Does sugar help plants grow?

Answer 1

Yes and No.

Sugar does provide a food source for the microbes (beneficial fungi and bacteria) in the soil around your plants. These microbes reproduce at a higher rate and in turn, trap nutrients into their bodies and make them more readily available to plant. By adding some fertilizer to these sugar applications, you should see a flush of growth by your plants.

The downside to this is that these microbes will regenerate too rapidly once sugar is added to the soil and once the sugar is gone, they'll begin to perish.....leaving a void in the soil. Another downside to this is sugar has been known to promote various soil-born diseases (such as pythium root-rot).

So my advice is this; If you decide to begin adding sugar to your soil, you have to do this in moderation and add it continuously (each watering) BUT be prepared to deal with root-rot which can kill your plant very quickly.

Also... before you attempt to do this......you should add some compost AND composted manure to your soil. This will increase the population of microbes that can adequately handle the addition of sugar and at the same time protect your plant from diseases and root-invading insects.

Hope this answered your question.

-Certified Professional Crop Consultant with over 30 years of experience and a Degree in Plant Science

Answer 2

If you are asking about adding sugar to the water or roots like fertilizer, it would seem to make sense. I did this as an experiment for my science class in high school. I have also learned that the only sugar the plants need is the sugar they make. It is where the plants store energy they get from the sun for later use.

p.s. The one that said that talking to them does, she is wrong. Talking to plants does nothing either.






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Answer 3

no but talking to your plants does