The microbial life can not live in the salt from the synthetic nutrients. Bruce Bugbee video explains the outcome could be the same. I grew synthetic for five years before going organic. It is some much easier and some much cheaper.
What he says is salt stress will cause microbial shift but will not kill them and it would take over fertilization to even cause the shift, plant would die but microbes would still be present.
Maybe the reg water I give once a week keeps salts from "killing the microbes", idk.
I'm completely opposite, grew organic for a few years and then switched to synthetic and I think it's easier with synthetic, bigger yields and better potency.
I guess my soil doesn't need microbes to grow good bud.
Just add it to the list of things I don't need to grow good weed:
Dark periods before harvest
Flushing
Ph meter
Microbes
We can agree to disagree.
Which is fine, I don't know enough about the subject to debate it.
I can only share the information I've come across and what I've learned from experience.
I'll never pretend to know more about something then I actually do.
I guess I could buy this kit and see what the results of my soil are.
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