Why I think Chemical Fertilizers are bad

[kinesis]

I just thought about this and, I think to the very genetics of the plant the chemical fertilizers could be bad. One a lineage has been exposed to chemical ferts/nutes, it may have an impact on it, since you are growing it in an un-natural way!

I mean think about it, what if you were a growing human, not a plant, and all you ate was garbage - McDonalds, TV dinners, and other synthetic food stuffs. All day, from start to finish. How is chemicals that are not natural good for a plant? I noticed my body can reject chemical weed and I get a dry cough plus body load. Would you be a quality human or obese? If bad food can make you Obese and causes obesity in America, then what does Chemicals in our weed do, to both plants and our minds/body/health?

 

[whodare]

plants feed on inorganic salt. i literally mean that salts are what all plants live on. how they get it is what differs. hydro bypasses the microbial life in the root zone and directly feeds your plants. in organic soil you build a herd of beneficial bacteria and fungi and they digest organic material and release inorganic salts which the plant then takes in.

most fertilizer salts are created in a lab or mined from the earth. what's not natural about the latter. either route you choose the end result is the same, although with hydro you have control more easily of what your plant gets and when. plus they grow faster and yield better, a testament to hydro's efficacy.

 

[Sam the Caveman]

I won't take either side of this argument, its the age old organic vs. chem debate.

"How is chemicals that are not natural good for a plant?"

Every chemical (fertilizer) is natural, they are found in some form or fashion in the earth.

I think, and its my opinion, that organics is about utilizing diverse microbes to feed and help the plant in many other ways and using chem ferts are about feeding what you think it needs or can use. There are so many chem additives out there (liquid karma, etc..) that many of the benefits once only found in organics are now available in a bottle to be used in conjunction with chem ferts. However chem ferts and additives will never be able to have the benefits that a diverse microbial system provides when it comes to disease and pest resistance and overall immune function of the plant.

Another topic from another thread is about heavy metals, of which some believe to be of no concern. I THINK, the cumulative effects, over the long term of heavy metal exposure would be noticeable to anyone taking notes comparing a known against a control subject. Using chem ferts, each brand can be tested for purity, whereas organic supplies have the possibility to vary widely in their heavy metal content and isolation and exclusion would be virtually impossible, unless all supplies are sourced locally.

 

[whodare]

no side taking over here i say what ever floats your boat just dont try to sink mine. lol

the plants immunity certainly benefits from certain bacteria and fungi. which you can use in a synthetic system. they can even be applied via foliar feed along with your root drench.