1/4 cup of molasses in 4.5 gallon is plenty too much and you will have problems. nutrients to make roots is very important in early growth not so much nitrogen they need a high P fert.
1/4 cup is 4 tbsp...
More misinformation huh
There isn't anything in bud candy that Im aware of that would kill bacteria/fungi. It's simply sugars derived from raw cane sugar, grape, cranberry, and malt, and a couple other sources. The primary ingredients in bud candy are sugars, and a few amino acids. I believe(not 100%) that bud candy is AN only 100% organic product). You can look at the full ingredients on advanced nutrients website. There is some citric/Absorbic acid in it; but I doubt there's enough to siginificantly reduce the bacteria counts. I'm sure it's simply added to keep the sugars in the concentrated form from spoiling. Once it's added to water, that will get diluted significantly.
Citric Acid
Absorbic Acid
Polyphenalic Compounds
Esters
Raw Cane Juice
Sweet Brown Molasses
Carbs:
Xylose
Maltrose
Glucose
Galoctose
Aribinose
Extracts:
Cranberry Extract
Grape Extract
Malt Extract
Fermented Yeast Extract
Vitamins:
B1
B2
B3
B5
B6
B7
B12
Amino Acids
L-Alanine
L-Arganine
L-Asparagine
L-Aspartic Acid
L-Cystine
L-Clutamic Acid
L-Glutatmine
l_gylcine
l-Histidine
L-Lcucdine
L-Lysine
L-Methionione
L-Threonine
L-Phenyllalnine
L-Poline
L-Serine
L-Tysonine
L-Trpthophan
L-ValineSeems like snake oil to me. If you already have kelp (the source of the amino acids) and molasses I don't see the point personally but whatever works for you friend.
They are not the same amino acids as kelp. There are some in common, but not all. What about it seems like snake oil? There's nothing in it except what is advertised. Carbohydrates, Vitamins, and amino acids.
smart ass duh, if you don't have anything constructive to say just don't fucking respond to my post. thank you.
Totally just my opinion...do whatever works for you...but just sayin...
Because I already had it on hand before I switched to organic growing. It probably isn't something id buy specifically for tea, but find it works fine as something Id otherwise let go to waste.
That's the situation I'm in with bat guano. I buy in bulk, when I first switched over to organic i was sold on using guano. I've moved away from its use now but I've still got like 80 something pounds of it lol. So I'll be using it for a little while longer.
Yeah, it's not the reason why I stopped using it...but I like to say it is so I sound like a better person sometimes lol. I paid for this guano so I'm gonna use it even if it takes me forever. I steered away from it because I try to use fertilizers that serve more than one function and while I can definitely get great results with guano...there are other things that can do the same thing and more. So I lean towards those now that I'm more experienced in the matter.
Yeah the medical risks are why I changed. I just use it in my personal garden. My immune system is great! Lol. My third lumbar in my back is what's compromised.
Do you have any scientific/medical evidence to back this up? I use bat guano exclusively and have for years, the plant in my avatar was grown using bat guano it smelled like flowers when it was growing smelled like hash after cured and when smoked the ash was white, I'm not sick nor are any of the people who smoked and made medicine out of it so I call bullshit.
I don't think the guano makes my smoke taste harsh...but there's plenty of literature out there about the pathogen hazards of gardening with manures. And when growing for medicinal purposes, especially for people with aids or other immune crippling diseases that make them more prone to bacterial infections. These are important things to consider. But like I said, that's not me. So for my personal garden I'll still use it. I've noticed no difference between my vegan grown plants and my manure grown ones when it comes to the harshness of the smoke.