The question may be cliche but that does not mean that new info cannot be gleaned. Interesting post a couple before yours, Dr. Who provided a nice service here. and of course someone here may be experiencing this debate for thefirst time.
Great big, beautiful plants! We're talking indoor container growing not outside soil growing.
Little things matter.Interesting conversation on a well worn topic.
I grow in Ocean Forest potting soil and add Pure Blend Pro Grow as needed. I add nothing else but my moderately hard well water.
My flavors are better than when I used pro mix and Kind Trio. But only a little. And the effects are a bit more complex and potent. A little.
And adding better spectrum lighting also improved terpene and canabanoid content to my senses. I believe in the science of the spectrum influencing uptake and plant growth.
As far as organic tending to taste better than a nuetral medium style I think it is because of the wider amount of different elements available to the plant. Kind gives better results to me than the powdered nutes I tried because of the added seaweed in the formula. Seaweed extract has many more trace elements available to plants than the 16 that are included in most fertilizers.
Add in all the rest of the organic inputs like worm castings and rock dust and there is a vast profile of different forms of NPK and trace elements available potentially.
Beyond that the growers style and results are more important than most anything.
Just my opinion folks. I understand that the plant uses the ions from these broken down elements. And I believe that you can supplement hydro or a nuetral mix grow with humic acid and seaweed and get similar results.
With my setup the plants can and have survived for 48 hours without pumps but I wouldn't do it on purpose lol. I really think this is an argument that will go on for ever. As the Stanford study showed, there is no real health benefit with organic and it's more of a way to lessen the footprint on the environment, I'm still on the fence about that as I see less yield and more work re carbon foot print due to more use of machinery for less. I own 100 acres of certified organic fields (I don't farm, but rent it out) and the yield has dropped dramatically but the soil is much nicer. I am also of the minority in that I prefer a well grown hydro bud for taste than I do a soil grow, yes I do both lol. The one dispensary that I do visit (rarely) sells the indoor hydro for more than the outdoor soil. I would rather grow my crops outdoors for the simple fact it's cheaper and easier (if the weather cooperates) to pull in huge numbers but it's illegal here so much higher risk IMO. Great discussion though but again I think it's more of a personal choice than anything, carry on lol.
here ya go. if you are open minded and have 90 min to listen, you can find out how much bullshit there is in the big ag industry and how those practices are destroying the earth and the people that live on it.
You plant in one pot is not nearly on the scale nor the longevity requirements she is talking about. Have you tested your medium's biology? It's not gunna be there in a soiless mix fed synthetic nutes. Just because you can grow a cannabis plant with some synthetic nutes in a home grow better than your soil has very little to do with her topic.
This is correct. I run beneficials with synthetics and get fantastic results.
yields goes up with organic, all this brainwash BS, only amateurs will yield less with organics. Simple, BIG POTS BIG LIGHTS, ok there are a few more tricks... sorry I had to say something have not read what anyone else had to say yet ,.. or should I even bother...
do you own a microscope? sorry but I ll take her words.
Yes I do own a microscope, but what you said makes no sense.
Bullshit. Everyone knows synthetic yields more in a given pot size.
In the same amount of time. And also grow style
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bullshit
