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Feb 25

Ask EWG: Does hydroponic mean organic?

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Water System

Environmental Working Group researcher gets to the bottom of the hydroponic vs organic question.

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  • GonG108

    hydro or better aeroponics with fish tanks ( as providers for the nutrition and the plants as a flter for the fish water a closed eko system ) , is not better or not it is the ultimate solution for urban vegetable supply and fish , in aereas where you usualy can t grow and need to buy it at the store , think about that such a system even if it only has to feed 3 heads it is very cheap and provides you with all your vegies and the fish you decide to let grow in the tank.

  • GonG108

    music is o.k. i can t say that of seeral other videos i´ve seen on yt so do not worry about your music , better give your plants some muzac

  • acenterview

    In the early years of Hydroponics I suppose some big producers used some “chemicals”. If you want real, true life Organic Hydroponic – then look at the closed loop system of Aquaponics. Fish get feed, poop, water pumped to plants. Bacteria break down ammonia to nitrogen which feed the plants and clean water is returned to the fish. Plant eating fish like Tilapia are feed duckweed so no chemicals are needed in the entire food chain if you have the right ratio of fish to plants.

  • redrum5678

    I recommend using Mighty Crobes from sierra chemical company (. com). This stuff helps out your roots a ton. I use it for all my indoor crops and especially cuttings. Great inoculant and lasts up to a year.

  • donrondadon

    If you seriously just asked that question please give me your address so that I can fly a microlight into it. Dumbass.

  • TomatoGrowOp

    @strid3r34 “we should reconsider, and at least test the side effects of growing things outside of their intended nature”

    Plants are not outside of their nature if they eat food. the plant decides if it wants to eat the hydroponic food. there have been tests done. With soil you have mercury cadmium and other heavy elements in your food. not only is hydroponic food better for you it’s better for the plant.

  • TomatoGrowOp

    Hydroponic solutions are made out of bat shit and seaweed it’s no less organic than the cow, pig and chicken shit they use in organic farms. Hydroponics don’t use pesticides as much as organic outside plants raised in chicken poop. Hydroponic plants are heartier and healthier every study ever done has come to this conclusion.

  • strid3r34

    @greymobvmp sorry you took personal offense to my comment, but I was just repeating what the guy said. He said chemicals, not active culture. You probably support hydroponics and you may already grow hydroponically, didn’t mean to offend your livelyhood. But seriously, we should reconsider, and at least test the side effects of growing things outside of their intended nature.

  • greymobvmp

    @strid3r34 dip shit , when you grow geoponicly (soil) you are growing in a rotting mix of active culture, like a nasty quicksand stew thats decomposing, if you knew anything really about growing shitt then you would see that your stament make you look like an asshole who couldnt keep it in a second longer! study up bro, then come back here and delete that bullsharck you said…aloha oi

  • cubachang

    besides why are you waiting for the USDA to certify organic? just go visit the farm and ask questions to the farmer.

  • cubachang

    that has changed there is now an hydroponic organic certification, our farm is getting it soon!

  • guyontheend

    @SpikenAL everything is a chemical

  • strid3r34

    WTF did u just hear what this guy said? These hydroponic plants are grown in a stew of chemicals. Why don’t people grow shit outside like it was supposed to

  • SpikenAL

    Just say no to chemicals if you can ..

  • boxa888

    @Sojaofdapepo i am gonna try it some day once i get a green house set up. yea like a watered down mudd filled with leaves manuer wood chips things like that just make a nice slury of the stuff and have it circulate through a turbine and have that mix and give the plants the nurients, im sure it would work very well, that way even if i cant claim it organic, i know its organic and good for my people who care like me about our growing food concerns lol.

  • Sojaofdapepo

    @boxa888 u mean mud lol the soil/dirt part is just a medium and has no nutrients what you want is a “compost tea”(nutrients extracted from compost in liquid form) they are very good and help naturally repel bugs

  • boxa888

    @mizzrubble thats not true, russia grows all organic in giant green houses with no troubles, you invite the insects and fungus and permaculture into the greenhouses to keep it like the natural environment.everyone look it up its impressive, no GMO bull shit that we deal with here, if you give the plant machines the right fertilizers and nurients you never need to GMO shit!

  • boxa888

    @Sojaofdapepo why cant you liquify organic soil in a water solution and give it to the plants, that sounds organic to me! you can circulate a liquified solution with the right equipment. that should be allowed then. get a tesla turbine and there will never be a clog ever!

  • boxa888

    @normloman why cant you liquify organic soil in a water solution and give it to the plants, that sounds organic to me! you can circulate a liquified solution with the right equipment. that should be allowed then.

  • Sojaofdapepo

    @2RevoWa non-organic hydroponic, does not make all the things that a fully organic plant would have FACT
    organic is more nutritious FACT
    it’s like that movie idiocracy, giving the plants gatorade
    The petroleum-based chems might look similar on paper but they lack thousands of things that their organic counterparts would have.

  • Sojaofdapepo

    @mizzrubble i think u have mistaken me for a hydro finatic, i gotta say, my favorite herb is from soil, but i have never gotten hydro that taste like shit, u got shit weed, it’s like people growing shitty kush and still calling it kush, it devalues the name, hydro is good, shitty growers r shit

  • mizzrubble

    @Sojaofdapepo yeah and it tastes like shit just like all you hydro growers weed.

  • mizzrubble

    @silverpizza100 you need to do your homework school boy. organics are well defined for decades now in california. Talk less and read more. you will be more appreciated when you speak with knowledge vs your cock.

  • mizzrubble

    >normioman- you obviously dont garden indoors.
    1. bugs and fungus are worse in indoor gardens than outdoor because there are no natural predators inside.
    2.have all the safety? are you sure. no way since you dont even understand what ‘organic meand
    3.extra nutrition??? wtf are u talking about. does hydro make more nutrition.?lol
    4. “great taste”- except for lettuce, most hydro produce is tasteless as is the weed grown in water is.
    5.environmental benefits?chemical fert.ends up in water table.

  • 2RevoWa

    The result is much higher growth rates, yields and even
    crop quality than organic methods can achieve. This is not what
    some people want to hear, but it is the simple scientific truth – and
    practically all scientists and educators in the fields of agriculture
    and chemistry know it and will be the first to agree. In fact, the
    kinds of materials which are permitted for use under “organic”
    regulations are not of sufficient purity to be used for hydroponic
    culture. Thank you for reading

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