never heard of that NLS blend but that’s cool too
no doubt molasses is to feed micro herd but still prefer more soil in a bucket… in fact I mound it up and put more soil than needed. Bear in mind it’s not compacted at all, it has very good soil tilth with crap tons of perlite, pumice & rice hulls for aeration and I continue to slightly build the mound with thin layers of top dress.
I want my buckets and grow bags chock full of great soil with great amendments. I’ve used molasses a few times but never felt it was central to my successes or failures.
Nunya runs a badass tight ship with 20 gallon containers of LOS & live critters in soil, Bill284 is jamming down with his Bill284 method of layering where you can’t over water, Reservoir Dog, Azimuth & Buds Buddy are slaying it with SIPS (sub irrigated planters), Carmen Ray and few others are hitting out of the park with wicking and swicking tech.
many ways to skin a cat but let’s see what other replies come in