soil serves as the bedrock for all nutrients in the ecological system

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/14/world-largest-vertical-farm-newark-green-revolution

It's a medium

Not saying isn't an important medium

But it is not a prerequisite to growing anything

If another artifical medium can house nutrients and animal life, it's just as good

you still need the nutrients initially extracted from soil to grow plants in water based solutions

No you don't

There two kinds of nutrients crops need

the nutrients you put in the water don't come from thin air

Macro and micro-nutrients

they are coming from the soil

Crops have been grown in water using just these nutrients

No you can sythesize them in the lab

Basicall Hydrogen, Oxygen and carbon are macronutrients

no you can't synthesize them from thin air

And there are a couple other micronutrients

There's a large list

You can literally synthesize all three micronutrients from thin air lol

complete retard

That analogy doesn't apply in this case

Like literally air has all these three elements

I get what you're tryna say

But yes, these nutrients are available in abundance from other sources

no they aren't

completely wrong

Lol

Bruh you need a botany class asap

I am an engineer, and I studied this stuff in HS

Even I know this stuff

Ppl have been growing plants in just water since like the 70s

That's how they're able to grow healthy plants without soil

you can grow them in water if you put nutrients in it

EXACTLY

but where do you get those nutrients?

the soil

retard

You can get em from other sources

It's just that plants happen get em from soil when growing naturally

Also, Oxygen and Co2 are two nutrients they get from air and not soi;

But whatever