unsulphured blackstrap molasses

Hi upinclouds, not to sound like a Richard but you have over 20 questions open 😉, you have closed 2 before so it seems you are capable of doing so, given the intricate and well articulated questions you have asked in the past, could you be so kind so as to select some answers before asking more questions in future, big thank you from everyone here in the GD community. Also id like to see a 2-3 open question maximum limit implemented on accounts. I call them open question bankers. Much love to upinclouds.

I have used it with mixed results. Its good outdoors and helps build up microbes in the soil. Indoors I have found it often adds more issues then solves. It has a good chunk of Mg and Ca in it as well as Fe and a few other micros. so that's a massive selling point Its true it is thick and viscous but is 100% water soluble. place so of it in a glass with water and let it sit. or use hot water and its golden in 1 min or light string. When I used it indoors it exploded my gnat and pest issues, it made the medium smelly and grew a lot more molds. Plants did not seem to benefit vs the ones who did not get it. If I do use it again. It will be at a much lower concentration and infrequently like once a month or 2 week period. best in living soil setups I don't see much of a benefit for hydro setups, their utrients provide everything it needs in the right ratios. normally.

I use pure un refinded sugar called JAGGERY... mixed with all teas. SST.Alfafa tea and Aloe Vera.. Aerated 24hrs.. Hope this helps. Much love 💚..

I have not used it myself when doing living soil, for sugars I tend to lean towards something like Foop's Sweetener (a blend of multiple natural simple sugars from varied sources). I'd treat it similar to molasses, blend into a solution prior to applying. The additional refining of this grade of molasses ideally would represent an increase in non-sugar goodies from the molasses, which sounds like an improvement to me.

I was considering trying it myself, I've seen it recommended by a few youtube channels with good results. But I also read that it's pretty useless if that's all you're using, and it's better in combination with compost teas

Yess it feeds to microbes and fungi within the soil and in exchange for plant available nutes.. good stuff, love nature and science... Hope this helps..

Blackstrap its thick, and viscous texture can make it hard to work with, it has a higher nutrient content than regular molasses, but tbh that's not why we use it. Blackstrap molasses actually has less sugar than regular molasses because it's a more concentrated byproduct of sugar production, with most of the sugar extracted during the multiple boiling processes needed to create it. I recommend powered cane mollases as it's water soluble and has highest amount of sucrose of any nature's sugars, sucrose is readily available for root uptake and ready for transport within the plant. Most other "sweetners" are primarily glucose which needs to be broken down first. Glucose is more a signalling sugar and should be kept put of medium until flower starts or risk delaying floral development similar to having too much nitrogen during flower. The blackstrap syrup will become a breeding ground for bacteria in the soil unless watered down which can be a finicky to stir well. Gluck.