Thanks for clarifying that Stinky because that's is exactly what I thought...that one would replace the other. Color me a goober! When I originally changed res I adjust ph as usual to 5.6. Six hours later (not 4-sorry) it was 6.6 and I poured a bottle or so of ph down to bring it down to 6.0. 10 hours later it was 7.1!! End of molasses experiment for me. I had been using it in addbacks for several days without much problem but that was the first time I skipped the Sweet altogether.

Zandor--glad you're back!! Hope your move went well. I had wanted about 100 ppms of molasses which ended up working out to about 1 tsp per gallon so that really isn't alot more than what I use for Sweet but I can't be positive of the amount because the stuff is so thick.

X-C perhaps the more knowledgables can tell you how to use molasses with better results than moi but for me...I am done with the stuff. I'm stilll glaring at the bottle from across the room right now.

Thanks Mr E for the positive vibes.....I don't think the stuff will hurt really--I'm just an old crab. I did notice also that within that day my ppms dropped about 100 points over nite and I think that was due to the molasses settling onto the sides and bottom of the buckets. Can't see how that would really help the growth unless the roots start licking it off or something.

Bear it's about time you showed up. Hope your holidays went well.