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 Harry_Ba11sach
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Registered: 04/20/08
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 Soil-less substrate 
#221240 - 04/29/09 05:18 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Does anyone have any information about the advantages to using a soil-less substrate? I like the idea of a soil having nutrients as a natural part of it, and available to the plants, but I guess when you're already adding nutrients out of a bottle that doesn't matter so much....
So what's the deal with Coir and other soil-less mixes? One of the best things about soil is the symbiotic relationship from the microbes that live in the soil and the plant. It makes nutrients more readily available, easier to absorb, and contributes to overall health of the root system.
I know you can purchase organic nutrients that are rich in bacteria, but is it the same?
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Harry_Ba11sach
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really, could you expand on the taste part? and how efficient are the symbiotic additives? I feel like microbes from a bottle still can't compete with a good organic tea...
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Harry_Ba11sach
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Re: Soil-less substrate (moved) [Re: Harry_Ba11sach]
#221468 - 04/29/09 11:39 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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 This thread was moved from Soil & Organic Nutrients.
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hoping for more views/responses
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Harry_Ba11sach
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Re: Soil-less substrate (moved) [Re: Dr. Penguin]
#221715 - 04/30/09 04:36 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wonderful, thank you for the detailed response!
One more thing about the mycorhizzal symbiosis though; There's a bit more to the relationship than just having microbes break down the nutrients... certain haustoria (coenocytic hyphae) will actually invade through the cell wall of root tissue and provide direct exchange for nutrients from host to fungi, and essentially expand the root system of the plant to include the mycellium and facilitate the range of nutrient uptake. You think the trade-off between having faster nutrient availability outweighs the extended absorption area?
That said; all this science talk don't mean much compared to actual results, and if hydro systems generally DO actually grow faster than soil in real comparisons (as you provided) then obviously they must work alright 
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