jonnynobody
Well-Known Member
Synthetic nutrients are a wonderful thing and they produce great results, but at what cost?
We should all familiarize ourselves with a word called Eutrophication which appears to be destroying our water supplies on a large scale due to excessive synthetic nutrient run off from commercial agriculture.
Want proof?
NEW 400,000 in Ohio can't drink water
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/us/toledo-water-warning/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Their water supply has been poisoned by toxic peptides called Microcystin which has the potential to kill you if ingested. So what is Microcystin and why is it in 400,000 Ohioan's drinking water?
Microcystins are toxic peptides, produced in large quantities during blooms of the bacteria genus microcystis or planktothrix cyanobacteria (i.e. the genus species Microcystis aeruginosa).[3] Cyanobacterial blooms, often called blue-green algae bloom, can cause oxygen depletion, alter food webs, posing a major threat to drinking and irrigation water supplies, and to fishing and recreational use of surface waters worldwide.[4] Cyanobacteria are one of the oldest microorganisms on Earth, predating predators, 3.5 billion years ago.[5]
Where is this shit coming from?
Formation
Culture development of prokaryotic algae microcystis aeruginosa, a photosynthesizing organism.
The microcystin producing microcystis, is a genus of freshwater cyanobacteria and is projected to thrive with warmer climate conditions, such as the rise of water temperatures or in stagnant waters, and through the process of eutrophication (oversupply of nutrients).[5] An Ohio state task force found that Lake Erie received phosphorus and more recently reactive phosphorus from crop land, due to the farming practices, and evidence suggests that in particular dissolved reactive phosphorus (from fertilizer) promotes additional growth.[24]
<<<<<< Potomac River ecosystem altered by Eutrophication.
This shit is what excessive use of synthetic nutrients are doing to our ecosystem. I for one am interested in finding a better way, so I will be investigating some more organic approaches to growing my cannabis because I feel it's a better method for the goal I'm trying to achieve; producing safe and effective medication as close to the way mother nature has done it for hundreds of millions of years. As I explore the world of organics, I will post my successes and failures as well as my end results for better or worse and we can all learn together for the better of the community.
We should all familiarize ourselves with a word called Eutrophication which appears to be destroying our water supplies on a large scale due to excessive synthetic nutrient run off from commercial agriculture.
Want proof?
NEW 400,000 in Ohio can't drink water
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/us/toledo-water-warning/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Their water supply has been poisoned by toxic peptides called Microcystin which has the potential to kill you if ingested. So what is Microcystin and why is it in 400,000 Ohioan's drinking water?
Microcystins are toxic peptides, produced in large quantities during blooms of the bacteria genus microcystis or planktothrix cyanobacteria (i.e. the genus species Microcystis aeruginosa).[3] Cyanobacterial blooms, often called blue-green algae bloom, can cause oxygen depletion, alter food webs, posing a major threat to drinking and irrigation water supplies, and to fishing and recreational use of surface waters worldwide.[4] Cyanobacteria are one of the oldest microorganisms on Earth, predating predators, 3.5 billion years ago.[5]
Where is this shit coming from?
Formation
Culture development of prokaryotic algae microcystis aeruginosa, a photosynthesizing organism.
The microcystin producing microcystis, is a genus of freshwater cyanobacteria and is projected to thrive with warmer climate conditions, such as the rise of water temperatures or in stagnant waters, and through the process of eutrophication (oversupply of nutrients).[5] An Ohio state task force found that Lake Erie received phosphorus and more recently reactive phosphorus from crop land, due to the farming practices, and evidence suggests that in particular dissolved reactive phosphorus (from fertilizer) promotes additional growth.[24]
This shit is what excessive use of synthetic nutrients are doing to our ecosystem. I for one am interested in finding a better way, so I will be investigating some more organic approaches to growing my cannabis because I feel it's a better method for the goal I'm trying to achieve; producing safe and effective medication as close to the way mother nature has done it for hundreds of millions of years. As I explore the world of organics, I will post my successes and failures as well as my end results for better or worse and we can all learn together for the better of the community.
