Do any of you know of any bad effects from adding molasses?

[Autobeast]

Whatever floats your boat buddy, you clearly fail to understand basic science.
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Iv researched to the end of the earth on the cannabis plant.made me the grower I am today.fact is.mollases is beneficial to a cannabis plant health and fitness.ur soil is the heart of ur grow.the most important thing.molasses is needed in the soil to keep it superfit for roots and superstrong healthy plant growth.peace.happy growing

 

[oldnewbdude]

I used molasses diluted for a couple days but ultimately settled on using General Hydroponics Floranectar. Molasses and cane sugar already diluted and got some other nutrients in it. I didn't feel like trying to eyeball how much molasses to add to my feeds. I add with every water, to make myself feel like I'm feeding the bennies. Prolly expensive placebo effect mostly. Coco has a weak soil food web at best even with inoculation so feeding the rootzone carbs may or may not make much difference.

 

[BigCheezeDog]

Read the nutrient break down on the molasses, calcium, and magnesium are both there. It's concentrated plant goo most of the minerals that took to grow the part of the plant used to make the goo (stalk or root) is going to be there.

 

[Blu_tri]

It attracts bugs. The microbes in the soil live in harmony. When feed from an outside source, some will like it and some will not. This will ultimately cause an imbalance in your soil. Possibly a changing of the ruling microbe. You should have done this months ago, if not years ago. Definitely not in the planted pot. Your ladies will get mad at you, and you will think it because of the bugs. But actually the bug are looking for the starch that the dying roots provide. But what do I know?

 

[Autobeast]

It attracts bugs. The microbes in the soil live in harmony. When feed from an outside source, some will like it and some will not. This will ultimately cause an imbalance in your soil. Possibly a changing of the ruling microbe. You should have done this months ago, if not years ago. Definitely not in the planted pot. Your ladies will get mad at you, and you will think it because of the bugs. But actually the bug are looking for the starch that the dying roots provide. But what do I know?View attachment 1192440View attachment 1192441View attachment 1192453

Here my current garden.all my ladies enjoy there molasses.notice how perfect they are.big beautiful happy young and older plants.all in perfect health.gota love molasses.happy growing every1

 

[Autobeast]

See how happy my flowering ladies are.perfect happy green every leaf top.to.bottom.these girls.76 days old they had molasses all there lives

Happy growing every1

 

[7.62]

I'm sure no super grower, but I usually add 1-2 teaspoons to a gallon every other feeding or so and my plants seems to like it. If you aerate the water it make it some gooood stuff..
I've never had any bugs, but again i haven't been growing as long as many if you.

 

[BII]

I think the benefits (or not) of molasses are in between and less extreme or significant than most are citing here. It's just some di- and monosaccharides, a very crude mix of sugars (mostly sucrose), residue or gunk from sugar refining, which will surely feed many types of fungi and bacteria (but likely not all the right/optimal ones). It definitely includes low levels of some nutrients, including calcium and magnesium, which could actually help if the amounts otherwise available to the plant are terribly low (better than nothing). But no matter what molasses is presumed to do - feed the microbes and/or provide some supplemental nutrients - it's just a small part of plant nutrition.

On balance, I think molasses in small amounts likely has some overall positive benefits.

 

[Groff]

I think the benefits (or not) of molasses are in between and less extreme or significant than most are citing here. It's just some di- and monosaccharides, a very crude mix of sugars (mostly sucrose), residue or gunk from sugar refining, which will surely feed many types of fungi and bacteria (but likely not all the right/optimal ones). It definitely includes low levels of some nutrients, including calcium and magnesium, which could actually help if the amounts otherwise available to the plant are terribly low (better than nothing). But no matter what molasses is presumed to do - feed the microbes and/or provide some supplemental nutrients - it's just a small part of plant nutrition.

On balance, I think molasses in small amounts likely has some overall positive benefits.

@BII understands what is happening in his soil.

It is not to say that adding molasses is bad per se…

But adding molasses does virtually nothing to your plants if your rhizosphere is not healthy to begin with. And overdoing it will mess with your water reatining ability and even make it hydrophobic. If used in moderation, it will either do nothing at all, or ever so slightly boost an already healthy soil.

It is 1000% better to brew and Actively Aerated Compost Tea = beneficial tea = worm casting tea… and add brown sugar, or as a second choice molasses, dramatically multiply bacterial and fungal activity, consuming all the sugar …and THEN feed the plants.

Again, molasses or sugar do nothing to a plant. They feed bacteria and mycos. They feed the soil. If you want to do it, do it right!

The lazy way is to just add molasses to soil. Sure, it will work indirectly if you have an already healthy soil. But why not learn how to use it properly?
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[Autobeast]

I think the benefits (or not) of molasses are in between and less extreme or significant than most are citing here. It's just some di- and monosaccharides, a very crude mix of sugars (mostly sucrose), residue or gunk from sugar refining, which will surely feed many types of fungi and bacteria (but likely not all the right/optimal ones). It definitely includes low levels of some nutrients, including calcium and magnesium, which could actually help if the amounts otherwise available to the plant are terribly low (better than nothing). But no matter what molasses is presumed to do - feed the microbes and/or provide some supplemental nutrients - it's just a small part of plant nutrition.

On balance, I think molasses in small amounts likely has some overall positive benefits.

It has lots of benefits.happy growing