Molasses As Fertilizer – Sometimes All Your Garden Needs Is Sugar
It may sound wacky, but you should really consider using molasses as fertilizer in your organic garden. You can use molasses as fertilizer because microbes need sugar. Read more here: www.smilinggardener.com This video is part of a series that you can watch here: www.youtube.com Any questions? Let me know below.
25 Responses to Molasses As Fertilizer – Sometimes All Your Garden Needs Is Sugar
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molasses also contains potassium if you get “organic”not because its actually organic but it is less processed and contains more potassium
eyeontruth
February 17, 2013 at 3:39 am
What about honey?
pokeywampus
February 17, 2013 at 4:32 am
I have been ysing molasses for years more growers need to try it
MrBloodaxe2410
February 17, 2013 at 4:51 am
Some things are better left unsaid…
Mary Hovita
February 17, 2013 at 5:26 am
hell yeah
California420Grower
February 17, 2013 at 6:12 am
this is really good for flowering cannabis.. the carbs and other nutrients fatten up the buds because the sugars feed the micro organisms in the soil then in turn feed the plant.. good stuff
just1985stl
February 17, 2013 at 6:29 am
True that.
Phil Nauta
February 17, 2013 at 7:26 am
The word “organic” needs to be dropped. Let the OTHER way of growing things take on the burden of an adjective! >:|
TheFrugal Gardener
February 17, 2013 at 7:48 am
You bet.
Phil Nauta
February 17, 2013 at 8:43 am
Can we use molasses on vegetables like eggplants and tomatoes?
marianne nicolas
February 17, 2013 at 8:51 am
Just mix it well. I use warm water to help dissolve it.
Phil Nauta
February 17, 2013 at 9:19 am
Do I have to cook this up or just mix it well?
chaosbank
February 17, 2013 at 9:49 am
Absolutely.
Phil Nauta
February 17, 2013 at 10:06 am
Can i use dry molasses?
Lene Ring
February 17, 2013 at 10:25 am
Sugar is a simple carbon. Most bacteria can only break down one carbon at a time. Fungi have the ability to break down chains of carbons. Bacteria tire at the amount of energy they have to expend to break down chains of carbons. They move on to simple carbons. If you want to have bacterially dominated tea, feeding it fish emulsion is a waste. Likewise if you want a fungally dominated tea, feeding it molasses will cause the bacteria to grow because they move faster than fungi.
aahpmcj7
February 17, 2013 at 11:10 am
Absolutely. I don’t know the dilution rate, but I’m sure it would be useful.
Phil Nauta
February 17, 2013 at 12:09 pm
nice for the vid.can i use this in a hydroponic set up.thanx
carlos kasimu
February 17, 2013 at 12:24 pm
good information. i feel kinda drunk because of your video though 😉 maybe a tripod unless you’re using a camera phone i guess. cheers
Youdoobify
February 17, 2013 at 1:13 pm
Well, it’s not quite that simple – it’s not as though fungi don’t touch the molasses and bacteria don’t touch the fish. Good advice on the brewing time, though.
Phil Nauta
February 17, 2013 at 1:55 pm
Molasses feeds bacteria, fish or kelp fertilizer feeds fungi. Fungi breaks down complex carbon not bacteria. Please make sure that the molasses is unsulfured or it is useless. If you want the microbes to “stick” to your foliage when using a compost tea, it must be aerated for 24 hrs. If the microbes are actively growing, they produce a glue that will help them “stick” to foliage.
Your gardens look nice.
aahpmcj7
February 17, 2013 at 2:15 pm
It could be okay. Worth trying.
Phil Nauta
February 17, 2013 at 2:20 pm
good day… is it ok if you make more molasses in the concoction ?
Migo Bong
February 17, 2013 at 3:12 pm
Ya I’m always experimenting with things like this. It doesn’t always turn out like you’d hope, but the molasses helps almost all the time.
Phil Nauta
February 17, 2013 at 3:42 pm
I tried the experiment with seedlings . Placed in order of progress all the ones with sugar water came out in the top half . Have you done the experiment.
woodgate50
February 17, 2013 at 4:31 pm
B1 in particular and indeed Sulphur in the natural one are so beneficial in molasses 😉
MedicalCannabisSpain
February 17, 2013 at 4:40 pm