I Use Honey Because it Tastes Better than Molasses

[Weedhound]

Hey jerry, I had the EXACT SAME THING happen to me when I used molasass...had HUGE ph/burn issues. There's an old thread around here somewhere about it....never used it since. These days I stick with the Sweet.

[Jerry Garcia 2007]

Never used the sweet stuff yet, From what I experianced is when a plant has a mature root system they can handle the mollases, but when young and establishing a root system they are just to fragile.

MJ plants can handel almost anything you throw at them and live thru it except high ph in my oppinion.

[Weedhound]

i'll add overnute to that list of deaths jerry.

[blink_inc]

I've had PH issues ever since using Molasses and plants/yeild have suffered because of it.

Now at the point that I have a choice, I am going to pick up the Botanicare Sweet which is actualy far more cost effective than purchasing many litle cartons of Molasses (No bulk molasses around here).

One bottle of Sweet is $26.00, we pay $4.99 for each molasses and I go though 3 ($15.00) in a cycle. I figure I can get 5 cycles out of one bottle of Sweet.



By the way, nuting your seedlings at day 16 since germination may not show immediate reaction, however over the next few days you may notice burn happening...maybe not if the dose was low and not too hot..

They really aren't lying on here when they say don't nute until alternating nodes.
Pumping nutes into babies will do more damage than good. Patience grasshopper...love them but don't over love them.

[Lifesrun]

Greetings,

Can someone please explain to me the benefits of using hydrogen peroxide when watering?

Thank you,
Lifesrun

[Mr. Clandestine]

Can someone please explain to me the benefits of using hydrogen peroxide when watering?

Hydrogen peroxide acts as an oxidizer that kills harmful molds, bacteria, and other nasty maladies, while proving to be useful to beneficial microorganisms in the soil. It also adds just a little extra oxygen to the soil after being watered. I think hydro growers also use it to keep the levels of algae down in their reservoirs.

As for honey vs. molasses...I've used both, and won't use honey much anymore, for several reasons: Honey is generally more expensive, honey doesn't break down in water as easily as molasses does, and most store-bought varieties of black molasses actually contain traces of beneficial nutrients, besides the sugars.

[Weedhound]

Thanks for the molassas info Mr C.....that's what I was looking for.

As for H202....yes, I use it to kill harmful bacteria, keep algae down and to add extra O2 to the roots in my hydro system. I use it at 2 tsp/gallon every other day.

[the image reaper]

don't forget, when using H2O2 hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria and oxygenate the solution, you are killing beneficial bacteria as well ... if you use a product like Liquid Karma or EJ Catalyst, anything 'live', you're wasting your money while using peroxide ... :jointsmile:

[Mr. Clandestine]

don't forget, when using H2O2 hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria and oxygenate the solution, you are killing beneficial bacteria as well ...

Does this also apply to aerobic bacteria? I thought aerobic (beneficial) bacteria could thrive, while anaerobic would get oxygenated and killed...but I may be totally wrong about this.

[Lifesrun]

Thank you for the feedback...I will indeed use the hydrogen peroxide sparingly to my routine grow protocol. Eight Ice and 10 WW. First time with these particular strains and only want the very best for my plants...thanks again.

Kind Regards,
Lifesrun