My point is that maybe it's better to start with a good set of genes than trying to beat one into submission.
Right, which is a reiteration of the point I made just before yours. I'm pretty sure we are both in agreement but I was just responding to the post by farmboss. I get irritated when people assume that 'chemicals' are bad for you without realizing that everything in life in merely chemicals. Water is a chemical.
Without going OT too much, this idea that 'chemicals' and 'synthetic' is somehow worse than 'natural' and 'organic' is annoying to me. I know for a fact that good inorganic nutrients (I can't call them completely synthetic since many compounds are derived from natural sources) can grow plants just as well if not better than organic methods (which of course cannot be completely organic in the true sense since they also use many inorganic substances that are naturally derived). The question I had is whether taste and smokability is improved with organic growing, something that is reasonable to consider since a) it is claimed by many people that organic just tastes better, and b) organic compounds may very well provide substances that alter the manufacture of terpenes and related compounds. Not everything the plant takes in has to be considered a nutrient as there might be other regulating factors as yet unknown.
I did an informal experiment. When I need a new mother, I put my old one in flower and replace it with a clone. My mothers are in soil so I ran a Super Soil method for her side-by-side with my hydro setup using DM Gold A & B and h2o2.
I kept the two harvests separate and offered up A/B comparisons to some friends/acquaintances, a few of which consider themselves pot snobs. They filled out the smoke report form from another website. They compared everything from looks, taste, and high. They were not told that one was organic and the other not as to not influence them. The results were that even people that believe that organic always tastes better, that synthetic nutes leave a 'chemmy' taste, no one could determine that either of the two batches were grown by different methods. Not a single comment about a chemical taste and a few picked the inorganic weed as the better tasting but acknowledged they were having a hard time distinguishing so they were probably equal. There is confirmation bias at work when someone is told that there is a difference, they will attempt to discern one, even if there isn't one in actuality.
I'm sure some of the organic-only proponents will find fault with my test but I am convinced there is nothing that organic growing can give me that a good inorganic nute regimen cannot.
this is a female plant(either white widow crossed with mangoes or vice versa...but by tym im done it'll b tottaly different strain) that was hermie....using potash + & reverse perfectly fine female now at 4 weeks....sum are just tipping like this one here others are full decent chunks....buthard to take under my lights....radiation of the light interfears with the signal...........i have a better pic up soon but the downside is i have one but im in it also ........but it clearly shows the transformation of what were seed sacks turn into female sacks......ill have to re-crop it b4 i drop it up......but this does work ive had big ratios out doors also and found it to b relvevent on the average of 1% that wont work.&if they are male altogether ....damn not an easy feat.....u need more than just reverse...in that case scenario.. ive done a few grow's now with it..this is around my fifth..it at the end of the day it comes down to if u feed it the right ratio it will return full female.and take the right actions.....altho i gotta admit reverse does make it a hell of alot easyier..but ill get u my results in a few weeks.......pretty sure i have full blown females...like the last hermies i had ..
