Molasses clogging your soil, it really doesn't do anything much at all for plants, proper soil mycorrhizae will do 10,000 times more good then molasses. Add some fulvic acid and amino acids and this will get your plants zinging along.
Clover actually brings nitrogen from the air and places it into the ground while it is living, this is how legumes work.
Letting your soil dry out between irrigations is how to combat gnats, they thrive in overly moist conditions.