See I told you I'm a newb didn't even post in the right section, I am not growing hydroponically doing soil.
Hopefully somebody can chime in, or maybe I might have to make a new post in the right section or have this moved...
actually you are technically growing hydroponically
Remember if you are giving your plant food via water, it's hydroponics, regardless of your media.
There is such a thing as organic hydroponics, it's just not common, because the theory defeats itself.
But growing in an inert media and using organic nutrients (tea) that's an organic setup.
That's why I asked what was in your soil.