Mia
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While your cynicism is not wholly without merit, it's a bit much.People don't discover things in science, they prove their own ideas.
Nothing is ever proven in science.
While your cynicism is not wholly without merit, it's a bit much.People don't discover things in science, they prove their own ideas.
I just think true organics( living soil and plain water) gives the best quality, but slightly lower yield.
My big problem is that I always taste the influence of any additives, even with flushing for a month. These additives give the cannabis an artificial taste. Even those liquid organics bottles make my weed sweet like candy(yuck). It is smooth though due to the long flush but it is just not the real taste I am getting with liquid nutes. Even molasses is a big no for me in terms of taste.
A plant is has to maintain a balance between energy used for defense and energy used for growth.
If a plant has to defend itself we say it looks "stressed"
But it is actually just not growing as energy is going elsewhere.
Plants that are free of stressors produce more secondary metabolites.
They cannot produce many terpenes during a spider mite onslaught.
So what is the least "stressful" environment for a plant.
Hydroponics reduces the energy used enlarging roots. It takes energy and lots of divisions to push through media.
I believe the faster growth is a result of several factors. Not having to "push" through media being one of them.
Hence tight slower woody growth in media and floppy girls in DWC while being in the same environment otherwise.
Which has the best secondary metabolites?
I have yet to do the work but I believe DWC plants have larger cells not more of them. Where the fuck is my scope...
IMO, this thread now contains more words based on "opinion" than "facts". Very difficult--if not impossible to ague "opinions".
The opinionated person will always shout, "my way is the best--your way sucks!"
I just think true organics( living soil and plain water) gives the best quality, but slightly lower yield.
My big problem is that I always taste the influence of any additives, even with flushing for a month. These additives give the cannabis an artificial taste. Even those liquid organics bottles make my weed sweet like candy(yuck). It is smooth though due to the long flush but it is just not the real taste I am getting with liquid nutes. Even molasses is a big no for me in terms of taste.
My sentiments exactly!!I feel peoples sense of taste is declining along with the quality of our foods.
Don't take it personally that's not my point!
My point is I have a hard time talking about taste with a population who on the whole could not taste the difference between two very different tomatoes. Say a Roma and a Beef steak. Never gonna happen. That's why they get away with mass production.
Weak palettes.
A palate has to be developed and "trained".
Wait, there are "Grand Scale" production facilities putting out excellent quality cannabis? You're so funny.I was touring a "grand scale" production facility last week, and about 75% of their operation is hydro with the other 25% in "organic grow medium". I asked why the 75/25 ratio and the reply I got kinda says it all, "all our high-end strains are grown in organic grow medium".
IMO, this thread now contains more words based on "opinion" than "facts". Very difficult--if not impossible to ague "opinions".
The opinionated person will always shout, "my way is the best--your way sucks!"
Both of these comments, you will be happy to know, are bunk.
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Humans have been blamed as causing a "great mass extinction event unlike any seen since the dinosaurs" and this is not only total horseshit, its complete and utter horseshit.
Easy to say, hard (ie. impossible) to prove.
And I too believe an ice age could happen very fast. Species had no time to migrate last time. Could be a matter of months. Fun isn't it?!
I was a Suba instructor for 10years. I just cannot get in the water in some spots. Hurts my heart to see corals ejecting zooanthellae all over. I love the Oceans. Dropped out of College (mairne biology) to grow.
Maybe its just a fluctuation. But it still sucks.