Does soil grow stronger plants?

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jonnynobody

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I've been growing in water to waste hydro dutch buckets for a few years now and I use to grow exclusively in soil. The bud always tasted amazing and the branches seemed hardy and firm. My hydro plants seem to require much more support than I ever provided for my soil plants. I usually had to spread the plant out, but I don't ever remember buds and branches just falling over due to stem weakness. Am I crazy or is this just a commonly known fact that I'm unaware of that soil grows stronger stems and healthier plants? My hydro doesn't taste bad or anything, but it doesn't leave a flavor on the pallet like my soil plants did.

I'm considering switching back to all soil. I think the flavor is much better and that adds to the overall quality and enjoyment of toking on it. I'm running 2 5 gallon buckets in ocean forest next flower cycle and if the flower is better tasting I'm done with hydro. Thanks for any advice you soil pros can offer!
 
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jonnynobody

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green_machine_two9er said:
Yes but I’m a soil guy. I’m sure water growers will argue otherwise. I would take it a step farther and research living soils
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That living soil is some mad scientist action. What they do with organic ingredients and the variety of teas they apply to make the magic happen is really cool. I'll probably keep my first couple soil grows real simple. GH 3 part with a feed once per week and water the rest of the time.

I saw this cool video a guy did with a soil vs coco, vs hydro test growing peppers. Very cool results. Soil yielded the most developed peppers and came in 2nd for total yield. The hydro had the largest plants and the lowest yield of all 3 mediums. Coco came out #1 with twice the soil plant's yield. Kinda blew my mind there.
 
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Weedvin

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jonnynobody said:
I've been growing in water to waste hydro dutch buckets for a few years now and I use to grow exclusively in soil. The bud always tasted amazing and the branches seemed hardy and firm. My hydro plants seem to require much more support than I ever provided for my soil plants. I usually had to spread the plant out, but I don't ever remember buds and branches just falling over due to stem weakness. Am I crazy or is this just a commonly known fact that I'm unaware of that soil grows stronger stems and healthier plants? My hydro doesn't taste bad or anything, but it doesn't leave a flavor on the pallet like my soil plants did.

I'm considering switching back to all soil. I think the flavor is much better and that adds to the overall quality and enjoyment of toking on it. I'm running 2 5 gallon buckets in ocean forest next flower cycle and if the flower is better tasting I'm done with hydro. Thanks for any advice you soil pros can offer!
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No matter wich way you choose I'd always say organically done. I used to depend on others for my smoke, no comparison to what I grow. NONE ✌
 

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jonnynobody

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Weedvin said:
No matter wich way you choose I'd always say organically done. I used to depend on others for my smoke, no comparison to what I grow. NONE ✌
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Those are some beautiful dense colas! I love how the entire stem is full top to bottom. Thanks for the dope pic and insight dude!
 
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