Reading through a few old posts i came across someone stating: "if you want chemical tasting bud, grow hydro, if you want some of the best 100%organic bud do soil"
I hear this alot and thought I'd put my 2p in, feel free to comment, as this isn't a dig its just my views.
Plants use N-P-K these are elements, they are chemicals weather extracted by man, or present in the ground.
In a Hydro-nute the liquid is saturated with these elements, and are added by man.
In soil they are naturally present.
Either way its the same [FONT=arial, sans-serif] Nitrogen, same Phosphorus same Potassium.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]The only difference is that one is added by man, one is there to begin with.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Atop that soil also contains other chemicals present in the ground which may not be desirable and is effected by ph in exactly the same way that hydroponic nutes contain chemicals added by the manufactures for creating the mixture/stopping clumping etc.
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[FONT=arial, sans-serif]No doubt you get a SLIGHT difference in taste from earth but this is purely other elements sucked up in the muddy water by the roots, this can be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on the person and can be achieved by adding muddy water (strained for the pump) to the grow water if desired (but that's a story for a different thread).
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying either are better, they both have different advantages and disadvantages, speed, ease, cost etc.
The plant isn't fussed how it gets its NPK as long as it gets it.
All I'm saying is that as far as grow chemical flavour etc it't fairly neutral.
Please feel free to comment with your opinion on this.
Stocky[/FONT]
I hear this alot and thought I'd put my 2p in, feel free to comment, as this isn't a dig its just my views.
Plants use N-P-K these are elements, they are chemicals weather extracted by man, or present in the ground.
In a Hydro-nute the liquid is saturated with these elements, and are added by man.
In soil they are naturally present.
Either way its the same [FONT=arial, sans-serif] Nitrogen, same Phosphorus same Potassium.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]The only difference is that one is added by man, one is there to begin with.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Atop that soil also contains other chemicals present in the ground which may not be desirable and is effected by ph in exactly the same way that hydroponic nutes contain chemicals added by the manufactures for creating the mixture/stopping clumping etc.
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[FONT=arial, sans-serif]No doubt you get a SLIGHT difference in taste from earth but this is purely other elements sucked up in the muddy water by the roots, this can be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on the person and can be achieved by adding muddy water (strained for the pump) to the grow water if desired (but that's a story for a different thread).
Don't get me wrong I'm not saying either are better, they both have different advantages and disadvantages, speed, ease, cost etc.
The plant isn't fussed how it gets its NPK as long as it gets it.
All I'm saying is that as far as grow chemical flavour etc it't fairly neutral.
Please feel free to comment with your opinion on this.
Stocky[/FONT]