tobh
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say it louder for the non-gmo, free range, OMRI certified organic crowd in the back.literally the definition of organic matter it has a carbon molecule attached.
also, reiterate, plants don't uptake "organic" nutrients. they uptake compounds, otherwise known as chemicals, that *gasp* the soil organisms have chelated to make available to the plant. Just because you dump a bunch of literal shit into a pot doesn't mean the plant eats it. As the plant grows, does all your soil evaporate? didn't think so. what about in hydro, if running well does your EC drop, your pH rise, and your water level go down? yes... hmmm, wonder why.... oh that's right. the plants are eating the same shit from a more direct source. and they're doing it more economically without wasting water to runoff and direct evaporation via soil surface area.
organic is bullshit and outside KNF, it's proven to be more environmentally detrimental per many university studies (excess use of water, degradation of top soil, poisoning of watersheds, proliferation of noxious weeds, serious bacterial issues in harvested produce, eg e-coli, salmonella, lysteria, uneconomical given the effective timelines for it to work... need i go on) than hydroponic methods that conserve water, use less resources as the crops are grown quicker and more economically (less logisitics, less water consumption, minimal or no wasted water, higher yield), and the results produce higher Brix crops so they're healthier. Can't badge em with that almighty "organic" label for that hipster premium though, so you lose the nose in the air value there. weed is all the same -- rather smoke my sterile hydro harvest than anyones organic outdoor. at least i can reasonably trust my flower is clean of organic compounds and pathogens. cliffnote: organic compounds are the dangerous ones in chemistry, synthetics tend to be pretty fuckin stable, so there's that.
Last i have to add before stepping off this soap box, hollow stems don't mean shit. Some plants do it, some don't. I've grown well over 100 strains, and the oddities have been the full stem genetics. *mic drop*