No where near as much risk for bugs in hydro, but it does happen
Can hydro taste as good as soil??
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swedsteven
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?how can you flush real organic soil. Water only from transplant to harvest ...no heavy metal in my mix and i never change soil just add some compost and ammendments on top with little limming* chaux *and i mix and tranplant .tap water until harvest . Fuck it taste better bro im new to organic 2 years under my belt 8+years with synthetic nute canna,jack,dynagro,botanicareIMO when you understand how organic vs inorganic nutrients work, you will start to think there really isn't a difference.
Organic nutes are "large" organic molecules that literally cannot fit through the membrane of the roots. This is where the beneficial bacteria come in. They break down these large organic molecules into simpler, smaller elements the plant can absorb and use.
Inorganic nutes are refined, usually from rock sources and purified down to their simplest form. Basically doing what the bacteria does, but in a lab. You could argue that these are also from "natural" sources of nutrients, so the term "chemical nutes" or "synthetic nutes" gets a bad name. I prefer "refined nutes".
In terms of undesirable heavy metals, I argue inorganic is "cleaner"as alot of organic nutes have high heavy metal contents. Inorganic nutes can be "purified" by the manufacture to remove these, so the residual is much less.
At the end of the day, the plant doesn't care. A nutrient is a nutrient is a nutrient. I still think you need to flush organic as well, or rather just feed plain water for the last few weeks to use up all the good stuff in the soil.
As long as it tastes good, smokes to a clean white ash, it doesn't matter what you use. Keep growing that dank.
Flame suit on.
Now Down to earth bio-live .top feed hen manure . compost and once a year volcanic rock dust from can amaze.
Price when you reuse your soil lol same as the garden off my grand mother nothing lol
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INF Flux
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Once you understand organics the bugs become your friend. A hydro grow lacks the checks and balances present outdoor or in living soil. If spider mites get into my space they are just food for my predator mites.
With living soil, you are feeding the bugs who feed the worms who feed the bacteria who feed the fungi who trade nutrients with the plants in exchange for sugars.
This is why organic bud behaves like well flushed hydro and burns white. The plants take what they need and when they no longer need it, they stop uptaking foods. The fade happens naturally with no flushing.
My expenses for nutes now consist of putting veggie scraps in a worm bin. I'm realizing that for most of the fancier amendments, a 2 lbs bag is a damn near life time supply.
I re use my own soil and generate more by composting. I've got a shit ton of hydroton in storage, not ever going to get used lol.
So hydro is perhaps better if you want complete control of every aspect, and Organics is a more hands off approach once it's established.
The other nice thing about organics is that your soil health will get better and better over time. As does what you grow in it.
Have I had issues going organic? Yes, but never to the point of it ruining a grow. When I was trying to maintain a sterile environment and using bottled nutes when the bugs made it in it was a bit of a nightmare. Or if the pump breaks or a line cracks etc. Worst thing that can happen to my grow now is if I drop a light on it.
churchhaze
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You should go get some spider mites so we can see how effective the predator mites are.
More BS. Neither flushing nor using organics have anything to do with bud burning white.
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I do not like dirt and can do much better organic hydro, the Bennie's can be introduced to the root zone and build colony's in hydro, without the back breaking work of messing with dirt,
If you like dirt cool, but I get better results in hydro every time , in all catagorys, yeild, taste and potency ,
Hydro scares many growers and it is actually very easy ,
Bugs live in dirt , I do not allow bugs around my grow,
The best way to avoid a problem is to never have a problem ,
INF Flux
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not having lots of extra crap you've forced into it does have an effect.
lol at being skeptical of predators, they are better as a preventative, but c'mon, they are the reason plants everywhere are not overrun with spider mites,
love this pic of a two spot getting eaten.
churchhaze
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Typical feel good logic.
SPLFreak808
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Short answer for this old ass thread.
Yes hydro can taste just as good as organic soil, both can easily have bad ratios that ruin taste.
Yes hydro can taste just as good as organic soil, both can easily have bad ratios that ruin taste.