So why is nobody testing the popular MJ fertilizer brands for toxicity, heavy metalls and radioactivity? C'mon, we have so many bigtimers here, and so many people with interest in MMJ, these tests shouldn't take more than a few hundred bucks....
The state of Oregon has already tested 'popular MJ' fertilizer brands, search for your brand here:
http://oda.state.or.us/dbs/heavy_metal/search.lasso
Also, a soil with mycorrhizae and bacteria can filter the heavy metals.
The smaller the grow, the more non-organic fertilizers will be easier to manage and get consistent results.
Yes, I see your point and forget that some may not have the basic skills needed to apply them properly and totally concur on your point. Skills are needed for either method though, equally so. As I have been growing everything (not just cannabis) on a large scale since I was a young child I forget how steep the learning curve is or that one even exists.Really? Check the infirmary.
Pine
There's also a fair amount of work and three times the area unless we are talking bottled organics.
It's all up to each grower and their set of circumstances what they choose, and wouldn't think of influencing the way you grow. Only you know what your circumstances are and you shouldn't have to substantiate your decisions.I have a small organic farm (400w cab) and I think organic growing (without bottles) is almost no work. I top dress dry organic fertilizers a couple times per cycle and maybe brew a compost tea or two, and that's about it. I recently went through a whole cycle growing SSH where I did absolutely nothing but water for 17 weeks. I grow in a tote and when harvest time comes I just chop to stumps and re-plant; no new soil, no mixing, measuring, ect.
I never went the bottle method, but IMHO it's good to see people moving away from that method if they had. The only real community I belong to here is that of the individual breeders on the Boo/Bay section. Better S/N ratios on those forums and less BSI'm not sure about other growing communities, but the organic community here has moved away from bottles and store bought products and toward a natural farming concept using things like homemade compost and EWC, plant meals (which you can grow yourself), cover crops, and quality soil-dirt and mulch material from outside.
Pinecone, I think that if you and I sat down there would be more in common than you think.
After messing my back up and considering the actual logistics of getting any kind of soil to my grow the 1 1/2 lb weight of a brick of GH brick of coco is orders of magnitude lighter. I no longer live on a farm with my door virtually at ground level and organic soil a wheelbarrow trip away (LOL)
BTW I, too, am a sativa lover. My current grow is some 100% sativa Guawi, from one of the vendors here.
not that nicotine isn't toxic, but it is to illustrate that all prevalent cancers traced back to environmental sources such as agriculture are cancer catalysts because of the synthetics introduced into the environments not because of the the plants composition in and of of itself.
but trust me i know why people who don't understand organics are threatened by them
modern marijuana fertilizers guarantee a measurable margin of success simply reduce the learning curve in regards to BASIC plant health and nutrition for those who simply don't, wont and/or can't figure it out any other way __________________