can adding sugar to a plant increase a plants energy?

Answer 1

As "Sunripe" mentioned, by adding sugar, you'll add carbohydrates to the soil which acts as a food source for your beneficial microbes. The belief is that by having more microbes in the soil, they'll be able to trap nutrients and therefore make them more readily available to the plant.

However, in some instances, it's been found that by adding sugar to some soils, you could trigger the development of water-born diseases that will attack roots and eventually kill the plant.

My advice is to focus more on using compost teas/composted manures added onto good clean soil media and utilizing a balanced fertilizer along with humic acids. The compost tea/manures contain a large population of beneficial microbes that will help develop a healthy root system.

Hope this answered your question. GOOD LUCK!!!

-Certified Professional Crop Consultant with over 30 years of experence and a degree in Plant Science

Answer 2

Sugar is a source of carbohydrates, mostly works like roots food, add a complete fertilizer´s formula (N-P-K) and good watering program that´s would work much better

Answer 3

short period of time. If you add sugar to a live plant, you will invite ants into the picture. Do you want that?