In need of some FEEDBACK! Help a girl out??

[Esteban1]

A big fan of the "agree to disagree" school of thought. Anarchy rules the day! Peace


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[Shovelhandle]

Fortunately - The only things it needs to grow is water, and light. The reason we use nutrients is so we can increase harvest size. Has nothing to do with quality, only quantity.

Why don't you grow out a plant using just a vessel of water and light and show us how that works. No soil, (nutrients are in soil) no dirt either. Post photos, maybe we can play guess the deficiencies.

Peace.

[low_rdr]

Lemme get setup again (remember just moved) and we'll play that. Red solo cup time

[Esteban1]

Let the games begin!


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[built2spill]

@AriJuana Congratulations, you made it through a full cycle. Bet you have learned a lot and will do much better the second time around. You also managed to inadvertently set off a interesting debate.

I would bet the house that well conditioned soil, with no added nutes, will perform just as well as inferior soil that is heavily fertilized. The old saying "feed the soil, not the plant" works best for the long haul. In good soil, light and water is all that is needed to grow a quality harvest. If the soil has all the nutes a plant needs then adding nutes may actually have an adverse effect.

A plant grown on straight water will die. Lack of nitrogen will prevent the plant from growing more that a couple of nodes before it begins to consume itself. Take a clone and stick it in water. How long does it take for the lower leaves to start to yellow? Once the plant cannibalizes all the nitrogen from the lower leaves there is nothing left for new growth and the plant dies. There is really no other end result to this scenario without adding nutes.

I would like to see a side by side grow where the medium is a quality, organic/ compost soil. One plant gets only water and light and the other the same with added nutes. Maybe even do 4 nute plants at 1/4 strength, 1/2, 3/4, and full. In this scenario I would bet on the straight soil outperforming the full strength and the 3/4. Not so sure on the other two plants.