Weed World Mag Article (FAIL!) - The Low Down DIRT

I read an article in Weed World the other day titled The Low Down DIRT. It started off by making some really solid points about the environmental impacts of hydroponic growing, and the superior taste and effect of organically grown herb. I thought, man, they're really on to something. I dig it!

He mentioned the wastefullness of drain to waste, and the giant plastic footprint of using bottles upon bottles of nutrients. He went on to give a decent soil recipe, and then right about there is where he lost me... He then mentioned that he uses NO FEWER THAN 15 different bottled nutrients and supplements during each grow... REALLY??? After you he passionately described the "plastic footprint" of hydro growers???Come on!!! Nobody likes a hypocrite...

I just thought that was funny/sad, so I thought I would pass it along.

On a brighter note, the issue had some great pictures of a beautiful outdoor TGA garden.

SpicySativa said:

I read an article in Weed World the other day titled The Low Down DIRT. It started off by making some really solid points about the environmental impacts of hydroponic growing, and the superior taste and effect of organically grown herb. I thought, man, they're really on to something. I dig it!

He mentioned the wastefullness of drain to waste, and the giant plastic footprint of using bottles upon bottles of nutrients. He went on to give a decent soil recipe, and then right about there is where he lost me... He then mentioned that he uses NO FEWER THAN 15 different bottled nutrients and supplements during each grow... REALLY??? After you he passionately described the "plastic footprint" of hydro growers???Come on!!!

I just thought that was funny/sad, so I thought I would pass it along.

On a brighter note, the issue had some great pictures of a beautiful outdoor TGA garden.

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right, there is a whole lot of very marginal material coming out in the leading canna mags......the editors should be hanging out in the organics forum, picking up some legitimate material......lot of talent here.

Yeah, that's pretty lame. Before you laid out the punchline I was already thinking the same thing. Either way most people are gonna supplement soil using plastic bottles.

The funniest part for me came after his complex week-by-week feeding chemistry experiment/recipe... He then calls his method something like a "simplified" organic feeding program, or some BS like that. I'm far from an organic MJ expert, but I can smell BS when it's nearby.

..you guys both have good points, but here is the deal imho..........some of the very best herb on the planet is grown without bottles, but it is a craft learned over many years growing dank.....this type of information just does not come easy....i think that is the primary reason why most supplement with bottles......they don't know how to maximize potential without them....my bro grows trees in no-cal without using any bottles....and the photos of his trees are some of the most famous and most published shots around......he just happens to be a third generation grower and has been develping "bottleless" growing for many years....not only that, but developing an ability to communicate with your plants often never comes for some growers.....some have it, some don't........ i just don't know about too many writers with this kind of growing experience....esp. organics......its funny how pepole say organics is easy.......it is easy to reach moderate potential with organics on a consistant basis......but getting maximized potential out of a "bottless" grown 10 foot tree........well, that is another story all together....

I don't doubt his recipe... I'm sure it grows herb he's happy with, which is really ALL that matters. I guess what bugged me was his angle. He really talked up the environmental factor and "plastic footprint", which hits home for me (engineering degree and career based on cleaning up pollution). Then he talked about his 15 (or was it 16?) bottles...

SpicySativa said:

I don't doubt his recipe... I'm sure it grows herb he's happy with, which is really ALL that matters. I guess what bugged me was his angle. He really talked up the environmental factor and "plastic footprint", which hits home for me (engineering degree and career based on cleaning up pollution). Then he talked about his 15 (or was it 16?) bottles...

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yeah, i her ya bro....