Ask EWG: Does hydroponic mean organic?

[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]

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.

[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!

[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

[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

[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.

[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.

[SpikenAL]

Just say no to chemicals if you can ..

[guyontheend]

@SpikenAL everything is a chemical

[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.

[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!

[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

[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.

[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!

[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]

@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.

[2RevoWa]

Here are the Facts. There is a huge popular debate about the value of "organic" fertilizers and methods, many people would like to apply "organics" to hydroponics.

Currently accepted organic fertilizer

components are dependent upon organisms in the soil to convert

the "organic" materials into a useable form for plants. So While Growing Hydro,

In hydroponics we provide the minerals required for plant growth

directly, completely eliminating the need for soil and soilorganisms.

[silverpizza100]

Organic, people get all excieted and break out their pocketbooks. Dont believe the hype people. Truth is , you dont know what you are getting because you have not worked the farm..at night , they may wipe their buttcheeks with your strawberries or scratch their balls then pick your food. Just trust , like in god and government,,, You people really need to learn to think and ask questions and keep asking,

[The831Z]

hahaha both ways organic or from a none organic dirt farm can be said about that.you got to take your own advice before talking.

[silverpizza100]

stfu hydro is organic, and grown in soil sucks and is not organic. since when do people call soil grown organic? Organic what does it mean anyways, natural grown with no human involvement, yuck! So really organic means no pestacides to people really, Well that is what I think of...no pestacides.. but what is a pestacide? anything that wards off bugs, this is how people get rooked. they dont ask questions...Greenhouse is not a term used to get people to buy, but when you say

[The831Z]

from what i read and i may be wrong is that a dirt farm that is organic has to have no comical or man made pesticides on the dirt and plant. also the seeds used have to be organic. you can add natural fertilizer, example would be sea weed. hope that answers your question.

[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.

[adwdragon]

neem oil is very good to control pests and its considered organic!, I grow a system in my back yard and neem oil and use whole milk to control powdery mildew on my veggies and has done the trick!

[jfritz34]

This guy is full of crap! normloman has got it right. In fact organic farming is riskier due to your chance to contract Ecoli. Remember back around Spring 2008 when all the tomatoes got ecoli. Sure didn't come from a greenhouse!

[normloman]

Most hydroponicly grown crops do not need pesticides because they can be grown indoors. There are lots of hydroponic crops have all the saftey, extra nutrition, great taste, and environmental benefits of organic food, but many hydroponic growers can't get certification because some states require certified organic crops to use soil. Bullshit, if you ask me.

[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.

[hinduhkush]

though it was weed

[fran1618033]

Cultivo hidropônico permite uma qualificação orgânica impossível de ser obtida no cultivo de solo, sem falar nas questões de produtividade e sustentabilidade, tanto ambiental quanto econômica do produtor.

[fran1618033]

As plantas hidropônicas tendem a ser muito mais saudáveis pois a supervisão e suprimento dos minerais específicos de cada espécie e fase de crescimento são corretamente atendidos, coisa que não ocorre no solo.

[fran1618033]

A dúvida e os enganos persistem; é necessário que desvinculemos opiniões e sectarismo radical da hidroponia. Todas as plantas absorvem para sua nutrição os íons químicos do substrato onde se encontram fixadas; logo não tem nehuma relação com a forma que é cultivada se no solo ou pela hidroponia.

[slimshadie1290]

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[readallen]

organic is defined by growing in a natural substrate that contains the chemicals within it. hydro is not natural for plants although it may not have bad chemicals it is not within the definition of organic

[readallen]

organic is a plant that is grown in a medium derived from composted plant and/or animals materials and receives is nutes from the sustrate. there are some growing medium that can be certified organic, like cocunut and tree bark material: cocotek, rapid rooter, are some, but most hydroponic mediums are inert like hydroton, perlite, rockwool, silica rock these cant be certified as organic, the medium may be natural from the earth but organic is defined as derived from plant and/or animal materials

[Sojaofdapepo]

fuck dat i grow organic hydros in lava rocks

[mizzrubble]

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

[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

[hopeitshappy]

dont forget about food milage too

cos theres no point buying stuff from

s america from the shops when u live in the uk! think of all that carbon

[OrmondRender]

tomato will skyrocket price $100 2010AD from $1 and gold $10,000 oz., oil $50,000 BN but house go down.

[pencillead5mm]

Great information!