Mid-Atlantic Gardening: LOOK AT THE GOODIES IN BLACK STRAP MOLASSES

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Author Content docgipe NORTH CENTRAL PENNSY, PA (Zone 5a) February 18, 2009 10:35 PM Post #6158569 Locate at your area animal feed stores. They buy it bulk. Take your container. Get a gallon for an average of nine dollars and less if you get five gallons. You may need to swear on a stack of bibles that you will not use it for human comsumption. It will make the best soil and compost booster that money can buy. Four ounces in a gallon of warm water is a pretty good average use. Drench it to your soil and just dump it on your compost pile. Drenching is a little neater word than dumpping. That's all. MOLASSES COMPOSITION UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION Molasses & Liquid Feeds Division P.O. Drawer 1207 Clewiston, Florida 33440 09/29/03 Typical Composition of U. S. Sugar's Heavy Mill Run Cane Molasses Brix, spindle 86.0 degrees Weight/gallon 11.8-12.0 lbs Nitrogen 1.01 % C: N approx. ~ 27 Crude Protein 6.30 % Total Sugars 48.3 % 2001 NRC Dairy Cattle Density (as fed) 11.8 lbs/gal TDN @ 1x maint. = 62.4% Dry Matter 76.5 % NEm @ 3x maint. = 66.8mcal/lb Moisture 23.5 % NEg @ 3x maint. = 44.8mcal/lb Ash 16.0 % NEl @ 3x maint. = 58.1mcal/lb Organic Matter 62.5 % Reducing Substances, as Dextrose 11.5 % Sucrose 35.9 % Fructose 5.6 % Glucose 2.6 % pH 4.9 - 5.4 Calcium 0.8 % Phosphorus negligible Potassium 4.2 % Chloride 2.1% Magnesium 0.27 % Sulfur 0.78 % Sodium 0.09 % Copper 14 ppm Iron 130 ppm Manganese 5 ppm Zinc 8 ppm Cobalt negligible Iodine negligible Selenium negligible Biotin 3 ppm Folic Acid 0.04 ppm Inositol 6000 ppm Calcium Pantothenate 60 ppm Pyridoxine 4 ppm Riboflavin 2.5 ppm Thiamine 1.8 ppm Niacin 500 ppm Choline 700 ppm Back to Blackstrap Molasses

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