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Massachusetts

Mollases... you mean the stuff that you use to bake or is it a different substance

2/18/2004 7:34:46 PM

cattle grade molasses....find it at the local farm supply store...it's also used to bait wildlife such as deer and bear.

2/18/2004 11:49:44 PM

Wichita, KS

Oh.

2/19/2004 3:33:02 AM

Sheridan . NY

feed grade molasses has n p k in it sugars --very high in nateral minerals emzines and amiino acids feed on ground or foliar feed at 2oz to the gal of water--great for bio life on leaf surface it---- plan works

2/19/2004 5:07:55 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Black Strap Molasses of all kinds contains more potassium than the regular more highly processed lighter cooking grades. Though you can still prepare many dishes with Black Strap, it is more often sold in "feed grade" which is less expensive due to less stringent handling requirements. It is the first to choose for our purposes if you can find it.

Steve

2/19/2004 5:24:46 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Careful had a friend order me molasses from their AG store and I got 35 lbs of soy bean oil??? Can't find anything on soy bean oil so I'm thinking I just got rookied...LOL ...will start looking again for molasses..

2/20/2004 4:13:36 PM

In the shade - PDX, OR

The local feed store is a great place to look.

2/20/2004 6:26:27 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Chuck, Should work well in the deep frier! LOL Too bad we don't have feed stores in metro NY. LOL

2/20/2004 6:55:14 PM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

This is no joke, I found Black Strap Molasses at my local supermarket, Tops. It is Breer Rabbit Black Strap Molasses, but it contains the same nutrients as the feed grade Black strap molasses. Costs a bit more, but well worth it. One of these small jars (16 oz) will mix with water to provide me enough microbial activity to start the season off right. My biggest chore right now pumpkin/squash wise is to worry about a new cloche design and black plastic covering to heat up my soil. I am actually thinking about heating coils for the first time ever, with this eternal freeze we have going here.

2/20/2004 6:58:57 PM

Deer Park WA

Still buried here to Rock, but the Robbins have returned as has our attention to ingredients for 04.

2/20/2004 10:04:35 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

Yeah I Know ...but my friend ordered it at the "Feed store" where they get everything for the animals....Now I'm wondering what they use this stuff for?...will try again.

2/21/2004 8:40:40 AM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

They use it for cattle feed, and I was told by a feedlot worker that it and some lime will decomposes cattle carcasses completely in about 6 weeks.

2/21/2004 8:50:03 AM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

wonder if that's why I found bone fragments in my composted manure.

2/21/2004 8:50:35 AM

wilmington,ma.

I just picked up 50lbs of dryed molasses.
How and when doyou apply this?

2/21/2004 10:21:17 AM

wilmington,ma.

I just picked up 50lbs of dryed molasses.
How and when doyou apply this?

2/21/2004 10:21:22 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

So it sounds like I can add it to my composting leaves then? Just won't have the luxury of being pre digested by the cows and horses...got thirty five pounds of it to get rid of...LOL

2/21/2004 10:35:33 AM

Montoursville, PA

Dried molasses is not dried molasses. It is grain residual treated with molasses. I can not give you an answer to your question because I have no place I know of to get a comparative use rate. There is nothing wrong with it. The product however will in no way compair to the value of cattle grade black strap molasses.

I would consider using it directly on the patch and consider it a bit better than dry leaves because of the minimal molasses coating. The grain residual would roughly be similar to the leaves. The question is how much good is the little bit of molasses? I believe the molasses is on the residule to make it attractive as a filler in cattle feed. It is likely more attractive to gardeners once it has been run through a cow.

2/21/2004 10:54:50 AM

Mastic Beach, New York

ahab..i put down #25lbs per 1000sqft and tilled it in last fall,will again in spring..

2/21/2004 12:21:49 PM

Taber, Alberta

I called all the feed stores around and all they had was an oats and molasses mix. I went to Safeway and found a small carton of black strap molasses. What would be an application rate to put into the soil in the spring?
Alan

2/21/2004 4:16:11 PM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

I went to the local Agrico and bought a gallon for $3.75.
Pretty cheap.

Phil

2/21/2004 7:06:13 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

unsulfured molasses is best for faster microbial growth in tea

2/22/2004 9:44:55 AM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

So, why is sulfur added to Molasses?

2/22/2004 1:26:59 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Sulfur is sometimes used in processing the sugar canes. I don't know why. Perhaps to modify pH or some other stabilizing process to retard spoilage.

2/22/2004 3:23:51 PM

Eugene, OR

Here's some bits of useless information about sugar. :-)

My father worked for the sugar company for 15 years as the pumps supervisor at HC&S on Maui. For those who don't know, most of the sugar you buy in the store comes from the cane grown on Maui. About 2-3 years after planting, the field is set on fire. After the fire burns itself out, the cane is then loaded onto trucks and taken to 1 of the 2 mills there on the island. After initial refinement, the raw sugar is shipped to California for further refinement into the white sugar you buy at the store. Thus the name C&H sugar....California and Hawaii.

Anyways, Tremor was right on the sulfur. The sulfur is added to sterilize and stabilize the molasses after it's removed from the crystalized sugar.

To this day, the smell of sulfur brings back fond memories of driving by the mills and cooling water ditches...LOL.

2/22/2004 4:08:05 PM

Vermont Green MTN State

"2oz to the gal of water--great for bio life on leaf surface."
?????
Does this mean you spray it on the leaves???

2/23/2004 8:54:34 AM