What are the non-essential nutrients?

"Hydro-Marijuana"? what nutrients how to grow it right whats evry step for it to be succesful?

• is it possible to grow "Hydro-Weed"? Like Just Putting i in a bottle of water and let it sit out n sun for a while cuz thats what a "Pot Dealer" friend of mynes told me n he swore up n own u can? where do u get the nutrients from n what are the nutrients for it?

• Answer:

  the dealer is right BUT the way he's describing it to you is wrong. basically there is a way to grow any plant that is not the typical dirt and sun way that we've known for thousands of years. it's called HYDROPONICS. growing anything is always a bit more complicated than it seems but it's not hard to do it. think of the plant in 2 zones - above ground and below ground. what's happening above ground is the plant itself is taking in carbon dioxide and sunlight. below the ground plants are taking in nutrients and oxygen. in hydroponics, everything that is different is happening below ground. above ground, nothing is necessarily changing. so we know in dirt, plants get their nutrients from the earth. the key here is the WAY a plant gets those nutrients - water. water helps bring those nutrients to the plants. but an important thing is that dirt provides an anchor for the roots so the plant can grow above ground. also, the roots breath oxygen in the ground. so think of it like this.. if you have dry earth, then water isn't helping bring nutrients to the roots because it's dry. at the same time, the roots need to breath as well so the earth can not be TOO wet. so if it's too dry, the plant can't eat, dies of starvation. if it's too wet, the plant can't breath, dies from suffocation. but it's more complicated. the plant can absorb oxygen from the water.. more on this in a min. so back to hydro. how does one achieve growth in a plant in which the roots are NOT anchored in nutrient-rich dirt and spend 100% of their time in water? 1) the water has to be infused with the nutrients (or food) the plants need! 2) the water has to be infused with enough oxygen to allow the plant to breath as well. 3) the plant needs something for it's roots to anchor the plant so that it can grow upwards instead of falling down and while all of this is happening... 4) the plant needs to receive appropriate light 5) the plant needs to have carbon dioxide to breath at the top so here's how all of this is achieved... 1) Nutrients - you can buy this online or from any gardening shop that has a decent hydroponic section. the "nutes" are mixed into the water so as the roots sit in the water, they can feed. 2) Air pumps - you use an air pump to infuse the water with air. 3) Medium - you can use something like hydroton which are expanded clay balls that the roots will use to help anchor itself in "planter" that you are using. 4) Lighting - there are special lights you can use that will imitate the sun, not completely, but enough for the plant to use 5) Air - this is simple, the air surrounding the plant will provide enough carbon dioxide. This all seems simple enough. Why does it get complicated? 1) Nutrients have to mixed to a certain solution.. too much or too little and you risk underfeeding or overfeeding the plant which can kill it. there is an allowable margin of error but it's not that big so don't mess it up. 2) You have to use the right set up which includes the air pump, air hose, and air stones. too much air isn't a bad thing. but it's easy to not have enough air as well. 3) There are a lot of different medium you can use. Hydroton is only one type. you will have to find what may suit your specific set up. 4) keep in mind you have to use SPECIAL lighting.. your typical plant won't care for the regular bulb stuff. these lights can be expensive. 5) depending on how advanced you are, you may want to introduce more carbon dioxide. this doesn't mean you should breath more often. this means you may want to invest in something that provides you wil more carbon dioxide. getting all of these things right or wrong depends on the plant and the conditions you give it. you can grow beautiful plants if you do it all right. or you can kill plants before they even get a chance to get started. AND LASTLY.. #6 other variables.. insects, bacteria, temperature, air flow, fungus, etc etc etc.. all of these things will affect your plant. so to answer your question.. NO. a plant can't be grown simply in a bottle of water. and as for the nutrients to grow any plant - gardening shop. even home depot if they have a gardening section will have nutrients for hydroponics. go online and look that up. there are a lot of different companies to choose from.