Thatoneguyyouknow_
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exactly how i feel. Outside, in ground, i feel it's honestly almost disrespectful to do anything but organics if you have the ability to. But i dont really ever use bottle nutes. I use compost, manures, and natural loams. I dont even use perlite outdoors, i use pumice stone. I did however do a few mild micro feedings back in spring and early summer before i was confident in the health of the soil here. But im pretty sure that was unnecessary. Just a precaution while they got established in the soil ecosystem.I'm a fan of Emerald Harvest personally, but I'll use anything if I think it's suitable. I'm pretty sure they have or are coming out with an organic line, too.
I just compost for my organic farming, we try to operate with as little overhead as possible.
I have a bunch of new (to me) nute lines to try that I acquired at CannaCon 22. Stuck around to the very end, got hooked the fuck up. I had to pack that shit in my car like Tetris. Bringing a truck next time
But speaking of organics I have some Royal Gold products to try. They have this new organic amendment called Crown Jewels that they hooked me up with along with several bags of various growing media. Peat, I think, idk haven't even fucked with it yet.
I'm using this GreenPlanet nutrients stuff right now. Pretty decent stuff I gotta say. They have a liquid organic fertilizer, now, too. I don't have any of that, though.
Personally, I don't really care about organic vs mineral derived fertilizers. They both do the job, it's just different ways of getting there. One is more sustainable whereas the other is not quite so. I'm a firm believer in organic farming for the sustainability and less pollution in massive crops, etc. But for indoor grows, home growers, etc there's nothing wrong with mineral derived nutrients. Especially for weed/hemp, having grown it in both, no real difference can be noted. It's not like you can look at or smell a bud and tell if it was grown organically or not. Maybe some people think they can...
There are definitely differing opinions on this subject, though. Talk to any long time commercial farmer and they'll probably argue that mineral derived beats organic until the cows come home. Switching from conventional commercial farming to organic no-till isn't an easy task and costs LOTS of money and several years of lost revenue/yield while conditioning the soil in your fields for no-till organic. That's the biggest turn-off for most folks. However, it is worth it in the end, if you can get there.
But anyway not to go off on a tangent... I always say, use whatever works best for you and always be willing to learn and improve, and you can't go wrong!
Indoors, i do whatever is most economical at the time for the desired result. Right now thats homemade compost in a peat/perlite based mix. And general hydro flora because i can buy it at the local county co-op store, and it's cheaper then botanicare and fox farm, their only other regiments that dont cost a fortune to buy because they say "organic" on the front of it. A well flushed bottle fed flower is more then enough quality for me. And im actually more confident in my ability to judge phenos indoors that way because of the consistency such regiments provide. If something goes wrong or unexpected, it's a lot easier to handle in that context too. to each their own indoors imho.
Hydro growers def need to stop putting their unused nitrates down the damn drains and pouring it off at the edges of their yards though. Seriously. Put that shit out in sunlight and let algae consume the nitrates before you dump it... Anywhere. It was not a coincidence the Blue river in suburb KC started algae blooming all through spring and summer only through the neighborhoods right after Rec cannabis hit. Rec growing hit, now all the bass and walleye are gone, and it's all carp and pond scum.
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