/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15584602
very true.
Indoor hydroponic growing is absolutely backwards and impractical. We should ideally be moving towards a small scale permacultural system of land use. This means working with nature and taking advantage of the free resources it provides. Most importantly free solar power, free minerals and free water.
When you grow indoors you have to pay for all of those things. Why in God's name would anyone want to pay for artificial sunlight when the sun is giving it away? Why would you want to supplement your plant's nutrients with synthetic additives instead of cultivate soil bacteria that will harness the already available inorganic compounds present in every square inch of soil on this plant? I mean, we all know that taking a multivitamin does not deliver the full spectrum of micronutrients a plant does (as in a carrot contains more than just "vitamin A/beta carotene") and the minerals inside of plants are more bioavailable than if a human were to take a vitamin supplement, the exact same principle applies to giving soil or in the case of hydroponics- water, a synthetic fertilizer rather than proper biologicals.

The idea of indoor growing is so backwards and unsustainable. I'm sure everyone will figure it out eventually. For now I'm just happy to be my own boss and farm diverse fruits and vegetables on a small acreage.