Timothy
Head Chef
There are lots of misconceptions out there about "Organic" and what pesticides do or do not do.
1. Pesticides are ON produce, not IN it. If washed carefully, all of it can be washed away.
2. Processed foods...who knows whats in it? That 10 thousand gallon vat might have Aunt Molly floating in it. Who would know? A few rats, a million cockroaches....ANYTHING can be in that can of whatever you open, INCLUDING pesticides that weren't washed from the produce they were made of.
3. No pesticides are IN the vegetable matter itself. Plants simply do not have any way to absorb them. As said above, they are ON the plant and can be washed off fresh produce.
4. Organically grown veggies are great. "Feed the soil" is exactly what it does. However, remember that even organic soil can be adjusted to a not-so-good level of microbial activity, and you better believe the commercial growers know how to limit organic additives to save money.
5. Hydroponically grown veggies can have or exceed organically grown veggies in nutrient values if the hydroponic nutrients are maxed out to what each veggie can absorb. The average produce in the store in the USA has FDA controlled amounts of nutrients. Organic produce can only match hydroponically maxed out produce if the organics are also maxed out globally.
For example; The FDA requires that one pound of tomatoes has a MINIMUM of 400 units of vitamin "A". This amount can be carefully maintained by commercial growers by putting "X" amount of fertilizers on the crops; per/acre; no more, no less. The gallon per/minute rate of release onto the produce ensures that it will have almost exactly 400 units of vitamin "A" per/pound of tomatoes.
Each other type of veggie has it's set requirements of nutrients per/pound. That requirement is set by the FDA in the USA. I have no idea what other countries do.
Here's the clincher; in hydroponic veggie growing, you can max out what is the well known maximum nutrients that each specific type of veggie can absorb. By doing so, you can max out the vitamins in that produce.
As per/the above; Hydroponically grown tomatoes, if maxed out with nutrients, can have 4 THOUSAND units of vitamin "A" per/pound. Ten times what the FDA requires and commercial farmers fertilize for in soil grown produce.
Note: I am a hydroponic scientist. I've studied hydroponic farming for more than 30 years. I've used it for as long. If you wish more information about growing hydroponic veggies yourself, you're welcome to visit, join and participate on my hydroponic vegetable site. Just as with this site, you have to join to ask questions, but I can guarantee you won't ask me anything I can't answer about hydroponic gardening. The site is also "G" rated, just like this one!
Come say Hi to me...I'm "Hydro-1" on my site.
Note Note: Mods, if my last paragraph is deemed "spam" for my site, please feel free to edit it out. (I hope not, I need the traffic...)
1. Pesticides are ON produce, not IN it. If washed carefully, all of it can be washed away.
2. Processed foods...who knows whats in it? That 10 thousand gallon vat might have Aunt Molly floating in it. Who would know? A few rats, a million cockroaches....ANYTHING can be in that can of whatever you open, INCLUDING pesticides that weren't washed from the produce they were made of.
3. No pesticides are IN the vegetable matter itself. Plants simply do not have any way to absorb them. As said above, they are ON the plant and can be washed off fresh produce.
4. Organically grown veggies are great. "Feed the soil" is exactly what it does. However, remember that even organic soil can be adjusted to a not-so-good level of microbial activity, and you better believe the commercial growers know how to limit organic additives to save money.
5. Hydroponically grown veggies can have or exceed organically grown veggies in nutrient values if the hydroponic nutrients are maxed out to what each veggie can absorb. The average produce in the store in the USA has FDA controlled amounts of nutrients. Organic produce can only match hydroponically maxed out produce if the organics are also maxed out globally.
For example; The FDA requires that one pound of tomatoes has a MINIMUM of 400 units of vitamin "A". This amount can be carefully maintained by commercial growers by putting "X" amount of fertilizers on the crops; per/acre; no more, no less. The gallon per/minute rate of release onto the produce ensures that it will have almost exactly 400 units of vitamin "A" per/pound of tomatoes.
Each other type of veggie has it's set requirements of nutrients per/pound. That requirement is set by the FDA in the USA. I have no idea what other countries do.
Here's the clincher; in hydroponic veggie growing, you can max out what is the well known maximum nutrients that each specific type of veggie can absorb. By doing so, you can max out the vitamins in that produce.
As per/the above; Hydroponically grown tomatoes, if maxed out with nutrients, can have 4 THOUSAND units of vitamin "A" per/pound. Ten times what the FDA requires and commercial farmers fertilize for in soil grown produce.
Note: I am a hydroponic scientist. I've studied hydroponic farming for more than 30 years. I've used it for as long. If you wish more information about growing hydroponic veggies yourself, you're welcome to visit, join and participate on my hydroponic vegetable site. Just as with this site, you have to join to ask questions, but I can guarantee you won't ask me anything I can't answer about hydroponic gardening. The site is also "G" rated, just like this one!
Come say Hi to me...I'm "Hydro-1" on my site.
Note Note: Mods, if my last paragraph is deemed "spam" for my site, please feel free to edit it out. (I hope not, I need the traffic...)
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