[mojave green]

https://plantcellbiology.masters.grkr..._Nutrients.htm

[Dakine]

Originally Posted by jidoka

Nutrients travel into the plant through the xylem. Look up where the xylem is suppose to be

Finally lol!! Someone who understands the very basics of Plant Information..

Xylem and Phloem are the Cell Walls that carry and transfer Water and Nutrients throughout the entire Plant.

Xylem and Phloem are what Fills the stems. Silica is one of the Main nutrients for Cell Growth. There is no readily available Silica in A Hydro set up, like the rocks and rock dust/Minerals in Soil.. No available silica for the Roots/Plant means poor Cell production/growth, which means the xylem and Phloem “CELL” Walls are going to be thin and weak.

That in turn is Creating A Hollow Stem which is SERIOUSLY A poor highway with bunches of Potholes that’s supposed to Transfer water and nutrients throughout the plant..

[djonkoman]

yes, xylem and phloem are a plant's vascular system, but I don't think a hollow stem matters anything...

see this picture of what a stem looks like if you make a slide and look trough a microscope:


see how the xylem/phloem bundles are arranged in a circle, around the middle, closer to the skin than the core of the stem?
so hollow pith or solid pith, that shouldn't matter for nutrient/water transport or sugartransport, since the phloem and xylem are not in the pith(the middle of the stem)

[Natural high]

djonkoman is absolutely right. The fact that the inner core is hollow or filled with pith in some stems and branches means nothing in terms of plant health, ability to uptake nutrients or potency. Weight for weight, a hollow stem is stronger than a solid stem, so it may be an advantage for plants for support when producing large flower clusters and seeds.