Originally Posted by Rusty Trichome
Sugar is not the best foliar spray, but if you want bugs...it attracts them nicely. If you want sticky plants, walls and equipment, sugar is the ticket.

Are you sure your sugar water is doing anything other than clogging the leaf's stomata? I'm not. The sugars must be broken-down into a usable form for it to benefit a plant. Otherwise it's not something the plant uses, it's something it deals with.

If sugar water was so good, compainies like Advanced Nutrients would have most of their products derived from it. But that's not the case, as most of their products are derived from some form of molasses. Mostly sugar beet or cane sugar, but there are other totally bullshit concoctions that are simply watered-down molasses with a hefty pricetag.

CalMag Plus, is a great example of this. It's not a bullshit concoction, but it is watered-down molasses. It's an ok product, per-se...but the 3 main benefits from molasses is the calcium, the magnesium, and the iron. Plus, there's carbs for bulking and a plethora of micronutes, but at fairly insignificant levels. Sugar water has...processed sugar and water.

Believe it or not...even though this thread is three years old...the information is still valid. I'd ditch the sugar water for something that works.
Okay, so a little biochemistry lesson: Plants do not uptake complex sugars. Even sucrose (contained in white granulated table sugar) is not something a plant will have an easy time processing. To put my point in layman's terms, "you've got to boil your sugar for 5 minutes to break down the sucrose into glucose, the simplest form of carbohydrate if you want your plant to be able to assimilate it". I am not saying molasses will not help "your nugs bulk up". The truth is actually quite the opposite. However, the prime function of molasses is to stimulate the propagation of beneficial microbials in the soil. Molasses will notably increase plant nutrient uptake, but if you want to benefit from a carbohydrate growth boost, boil your sugars in clean filtered water for 5 minutes. I use brown sugar because of the molasses contained in brown sugar, but that's largely because I don't use molasses. I use sugar solutions during weeks 4-8 on a 10 week cycle. Anywhere from 1.5 and 3 Tbsp/gallon is what I've noticed people using, but I use 1.5 Tbsp/Gallon. *NOTE Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT water your plants with boiling water. Not to say you would, just sayin'.
TorchHypnosis Reviewed by TorchHypnosis on . Sugar Water? I was told that I could feed my plant sugar water to thicken my buds up if they are light and feathery. Is this true? And if so, how much water to suar ratio? Thanks Rating: 5