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Listed ingredients are "Molasses Products and Roughage Products", or molasses soaked into crop residue.
Easy to apply with cyclone or broadcasting spreaders, at around 10lbs/1,000 sqft. at maximum setting.
Normally used at 10-20 lbs/1000 sq. ft. A 50lb bag will give 2,500 to 5,000 sq. ft. coverage.
Sugars increase microbe growth. Prolongs activity longer in fall. Speeds up soil life in spring.
Increased soil fertility & microbe activity may repel ant nests if microbes get into egg chamber.

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Listed ingredients are Molasses Products and Roughage Products; molasses soaked into crop residues. Nutrient percentages vary with availability and cost of different ingredients, though minimum sugars stay at 42.0%, which is the higher amount normally in dried molasses. "Molasses Products" can be from sugar beets, sugar cane, or citrus molasses (concentrated water extract with dissolved sugars from orange peels pressed for citrus oil and aromatic compounds), but can also be from concentrated sugars in the steam extracts from pressed, wood-mill-waste (saw dust) based, hardboard products like Masonite, or sugars converted from starches in corn or sorghum grains. The sugar and nutrient levels vary greatly though, with quality of plants and type of processing techniques so comparisons between molasses sources are difficult. For horticultural use, I feel it doesn't make a substantial difference. The sugar contents are all around 50%. The nutrients from the plant juices including minerals and vitamins, vary in different nutrients or amounts, but are all a desired bonus. "Roughage Products" are crop waste bi-products. They are not high in nutrients, but supply necessary carbon based material for growing new microbe. The sugars are used to stimulate the growth of soil microbes as a quick and easy to use carbohydrate. This helps to prolong the soil life activity through the fall, and helps the soil life to get going quicker in the spring. As we know, the soil microbes feed and protect the plants. Part of the soil life are nitrogen fixing bacteria, both symbiotic and free living, that produce nitrogen fertilizer for the plants. This stimulation of soil life is thought to help drive ants from your property as they probably don't like bugs in their houses any more than we do. The ants spend a lot of energy keeping their brood nest clean and sterile of fungus, bacteria, nematodes and other "bugs". If life is easier in your neighbor's yard, they may move.