Talk to me about phosphorus.

And I want original thought on this clearly dumb shit that I've already read via the interwebs

Since today is 4:20 I'll let you in on my plan

I have a friend that grows...like when I say grows I mean fucking grows plants of biblical proportions.

So I've reached out to him and asked if I could borrow his skills in growing herbs to make my hops more successful.

(if you were clearly aware, hops and cannabis are cousins)

Anyway, this guy is a hippy like real love and nurture the earth kind of hippy that is a genious at growing plants indoors. Well me asking him about growing hops turned into this covert operation that is a perfect form of cover for him protecting the other shit he got growing.

So in conversation last night, I inquired as to his system for making these plants grow abnormally large and really fast.

He uses (obviously) abnormal amounts of lighting, time controlled watering and a food mixture that is the same base chemical structure as fertilizer/manure. Now I know I'm proelbay missing some critical detail here but phosphorus was mentioned an I need to inquire.

What is the possible negative effects here with using phosphorus into a plant that is ultimately going to be used for human consumption.

lol

Ok quick breakdown here:

phosphorus added to soil
hop roots soak up phosphorus and send it up the vines
vines grow with leaves and flowers
flowers grow oil sacks (much like pine cones) called lupulin
lupulin = liquid gold in the beer industry
lupulin is the preservative and bittering agent in beer

will lupulin grown in this abnormal manner be any different from natural?

tl;dr - I don't want to consume hops from a hippy and turn into a dirty hippy

Phosphorus is an essential macromineral for plants, which is studied extensively in edaphology in order to understand plant uptake from soil systems. In ecological terms, phosphorus is often a limiting factor in many environments; i.e. the availability of phosphorus governs the rate of growth of many organisms. In ecosystems an excess of phosphorus can be problematic, especially in aquatic systems, see eutrophication and algal blooms.
[edit] Precautions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus#Biological_role

may your hair (which you dont have) grow long and nappy

I could see you playing with a hackeysack

this is biology, clearly chemistry

perhaps you can pose this question on one of the 13 beer related forums you are a member of

You seem bitter....



You consuming hops?

This is a bad @

Should be @ Plant Bio fags etc

this is clearly an @, its a mass pm

phosphorus is quite non-toxic, i wouldnt worry about it. if it gets the hops to grow, and u eat the hops, i see no problems. phosphorus high hops is still hops

phosphorus is one of the most important 4 elements your body needs

you can be a republican about it and clearly care who else it affects

spencer i bought a honda

what did you buy?

Fit

Now you dont have to work out!

nb

cuz my fit is go

civic >

but gz, drive it to me babe

price of civic >
engine of civic >
space in civic <
reliability of civic =

I laughed when I read adam asking for chemistry help on plant life.

Well what started as a chem question turned bio with the more poops I made

Also, the continued talk of Honda products in here sickens me so I'm shutt'n her down