How ignorant and small-mined. Is this guy living in isolation smoking only his own herb? Your claim, that environment has no role in terpenoid development, is not what I expected from an educated Canna-fan. Have you ever tested this idea or just claiming it to be true? This idea has been extensively tested and there are many factors that influence finished product smoke quality, genetics only playing part of this role. Now, knowing that you grow in soil with slow-release foods, you have no chance to test this theory, but we the indoor nation have every round to run experiments.
From my prior post " If your grow medium is correctly prepared to sustain plants throughout their lifes cycles without chemical supplements you've created a living soil complete with microbe colonies that service plant requirements". That's the environment stage. Then comes the curing.
So now environment plays a role, way to back-pedal. Obviously environment plays a huge role, especially for the indoor nation. And even more so for the soluble feeders.
You aren't smoking tomatoes (I hopeWhat nobody else flushes their tomatos???The onliest change in late season watering that any reg. gardner does is "turning off the water", [or tapering it off] to speed up the harvest, and gitter' done before hard frost.
If I did taste fertilizer in my tomato's it would be the special urea nitrate fertilizer my DOG applies.... thank god that flavor doesn't come through.
)Are you having reading comprehension problems? Grow medium preparation was my first post in this thread. Curing came after that.
I also grow outdoors in 25 gallon smart pots, as pictured. Self-contained grow medium, AACT applications only.
So your assertion is that undesirable chemicals can only be detected in plants that you smoke, not ones you eat. So OK, let´s all make it up as we go along.You aren't smoking tomatoes (I hope
There is a huge difference between sending something down your gut, and straight into your lungs.
Never said that. All I am saying that your gut is a much different environment that your lungs. YOUR LUNGS ARE MUCH MORE FRAGILE, no argument there.
And not everyone's grow media makes up their entire environment. In fact, many people are doing organics in soil-less media with soluble food. This is the Organic forum right? Not just the old school forum. So I give advice for the others, because your system is so simple I can't imagine how many questions people have about outdoors using teas. Indoor soil-less is way different than outdoor soil. If you don't know about soil-less mixes, then please relax.
I wonder if maddy ever tried an organic soil-less run, using (of course) soluble organics. And if he ever actually tried a true flush, and watched the advanced stages of chlorosis. Or if he is just hating because he can't flush, and depends on slow release like he does.
Ignorance is bliss. If he discovered that using the soil food web alone is great, but not the greatest for smokeables, then his world view would have to change. He would have to switch to soil-less media and less slow-release. Then he would have to start spending money, and his herb still won't sell for top dollar because its outdoor. That changes his whole game plan. It is the "can of worms" that comes with organic enlightenment.
HAHAHAHA. Now I'll have to drive up to Oregon, or wherever that guys is, to let him smoke some of my flushed herb.
I have a giant thread just on Vegan Organics, I don't want to steal this thread.
