Sweeteners?

Genghis Con · 01-10-2012, 02:16 PM

im totally confused about this stuff. i just ran out of Technaflora's sugar daddy and purchased GH's floranectar. any opinions? i was looking into buying bud candy, but everyone says that stuff has chemicals and other plastic shit in it, so i didnt buy it. and the guy at the shop said Botanicare's sweet ruins the natural flavors of the buds, so i skipped that one. also, are these supplements safe to use during the last weeks of flowering? it seems the ingredients are primarily molasses, cane sugar, and malt extract, which seems safe enough to leave in the bud. any replies would definately help. thanks

Bluewidow · 01-10-2012, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Genghis Con

and the guy at the shop said Botanicare's sweet ruins the natural flavors of the buds, so i skipped that one.

Can't say I've ever heard that before.

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Originally Posted by Genghis Con

also, are these supplements safe to use during the last weeks of flowering? it seems the ingredients are primarily molasses, cane sugar, and malt extract, which seems safe enough to leave in the bud. any replies would definately help. thanks

Plants don't directly draw up the nute mix you put in, it will reach the bud as a different chemical structure. Cut everything off with 2 weeks to go and use plain old water for the remainder.

Butcher Bob · 01-10-2012, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Genghis Con

...Technaflora's sugar daddy...GH's floranectar...bud candy...Botanicare's sweet...molasses, cane sugar, and malt extract...

Nunna that stuff is fer the plants. It's to feed & increase microbial activity in the medium, so that they help the plants utilize every last bit of nutes remaining there.

steppinrazor · 01-10-2012, 07:33 PM

precisely and even the molasses is simply to feed the microbes.

those carbohydrate products are not directly used by the plants

plants synthesize most of their own carbs via photosynthesis.

a healthy root zone is a healthy plant.

I used to use botanicare sweet, switched to blackstrap (unsulphured) molasses. There was an article I read that showed they were virtually the same product.

Genghis Con · 01-10-2012, 10:41 PM

aight thanks dudes

I4TRICHS · 01-10-2012, 10:53 PM

Humboldt Honey ES or the Bountea compost tea maker will raise those brix levels for ya...

perrlywites · 01-10-2012, 10:57 PM

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Humboldt Honey ES

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AquaCloud · 03-22-2012, 10:28 PM

Ya I have been using Humboldt Honey ES for about three years now and Im hooked. It has made my herbs stankier than ever. The kind of stuff you can smell through a double bag.

01-10-2012, 02:16 PM	#1
Genghis Con New Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Chi Posts: 6	Sweeteners? im totally confused about this stuff. i just ran out of Technaflora's sugar daddy and purchased GH's floranectar. any opinions? i was looking into buying bud candy, but everyone says that stuff has chemicals and other plastic shit in it, so i didnt buy it. and the guy at the shop said Botanicare's sweet ruins the natural flavors of the buds, so i skipped that one. also, are these supplements safe to use during the last weeks of flowering? it seems the ingredients are primarily molasses, cane sugar, and malt extract, which seems safe enough to leave in the bud. any replies would definately help. thanks

01-10-2012, 07:33 PM	#4
steppinrazor So Dangerous Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: page side rage side Posts: 1,575	precisely and even the molasses is simply to feed the microbes. those carbohydrate products are not directly used by the plants plants synthesize most of their own carbs via photosynthesis. a healthy root zone is a healthy plant. I used to use botanicare sweet, switched to blackstrap (unsulphured) molasses. There was an article I read that showed they were virtually the same product.
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AquaCloud New Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 34	Ya I have been using Humboldt Honey ES for about three years now and Im hooked. It has made my herbs stankier than ever. The kind of stuff you can smell through a double bag.
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01-10-2012, 10:41 PM	#5
Genghis Con New Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Chi Posts: 6	aight thanks dudes

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I4TRICHS Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Concentrate jungle Posts: 349	Humboldt Honey ES or the Bountea compost tea maker will raise those brix levels for ya...