can i use honey ?

Weedoozie

Weedoozie

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JK, but seriously, honey doesn't have all of the micro nutrients that molasses does.
Also, honey is a bit more expensive than molasses and if you did use honey, the only one worth using is RAW, unheathed, and unfiltered, otherwise it isn't anything useful. Honey is nature's antibiotic/anti-fungus. It'll kill the bacteria and anything else in the soil if not most things just like peroxide. Awhile ago, I was with a friend of mine who grows for medical dispensaries and he was experimenting and sampled runoff from honey added to water drenched soil and looked under the microscope. In comparison, things stopped moving compared to the regular soil runoff sample or the molasses runoff sample.
 
carokann

carokann

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on the topic of compost tea. i read the best vegetable growers add humic acid to there teas. so you think adding straw to the tea would kick ass? compost+seaweed chopped up+straw+mollasses+water
In Ancient Egypt, according to archaeology as well as the account provided in the book of Exodus chapter 5, straw was mixed with mud in order to produce building bricks. Modern investigations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humic_acid have found that the humic acid is released from straw when the straw is mixed with mud and that this strengthens the material, which produces stronger bricks that are less likely to break or lose their shape.
 
Dice!

Dice!

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Honey is bee shit. An a great catalyst.
Yes you can use it.
I use it indoors and out, I also use molasses at the same time.
Bears wont bother it.
Bugs arent an issue, if they are add a little diatomaceous earth in your soil.
I mix 1 table spoon black stap molasses, and 1 table spoon pure Wisconsin honey and the gals love it...
 

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d.s.m.

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Weedoozie said:
JK, but seriously, honey doesn't have all of the micro nutrients that molasses does.
Also, honey is a bit more expensive than molasses and if you did use honey, the only one worth using is RAW, unheathed, and unfiltered, otherwise it isn't anything useful. Honey is nature's antibiotic/anti-fungus. It'll kill the bacteria and anything else in the soil if not most things just like peroxide. Awhile ago, I was with a friend of mine who grows for medical dispensaries and he was experimenting and sampled runoff from honey added to water drenched soil and looked under the microscope. In comparison, things stopped moving compared to the regular soil runoff sample or the molasses runoff sample.
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The antibiotic thing is no bullshit. I forgot all about that. Good pull.
 
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gloomysmokes707

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dont you need those little things moving to help improve nutrient intake through the roots... im no expert but i think you want your soil to be active.
 
homebrewer

homebrewer

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Be aware the honey has a low pH, like under 3. So keep that in mind when feeding to your plants. Seeing how molasses just feeds the microbes in your soil, honey should do just as well in that respect. Experiment and report back.
 
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abo el Seioof

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MORE info on using HONEY PLZZZ...we (NOOBS) need more answers PLZ...i used molasses in my hydroponic sys, and it made a big mess..lots of algea and bad smell..so i was wondering the same is HONEY a good idea for hydroponics??and would it do the same mess like molasses in my tank?
 
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abo el Seioof

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Dice! said:
Honey is bee shit. An a great catalyst.
Yes you can use it.
I use it indoors and out, I also use molasses at the same time.
Bears wont bother it.
Bugs arent an issue, if they are add a little diatomaceous earth in your soil.
I mix 1 table spoon black stap molasses, and 1 table spoon pure Wisconsin honey and the gals love it...
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u think using HONEY in hydroponics will be ok with no mess?Cheers.
 
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