Posted on 05/15/2015 8:42:33 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Could it be possible that large manufacturers of chemicals have encouraged and promoted hydroponic and hybrid agriculture in order to maintain sales and profit margins?
Hydroponic tomatoes have finally arrived in Romania. A video from Antena 3 entitled,“Pofta Buna la Otrava,” (Good Appetite for Poison), describes how an entrepreneur from Reghin, Mures County, has grown last year nine huge tomato plants per square meter, the size of “tropical arbors.” The plants grew out of a special bed without soil. The seeds were treated with a special fungicide designed to resist disease, grew roots in a bed of cotton and other materials, and each root was fed by a tube. The abundant, perfect tomato crop was and is guaranteed all year long.
Why is it necessary to grow tomatoes without soil? As the video explained, such a crop would assure necessary quantities of food for an “overpopulated planet,” plants that grow tomatoes twelve months out of the year, over 500 tons annually, with no risk of crop loss to the grower.
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Using hydroponics on tomatoes.
Such a waste...
If you have an abundancee of water and limited access to land, your choice is clear.
I just started gardening and noticed lots of stuff on hydroponics. Is it possible to get ALL the same minerals in your hydro food as you would in soil?
I know they sell rock dust but I’m not sure how well it would work in water
“overpopulated planet,” ALERT
run away run away//
Possible yes. Several examples of this in long running facilities.
Just as cheaply as soil? Not for 99.9% of all locations.
Could it be possible that large manufacturers of chemicals have encouraged and promoted hydroponic and hybrid agriculture in order to maintain sales and profit margins?
Please Mr. Reporter, explain to me the business plan in which we try to decrease sales and profit margins.
Hydroponics:
Even growing cannabis, a crop having maybe 1200% more value than a tomato, is a big waste, IMO.
God gave us soil for a reason.
Marijuana growers have driven this industry.
They DO sell products that provide all the necessary nutrients to plants.
I know this because I use hydroponic nutrients on all my plants, because they tend to be WAY superior.
Whatever you do, don’t ever use Miracle Gro. It builds up salts in your soil quickly.
BFL
Agreed. If I’m stuck on a spaceship or underground lair, maybe. Otherwise, why make it complicated?
I buy hydroponic ORGANIC tomatoes from my local grocery store, and pay quite a premium for them. They are terrifically delish; I can only hope I’m not turning into FrankenVeto.
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