/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>215059
Huh? Have you ever grown plants hydroponically and in a traditional manner on a noteworthy scale at the same time? (I have/do)

The need for pesticides is practically the same in both. Hydroponics do indeed obsolete herbicides, but compensate due to being more prone to fungal disease, and thus have a larger (though still small) need for fungicides. Although imho a decent gardener rarely has any use for herbicides or fungicides.

Also; random pragmatic thought;
>Deep water culture floating raft technology
Fancy euphemism for some styrofoam floating in bubbly water. Call it what it is, instead of going with the whole hydroponics-hype.
It has it's (incredible) uses, especially when it comes to vegetative growth, but it's not miracle-'technology'.