The calorie content of blackstrap molasses is still mostly from the small remaining sugar content. However, unlike refined sugars, it contains trace amounts of vitamins and significant amounts of several minerals.
Not only do these nutrients do a body good, they are highly valuable in building up the soil! Molasses is a very valuable addition to the compost pile, as well as to the garden itself. Unsulfured blackstrap is the preferred variety, due to the mineral content, but any of the unsulfured ones will do fine.
The benefits beyond the minerals are the natural sugar content that will feed the microorganisms in the compost or soil of the garden. The readily available sugar content will skyrocket the microbial activity. Blackstrap molasses is also commonly used in horticulture as a flower blooming and fruiting enhancer, particularly in organic hydroponics. Use the before mentioned mixture in the drip system, or sprayed alongside the roots of fruiting vegetables as they start to flower to increase their flowering and fruiting.
Add 3 Tablespoons of molasses to the milk spray solution mentioned above and use to feed plants during the height of growing season. Hungry, high production plants such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, melons, and such will really benefit from the consistent feedings, giving you more production that is more flavorful.
A fringe benefit of spraying the milk and molasses mixture on the garden is a biologically friendly weed population control. Many broadleaf weeds thrive on diets high in available nitrates and potassium diets, common with commercial fertilizers.
The calcium in milk helps to compensate for what is unavailable in the soil, while the increased biological activity from both the milk and molasses releases unavailable phosphorus and create soil conditions that are unfavorable to germination of weed seeds.
The costs of applying the milk and molasses mixture is very minimal, but when compared to any other fertilizer and insecticide regimen — even those that are organic in nature — milk and molasses has no comparison. Doing the math, we find that 3 gallons per acre works out to be 0. You should ask them. I guess you would have to ask her. Just as an aside, sulfur itself does not contribute to salt content, but it can lower soil pH. I use molasses on the lawn and have for a few years. First, I always mulch when I mow and around this time of year late march, north Texas, Bermuda lawn.
As an aside, doing so lets you see depressions and bumps clearly so I can fill holes and hit bumps with a pressure spray attachment on my hose to level and break up soil for more even mowing. Back to molasses… I find that the pulverized thatch breaks down much more quickly after spraying molasses 1 cup in a 2gal sprayer.
This makes sense based on the general agreement that microbes will bloom to attack the sugar now soaked into the mulched thatch. The molasses soaked section was dramatically greener while the untreated half was just starting to come back.
Ten years of disposing of a couple bags of clippings every week during the growing season seems like a great way to create a deficit of whichever essential nutrients are in shortest supply.
A bit of molasses sprayed after application does seem to neutralize it. Presumably that is equal parts masking and accelerated breakdown of the poop. Related benefit: after some bionics to repair a bad lower back I am not inclined to scoop the gifts my beloved cavalier spaniels leave in the yard. If you hit it with a hard stream of molasses water from the sprayer it breaks down much more quickly with less odor and fewer flies. A booming microbial environment seems to have plenty of nice benefits.
Pure conjecture on my part as to the mechanisms by which molasses improves a lawn but sometimes knowing that something works is sufficient. Last thought: molasses killing but grass? Bull manure! Those cockroaches that survive a nuclear holocaust will be dining on nutsedge!
Wow autocorrect on iPad made that last post of mine a mess! Despite all the scientific evidence provided here, here are the facts from an old Texas boy and St. Augustine grass owner. When we bought this house there was some Horticulture Molasses in the garage, asking the previous owner what is was she explained she used it on the grass, which was pretty exceptional at the time. However, how exactly is it good for them?
To learn more about it, here are the benefits of molasses on plants worth noting:. Due to molasses being a by-product of the sugar refining process, it is packed with carbohydrates which serve as an instant food source for healthy microbes in the soil.
By regularly feeding the soil, they will be able to support more beneficial microbes. This, in turn, will provide the plants with more nutrients that are essential for optimal health and growth. These trace minerals come in the form of calcium, iron, potassium, and sulfur which are all helpful in keeping your plants healthy. As mentioned earlier, molasses can act as a chelating agent.
If you prefer a more DIY approach, you can use blackstrap molasses, particularly the unsulfured type.
Although you might have heard of some people mentioning that you should spray the solution directly on your plants, the problem is that the residue can end up attracting pests to your grow room. You can get the most benefits of molasses in your nutrient solution if you use a soil-based system for your plants.
Elena on March 25, at pm. Phil on March 25, at pm. Elena on March 30, at am. Thank you very much! I appreciate your thorough response.
Ellen Erickson on June 2, at pm. Phil on June 3, at pm. Deitra Brunner on March 2, at pm. Phil on March 3, at am. Hi Deitra, the molasses is made for human consumption. Deitra Brunner on March 3, at am. Lynne on March 19, at pm. Phil on March 20, at pm. Bob V on May 26, at pm. Phil on May 26, at pm. Bruce Turner on May 18, at pm. Will the molasses attract unwanted animals, ants or flying pests? Phil on May 19, at am.
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