Hydro vs Soil?

[justinsane33]

hydro gives me headaches

justinsane33 Reviewed by justinsane33 on 01-16-2010. Hydro vs Soil? I was recently fortunate enough to be given a sample of some hydro grown. The buds were VERY dense and heavy. Not wet. Just dense and heavy. But when smoked, it was popping and crackling. I am guessing this is because of all the solids left from the non-organic fertilizers - but I'm really just guessing. I know this is probably a big can of worms - since soil growers are going to put down hydro and the hydro is going to put down the soil growers. I sincerely hope we might have an Rating: 5

[palerider7777]

Hydro is not organic. True organic marijuana is grown in soil. In Amsterdam they call it bio. Most organic hydro i see has no smell at all. Most organic soil i see has good flavor, and good smell. Hydro is for yield, and convenience. Soil is for stinky , tasty, potent, medicine. The secret is in the dirt, and the evidence is in the smoke. if you cant tell, or dont agree, fine.

I smoke good hydo all the time, i just prefer and think soil is where its at.

yea the secret in the dirt is called nutes the food thats fed to the plants lmao. and if you say no smell,taste and so on then the person that grew it did'nt know what the fuck they were doing then.because it's not like that here. you should have smelt these 2 babies here very nice bubblegum/fruity smell. and a real nice citrus on the other like candy. and ya want to talk about dense? btw gave some to my uncle that had smoked sense the 50's and grew in soil from 70's on.he liked it so much he thought for sure it was soil.i said no he says gotta be it's so smooth and clean and tastes great.could'nt get enough.


so much for what ya hear on the street. it's called flushing/curing.big part in taste among other things...

[palerider7777]

hydro gives me headaches

then don't smoke it or find someone that knows what the hell there doing......:thumbsup:

[justinsane33]

then don't smoke it or find someone that knows what the hell there doing......:thumbsup:

all hydro anywhere. and i'm not the only one. ask around. so, no, i just don't smoke it. besides the basic idea of hydro goes against nature. plants grow in the soil. period.

[funkfingers]

I prefer OG soil myself, although I know it is possible to produce OG hydro that is comparable... It all lies in the hands of the person who is growing it. Hell even herb grown with chems can be really good provided it has had the proper flush and cure.. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and they all stink except for yours.

Ps not all plants grow in soil, even in nature.

[mainegrown]

damn.. that got intense for a bit there..
i grow in soil.. i go organic
but i do so because i dont have the $$ to build a GOOD
hydro setup.. if i go hydro i go all the way

~MG a.k.a. le Maine développé

[senorx12562]

I think the opinion of someone whose smoked for 35 years matters more than some on who has only smoke for a couple years.

I believe that organic soil grown is the best. It is definatley what i prefer. I cant make people who dont want to believe , believe. Its all a matter of opinion. And i am just giving mine. I guess i dont have a the techncal knowledge to back it up, but i got the SOUR STAR in my vaporizer that i havent seen anything better. Especially no bs hydro. :rastabong:

I'm not trying to bag on you. Many people agree with you, that's why I lug dirt. Vitamin Cottage and Whole Foods make millions on people who feel the same as you, but there is still no scientific evidence of any benefit to organics, even in food, except to those who are selling it to you.

[stuartambient]

I'm afraid you would have to provide some evidence of your assertion before I believe that the medium the plant is grown in has anything to do with taste or how it burns. The medium doesn't "do" anything except allow for transport of nutrients and oxygen to, and away from, the plant's roots via water. As long as those things are being accomplished, it doesn't matter whether it's little balls of clay or dirt or air. I think it would have to be what's going into the plant and/or what's still in it that controls how it tastes or burns, not how it got in.

I've just starting researching it all, and while I think the original is wrong in the complete assertion I will say from what I've deduced so far is supposedly real organic growing does tend to be more in soil grown plants.

I've had a numbers of strains that were very dense ( no popping though) and I attribute that to the strain and the strains needs perhaps. For instance recently I had a strain called Orange Blossom. I have no idea on the genetics line, and I know the name is probably a throw. Still it was very dense and compared to the bigger buds of others by eye a small fraction. Weight is weight and typically when you break those tight heavy buds up your still left wit the same amount of material.

[stuartambient]

I understand what you are saying, I just don't buy it. What you have is anecdotal evidence. Not real evidence. Now I've had a difficult time getting a satisfactory answer to the question of good organic nutes for hydro, but I think it's because organic nutes tend to clog up the works in a hydro system, not because they don't work for the plants. .....

Yes, that is what I've been coming across in my readings.

[Vancefish]

Personally I've smoked a lot of soil grown and it was,... Weed. I've also smoked a lot of hydro,.. It was often better. However of all the hydro I had before the new rules I can't remember any of it crackling. The person I knew WAS flushing it out though. All the soil grown I've smoked was either Mexican brick (watch for bowl mines, they don't crackle they POP!!)or something that just happened to grow out back.

Just recently I've been trying the wares at dispensaries. One strain I liked the effect from is Sour diesel. So, I've bought 4 grams at three shops. First one was hydro. It was very good, great flavor and effect. Second was soil grown but lighter and airy(lower power lighting), it had the same effect as the first, tasted the same as well. Just not as dence. Most recent and Third was a hydro which was not flushed out enough. It had an odd Chem flavor which friends refused to smoke. Point is both can be lousy or Fabulous!

So just to be included in the fun,...

Hydro,.. Soil,... Hydro!,.. Soil!,..HYDRO!!,.. SOIL!!,..:beatdeadhorse: