Ever try snow...

[stupids]

I have been using melted snow to water my bitches...snow contains nitrogen so its like free nutes...anyone else trying this or am I the only one...I suggest you try it... :thumbsup:

[RastaKaze]

I'm pretty sure I can say with confidence that yes, you are the only one :)

[mightymarijuanabuds]

yea... and i would like to see some documentation showing that snow contains nitrogen

the way i see it, it would be no different than watering with collected rainwater, which alot of people do, but i find it seriously hard to believe that snow or rainwater contain any significant amount of N

i could be wrong though... so show me somethin proving it :D

[dreadydrug]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.............. ..........................................hahahaha hahahahahhaha

[stupids]

yea... and i would like to see some documentation showing that snow contains nitrogen

the way i see it, it would be no different than watering with collected rainwater, which alot of people do, but i find it seriously hard to believe that snow or rainwater contain any significant amount of N

i could be wrong though... so show me somethin proving it :D

Scroll down to the bottom of the link...its the last Q/A

http://ggweather.com/archive/weacornermar09.htm

Actually you are right about the rain water...I had only heard about this in snow...
I will continue my practices...I am not affraid of pollution...much

[mightymarijuanabuds]

interesting

ill still stick with fox farms... $15 for a big bottle of ferts that last years for my little garden.. besdies ya need different ferts for flowering anyway :)

[syrrus]

Why take the risk of possibly exposing my plants to something that would harm them. And considering the fact that the ph level of most rain water is very acidic. I would rather feed them controlled water that is well treated.

[J DOG 6000]

What a waist of time.

[JohnnyPotGrower]

I'm still skeptical. . . when it comes to my plants i dont know if i am going to trust something from the San Jose Mercury News.

I think, though, that even if nitrogen is "trapped" in snow as they say, when the snow melts it most likely evaporates and is released as a gas which doesnt help your plants. The only way for the nitrogen to have the same effect as fertilizer would be if it was somehow chemically bound with something in the snow... and if that were the case snow would be more than just frozen H2O (something like NH2O, and it certainly isnt).

So while its a possibility that there MAY be trace amounts of nitrogen "trapped" in snow, it probably is simply released when the snow melt and serves no benefit to the plant at all. But hey if you wanna risk your plants health by experimenting, go ahead.

-JPG

[RastaKaze]

Wow I cannot beleive we are still talking about this. SNOW IS RAIN, RAIN IS WATER. The nutrient content isn't going to change with temperature... Sorry :)

[mike001]

damn learn something every day. :rasta:

[digitaldog]

HAHAHA !! now i`ve heard it all!!!!
Snow is water right??????? water is H2o?????? H2o is 2 X hydrogen atoms for each atom of oxygen?????
Where the fuck does the nitrogen come into it???
And if u thought that nitrogen was the only nutrient that a plant needs & that putting snow on a plant that predominantly thrives in hot climates such as Afghanistan was a great idea then ur certainly living up 2 ur name!!!!!
Stupid!!!!!!!!
Digi

[super420]

Well to speak a bit . . . Gases are more soluble in colder liquids. What is most of atmosphere made up of??? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? (Damn AK-47!!!) NITROGEN!! So in theory, more nitrogen would be dissolved in the water, right? In theory, yes, but the added amount is only a molecule or two. Snow, is exactly as the gentleman above stated, rainwater. There is no magic formula here, just cold frozen rain water. Still aren't believing me? Take a warm can of coke, shake it up, and open her up. Do the same with a cold can of coke. Which spews more foam??? CO2 is a gas, and reacts the same way . . . of course it has been compressed and forced into the liquid during manufacturing . . see the point?? Naturally, gas doesn't dissolve into liquid at that fast a rate. End of my stony rant.

[Miggoll]

No yellow snow............

[super420]

No yellow snow............


Why not? It'd be dilluted, and high in nitrogen??? Just handle with rubber gloves . . . :stoned:

[mightymarijuanabuds]

a little too high in N

if your going to use urine as a fert, i believe the suggested dilution is like 30:1 or 20:1 somethin like that w/ water of course