cirezed
New Member
First off like many new growers, before my first grow, I researched sooo many sites and boards for info on how to grow the biggest tastiest cannabis cup looking bud on my first try, possible but not probable.
One thing I have learned is personal experience is the only way to truly understand the plant. Don't get me wrong, without the info provided on boards, I would have probably failed miserbly.
Another thing I learned is that many posters repeat what they read and not what they know from personal experience, which then continues to spread like urban legend.
One mantra in particular is the - "Ocean forest is too hot for seedlings" , while this may true for some strains, I wouldn't know because I have never burned a seedling and I have germinated over 20 plants directly in FFOF, including Think Different, Bubbalicious, Northern Lights, and Vertigo, these are all autoflowering strains which supposedly are even more sensitive to overfeeding but again I have no problems there either, in fact I have fed the bubbalicious full strength nutes in bloom and they still probably could have took more.
The moral to the story, besides sharing my FFOF experiences, is when someone repeats a 'grow mantra', ask them "Do you speak from personal experience or are you just repeating what you have read" (maybe leave off the 'repeating what you read' part as to not sound condescending...board members can be a little sensitive..lol)
Stay determined, educated and continue growing as many plants as you can to gain experience and you will become a good grower. When it comes to research, use discernment and don't just accept what you read as whole truth, even from some experienced high + rep'd zillion posts growers, as I have noticed the egos on some these people are just over the top and they recite grow information as if it were canon, yet I have read them flip belief structures on grow techniques they once preached as gospel and now no longer stand by.
+1 rep for personal experience!
One thing I have learned is personal experience is the only way to truly understand the plant. Don't get me wrong, without the info provided on boards, I would have probably failed miserbly.
Another thing I learned is that many posters repeat what they read and not what they know from personal experience, which then continues to spread like urban legend.
One mantra in particular is the - "Ocean forest is too hot for seedlings" , while this may true for some strains, I wouldn't know because I have never burned a seedling and I have germinated over 20 plants directly in FFOF, including Think Different, Bubbalicious, Northern Lights, and Vertigo, these are all autoflowering strains which supposedly are even more sensitive to overfeeding but again I have no problems there either, in fact I have fed the bubbalicious full strength nutes in bloom and they still probably could have took more.
The moral to the story, besides sharing my FFOF experiences, is when someone repeats a 'grow mantra', ask them "Do you speak from personal experience or are you just repeating what you have read" (maybe leave off the 'repeating what you read' part as to not sound condescending...board members can be a little sensitive..lol)
Stay determined, educated and continue growing as many plants as you can to gain experience and you will become a good grower. When it comes to research, use discernment and don't just accept what you read as whole truth, even from some experienced high + rep'd zillion posts growers, as I have noticed the egos on some these people are just over the top and they recite grow information as if it were canon, yet I have read them flip belief structures on grow techniques they once preached as gospel and now no longer stand by.
+1 rep for personal experience!
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