Hi, I wanted to give an update on this. I do not think our nutrients will be able to quality for “Organic” certification in USA or Canada. There were some new rule changes with USA Organic labeling, I just found out it was to allow Hydroponic crops to be considered organic. So there was some mistake with my previous understanding of the new rule, since MEGA CROP contains Calcium Nitrate, that is not considered organic, therefore will not quality for organic in USA or Canada.
So, the new rule change allows Hydroponic farms that quality with full organic rules to be considered organic. For example, a hydroponic strawberry grow that uses all organic nutrients could now be considered organic, and previously it would have been ruled out because it wasn’t directly grown in soil.
So, of course organic is more of a marketing and advertising term, the NASA growers who grew aeroponics in space used General Hydroponic nutrients which have Calcium Nitrate, which are not organic. As long as the base ingredients are as clean as possible, and have little heavy metals, a good hydroponic fertilizer will give clean results and good healthy crops just as much as an organic fertilizer. Also, you could have organic inputs which give bad results, for example if you are using manure or fish meal that has heavy metal contamination, which is very possible to have, then obviously this contamination will find its way to the plant, and be less healthy compared to a “hydroponic” crop.
As a final point, organics do not perform as well in hydroponics, because the nutrient forms are not as easily uptaken by the plant. So, there has to be a process of bacteria to break down and convert your organic hydroponic nutrients, into the usable forms, and this process takes time, so its especially less effective in rockwool/ RDWC/Aero systems. Although, in a Coco Coir system, the coco can somewhat simulate a real soil and organics may be more effective in this type, since they can sit and find a home for several days while the bacteria does its work.
So, when we made MEGA CROP, we just set out to make the best nutrient possible to grow the best possible plants. If we could have done it organically, we would have, however it would have been too much of a performance loss to do so. “Hydroponic Organic” nutrients today are basically just looking to cash out on the organic branding, they do not give the best performance.
