Adding Sugar To My Resevoir? anybody have any info on giving your plants sugar?

[BrandonT]

Please let me know i know nothing on giving your plants sugars

 

[bigv1976]

Why would you give your plant sugars?

 

[BrandonT]

heard it increases yield and is great for the last 4 weeks of the cycle

 

[bigv1976]

You heard wrong bro. The only thing close to what you are talking about is molasses but that is for the microbes in the soil not for the plant.

 

[BrandonT]

ohh thats what i meant, not really sure the difference uh so what does it help to addd molasses?

 

[bigv1976]

Yes the molasses help feed the microbes in the soil.

 

[Shafto]

Technaflora recipe for succes calls for using sugardaddy through veg, and more through bloom. I'm still in veg, I've been using it DWC and my plants look amazing. I can't tell you how much it's helping, but I definitely don't think it's hurting, and I"m not gonna change a thing!
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[Heisenberg]

Molasses is useless to your plants until it is broken down and processed by microbes. Once broken down, it becomes chemical fertilizer, so if you simply use bud sweeteners designed for hydro you will achieve the same thing. If you do not add beneficial microbes to your res, then the molasses will just pollute the water and invite harmful microbes. Nothing should be used during the final flush except pure water and perhaps a flushing additive.

 

[snocat]

dont use molasas in hydro,it does nothing but cause problems,been there done that

 

[Artificial emotion]

Molasses is useless to your plants until it is broken down and processed by microbes. Once broken down, it becomes chemical fertilizer, so if you simply use bud sweeteners designed for hydro you will achieve the same thing. If you do not add beneficial microbes to your res, then the molasses will just pollute the water and invite harmful microbes. Nothing should be used during the final flush except pure water and perhaps a flushing additive.

I don't agree with that. It's not broken down by beneficial microbes into a chemical fertiliser.

Mollasses feeds beneficial microbes which then break down organic nutrients into mineral salt ionic nutrients the plant can absorb.

It feeds the soil, not the plant and a well fed soil is good throughout the grow, not just flowering.

It doesn't add taste or anything other than by helping the plant better absorb and utilize nutrients due to the actions of the bacteria and fungi and if used hydro, I agree it won't work for the reason I stated above, but it also foams, foams and foams in the res like crazy so is best avoided.

 

[bigv1976]

I don't agree with that. It's not broken down by beneficial microbes into a chemical fertiliser.

Mollasses feeds beneficial microbes which then break down organic nutrients into mineral salt ionic nutrients the plant can absorb.

It feeds the soil, not the plant and a well fed soil is good throughout the grow, not just flowering.

It doesn't add taste or anything other than by helping the plant better absorb and utilize nutrients due to the actions of the bacteria and fungi and if used hydro, I agree it won't work for the reason I stated above, but it also foams, foams and foams in the res like crazy so is best avoided.

You beat me to it. I never sadi anything about feeding the plant with molasses. I wish people would read all the posts before putting up useless posts like heisenburgs.

 

[Heisenberg]

You beat me to it. I never sadi anything about feeding the plant with molasses. I wish people would read all the posts before putting up useless posts like heisenburgs.

I read all the posts, and still felt the need to post a few basic facts about molasses. The OP asked for any info on adding sugar to the res, and I posted accordingly. It was intended to inform people who are interested in using molasses in hydro, it was not designed to hurt your ego.

Let me restate my point. Molasses IS organic material which is why it is useless to the plants at first. Plants DO NOT absorb any organic material until it is processed by microbes. Once processed, it IS chemical fertilizer which is why it shouldn't be used during the final flush. Someone who is growing a non-organic hydro grow would be better served using a carbo bud sweetener designed for hydro, as it will not encourage harmful microbes or cause gunk/slime build up. If you do use molasses in your hydro setup, be sure to add beneficial microbes to break it down and to displace harmful ones.

From Skeptiod

The biggest misconception is that organic farming does not use fertilizer, herbicides, or pesticides. Of course it does. Fertilizer is essentially chemical nutrient, and the organic version delivers exactly the same chemical load as the synthetic. It has to, otherwise it wouldn't function. All plant fertilizers, organic and synthetic, consist of the same three elements: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Referring to one as a "chemical" and implying that the other is not, is the worst kind of duplicity, and no intelligent person should tolerate it.

From Dutch Master

Many products make claims of enhanced growth and yield from beneficial microorganisms added to the nutrient solution along with organic fertilizers. This phenomenon can be attributed to the enzymatic secretions of these fungi into the solution to breakdown organic matter into its essential elements for uptake and transport to the roots. Essentially, it is the same as adding extra fertilizer.

So my point was, molasses is useless unless broken down, and then it becomes chemical fertilizer which means it is an elaborate way of adding extra nutes. In soil, the main benefit would be to strengthen the microlife, not the nute boost, but were talking about hydro.