Qeustions about "SUGAR"
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zelweeds
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its not the same, sugar may help the plant slightly similar to way the packets that come with roses keep them from dying sooner in a vase, but sugar can also put your plant's roots at risk if you use too much. stick with your regular nutes and you should be fine. super snow is a potassium product (obviously) a cheaper similar nute is mg rose food.. or just by the snow hope it helps.
MsBBB
Active Member
Never heard of adding regular table sugar to the plant water, but everyone raves about unsulfured molasses. Add 1 tablespoon to each gallon of water during flowering, some people start sooner. I use it about once a week because of what it is "supposed" to add to the root system and final buds.
woodsmaneh!
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You tell the person who told you that to go out in the woods and find the biggest stick he can carry and bring it back to you so you can hit him with it.
White sugar is refined and will not be absorbed by the plant very easy. Most products like Sweet and other flushes use a form of molasses.
You can use molasses at a rate of 1 tsb per gallon. Or sucanate which you will find a health food stores. It's un-refined cane sugar.
If you want to kick start your soil use molasses.
1 tbl to a gallon.
Benefits...
Molasses increases the amount of carbon into soil (C:N ratio) and promotes the growth of beneficial soil microorganisms.
It is an effective soluble foliar carbohydrate.
Improves the structural stability of soils by decreasing dispersion and/or slaking.
Improves soil moisture retention.
The addition of molasses to high N applications ameliorates the phytotoxic effect of discrete N application.
Source of potassium, sulphur and trace elements.
Buffers phytotoxic effects of pesticides, herbicides and mineral oil applications in cropping and pasture systems
Stimulates beneficial microbial activity by providing an excellent food source.
Enhanced microbial activity improves availability of nutrients in the soil and reduces the amount of fertilizer required.
White sugar is refined and will not be absorbed by the plant very easy. Most products like Sweet and other flushes use a form of molasses.
You can use molasses at a rate of 1 tsb per gallon. Or sucanate which you will find a health food stores. It's un-refined cane sugar.
If you want to kick start your soil use molasses.
1 tbl to a gallon.
Benefits...
Molasses increases the amount of carbon into soil (C:N ratio) and promotes the growth of beneficial soil microorganisms.
It is an effective soluble foliar carbohydrate.
Improves the structural stability of soils by decreasing dispersion and/or slaking.
Improves soil moisture retention.
The addition of molasses to high N applications ameliorates the phytotoxic effect of discrete N application.
Source of potassium, sulphur and trace elements.
Buffers phytotoxic effects of pesticides, herbicides and mineral oil applications in cropping and pasture systems
Stimulates beneficial microbial activity by providing an excellent food source.
Enhanced microbial activity improves availability of nutrients in the soil and reduces the amount of fertilizer required.
sso
Well-Known Member
what ive read that made most sense on this, was that the molasses fed the microbacteria (or whatever its called, im not very technical)
which in turn help the plant feed.
now, if you are using chemical fertilizers that would mean you have no microbacteria(as chem ferts supposedly kill it) and therefore molasses pointless.
according to this it would also make more sense to feed them molasses at the beginning of veg and perhaps flower.
which in turn help the plant feed.
now, if you are using chemical fertilizers that would mean you have no microbacteria(as chem ferts supposedly kill it) and therefore molasses pointless.
according to this it would also make more sense to feed them molasses at the beginning of veg and perhaps flower.
Wolverine97
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Just sprinkle it on your plants, that should work, it looks the same. Jeez.