Add Sugar into the water?
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Stinkmeaner
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strange how it all comes back to molasses when we talking sugar hahaha damn!
Maximus cannabis
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Big difference between sugar and molasses when it comes to plants. One works and one doesn't.
I have heard of some of the old timers using Coke, but I've never seen an actual report, just rumors.
I have heard of some of the old timers using Coke, but I've never seen an actual report, just rumors.
John1974
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I think its good when you grow bio but ....
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Plants' cell walls become swollen and rigid when the cells fill with water. In other words, the cells become turgid, or swollen and hard, when osmotic pressure builds in the cells. This action keeps the leaves of the plant from wilting and allows it to stand up in sunlight, biology teacher Nigel D. Purchon writes on his websute. Purchon adds that when a concentrated sugar solution is added, the cell walls shrink and pull apart from each other --- and the plant wilts. Sugar lowers the osmotic potential of the water present in the soil, making less water available for the plant to take in from the soil
I Found this via google:
Plants' cell walls become swollen and rigid when the cells fill with water. In other words, the cells become turgid, or swollen and hard, when osmotic pressure builds in the cells. This action keeps the leaves of the plant from wilting and allows it to stand up in sunlight, biology teacher Nigel D. Purchon writes on his websute. Purchon adds that when a concentrated sugar solution is added, the cell walls shrink and pull apart from each other --- and the plant wilts. Sugar lowers the osmotic potential of the water present in the soil, making less water available for the plant to take in from the soil
Short Bus
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Unsulfured molasses works great, I'd go with that instead of straight sugar as the plants can absorb it readily. Here's a fun fact about plant physio: They use that light to make carbon and glucose. If you give em ready-made glucose in the form of molasses (in small doses, I go 1/2 a tablespoon per gal), you're giving them extra fuel for free and ramping up their metabolism, as well as feeding the microculture in the soil and providing a cheap chelating agent. Never tried white sugar, but I have great results with molasses.
missnu
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Won't hurt the plant and helps get rid of excess nitrogen that way be in the soil still...
Moldy
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I think the Blackstrap is the one to use. It's has calcium and other good stuff in it. This is the expensive stuff and it's worth it and you'll find it in the organic section of the store; about $6 vs. $3 for the cheap stuff. Hell, my Raley's store here even carries Fox Farm nutes... wtf?
http://forahealthyfuture.com/nutrition/blackstrap-molasses/
http://forahealthyfuture.com/nutrition/blackstrap-molasses/