randybishop
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I was wondering what people's opinion of General Hydroponics Flora Series, are the chemicals in these nutes bad for your health?
General Hydroponics Flora Series...bad for you?
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churchhaze
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Plants always pull up the same food whether they're grown with hydroponic nutrients or in soil.
The difference is when growing in soil, bacteria is responsible for turning ammonia into nitrate. In hydro, you provide nitrate salts directly rather than letting bacteria make the nitrates.
The only thing in GH flora series that shouldn't be there is the food coloring... What, you think nitrate and phosphate salts are actually green, pink, and brown? They're all white salts.
The difference is when growing in soil, bacteria is responsible for turning ammonia into nitrate. In hydro, you provide nitrate salts directly rather than letting bacteria make the nitrates.
The only thing in GH flora series that shouldn't be there is the food coloring... What, you think nitrate and phosphate salts are actually green, pink, and brown? They're all white salts.
randybishop
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Thanks for your knowledgeable reply. I guess I was thinking since I as "consuming" the plant, are the nutes the plant absorbs possibly bad for my health?
SnapsProvolone
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Most of the hydroponic greenhouse produce is grown on GH Flora.
randybishop
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Good to know, thanks!
Renfro
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Your plant looks fine to me. If you aren't feeding it yet, now is the time to start with a gentle, balanced veg feed unless you are in organic soil of course.
Awesome possum I may worry a little to much i apologize i just dont want to fuck her up lol..thanks again yes i am it's just on 7 days now with nutes ppm was at 660 its about 740 now that I cleaned and refilled with new nutes I'm not 100% sure what my ppms should be at I've heard 600 to 800 for veg 800 1100 in late veg to and flowering is that right ?
oh yaa here's her roots.. I'm so excited to see them grow it's crazy once they started to come out now they are sending it.. I love it
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Renfro
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I wondered about that lol
But thank you
Okay forsure ..well next week I'll bring it up to 1000 if shes not gonna be telling me by then
I'm fucking dead I started to scroll up and was like wtf ..shit
Do you know if this is the wattage the light is pulling? If you dont think so How much do you think it would cost to run every month
SUNRAISE 1000W LED Grow Light Full Spectrum for Indoor Plants Veg and Flower LED Grow Lamp with Daisy Chain Design Triple-Chips LED (15W LED 96pcs)
I've been using GH Flora for years, and I'm still alive. Although I am currently in the process of switching nutrients away from that product, I can't say anything bad about it. It does what it's marketed to do very well.
Dreaming1
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There are chemicals in there?
"They're safe enough." Monsanto told me so... I mean they are in concentrations that are weak enough that they are not toxic to humans with general exposure. Now, soak your body 24/7 in them or keep a jar of them in your airflow? Probably a bad idea. Inject them? Genius level shit.
What about potting soil? Is it safe to be around? I know someone who died from legionaires disease from being a gardener. Yeah... Potting soil.
So...is life safe? Oh, HELL NO! We're gonna die.
The worse part of "are these chemical fertilizers safe", is the manufacturing plants for them, and the environmental issues of the industry. What about the environmental impacts of organic amendments? They have to be taken from the natural place where they are and moved to somewhere else, burning fossil fuels the whole time.
What's the solution? Idk. Ask question like yours, try to constantly learn and stay informed, stay local, DIY, and somehow we have to strike a balance with producing and consuming. Everything is connected and just flows around and around.
"They're safe enough." Monsanto told me so... I mean they are in concentrations that are weak enough that they are not toxic to humans with general exposure. Now, soak your body 24/7 in them or keep a jar of them in your airflow? Probably a bad idea. Inject them? Genius level shit.
What about potting soil? Is it safe to be around? I know someone who died from legionaires disease from being a gardener. Yeah... Potting soil.
So...is life safe? Oh, HELL NO! We're gonna die.
The worse part of "are these chemical fertilizers safe", is the manufacturing plants for them, and the environmental issues of the industry. What about the environmental impacts of organic amendments? They have to be taken from the natural place where they are and moved to somewhere else, burning fossil fuels the whole time.
What's the solution? Idk. Ask question like yours, try to constantly learn and stay informed, stay local, DIY, and somehow we have to strike a balance with producing and consuming. Everything is connected and just flows around and around.
ounevinsmoke
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A lot of conflicting information in here. Lets use the human body for example, will your body notice the difference in consuming a carbonated beverage vs naturally squeezed fruit juice? I had this debate with Heisenberg some years ago (synthetic vs Organic). Him being more scientific than I and much more capable of pulling data and information off the internet still could not convince me that aspartame as a sweetener has little effect on the human biological system. In fact, studies show aspartame turns to formaldehyde once it hits the liver. High fructose corn syrup turns immediately to fat once it hits the liver. So ask yourself when people brew teas and feed them sugars to multiply bacteria, do they even consider an artificial sweetener? With hydroponics in general, the diet is artificial. Don't get me wrong, I like hydro, but anything can be bad for health even if its not immediately visible. Look at Vaping...