Hello, hello, hello, my sweet friends, and I am calling you a sweet friend of mine because today

we are talking about another type of fertilizer that you can add to your garden and this would be molasses.

Kind of an interesting one and the question then becomes why would you ever grow with molasses as a fertilizer? Well first of

all what is it? It's the byproduct of beating sugar cane grapes or sugar beats

into sugar. So it's a dark, rich, and kind of sweet liquid that is

commonly used as a sweetener and all sorts of baked goods. People use it as a natural remedy

for many ailments, although I don't know too much about that,

and people also add it to animal feed. So even though it's a byproduct of this sugar-making process,

it's actually full of vitamins and minerals and as a result using molasses as a plant

fertilizer is a somewhat good idea.

It's least something to consider.

Organic gardeners have been doing it for a while and it's a good way to use a

waste product for something in the garden. So black strap molasses, that's the

one that you're going to want to go for. It's high in

calcium, it's high in magnesium, iron, and potassium, and it also contains

sulfur and a host of other micronutrients. So using it as a fertilizer can get those trace elements

into the soil and it actually will encourage the growth of beneficial microorganisms in the soil as well. So when you add it to the

soil you're going to want to get unsulfured black strap molasses. That's the

one to go for. It has all of the necessary carbohydrates that these

microorganisms need in order to feed, reproduce and really work their way into the soil and become part of that soil food web that we talk about here on the epic gardening podcast.

So what I would do is I would add it to maybe one gallon of water, add one to maybe one gallon of water, add one to three tablespoons,

unsulfured black strap molasses to one gallon of water.

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