Oh I got it and it was hilarious!!! :))))) There are many here who have retained ALL I have ever forgotten, what I know, and everything I don't.
Look bottom line for me is simple. We can flash around all of the frosted buds we want. All of us produce them to some extent or the other. But here's the way I look at it...
We are nothing more than stewards of the plant. It's the plant and that plant's genetics only which will define the full potential of that plant. There's no "magic juju" out there that makes one plant from one strain grow out differently than another plant from the same strain. If the genetics are stable, then they will produce relatively identical/very similar outputs when grown in the identical environment. It comes down to providing the most optimum environment for the plant and by doing so, it gives us its optimum output. All we are doing is providing as close to perfect conditions as possible. Everything else? It's in the hands of the genetics gods at that point.
The most hilarious awesome part about this is that while people here there and everywhere spew shit about this chemical compound or that, the majority haven't been identified with documented effect. So at the end of the day WHO THE F***** knows the who what were how and why. All we REALLY know is how it makes us feel. Is it good? Awesome, then smoke it. We have awesome tools at our fingertips right? Cutting edge growing media of every size shape and color, LEDs, nutrients complete with all of the micros necessary for that plant to thrive, climate control for optimum temps, fans, filters, yo yos. The list is endless.
At the end of the day, if we have listened closely to our plants and give them what they ask for, then we learn. And as we acquire more knowledge, then we can anticipate action/reaction while proactively giving them what they need... so they no longer have to ask. Once that happens? We are good stewards indeed and are rewarded with the icky sticky.
There may be masters of methods. But there are no masters of the genome of the plant. All we do is blindly glue pieces together and hope for the right pheno to pop its head up. And when we do, it's like seeing a Christmas present open with the best thing in the world in it. Saying that we come from an "educated position" in breeding is sort of hilarious. IF we did, then it would be 100% predictable or at least relative probabilities could be computed. But they can't be. And if someone says it can be, then let me build THAT software and we'll both be retired by the end of 2021.
I would nevetr take shots at someone's grow methods. Wish I knew half of what you have forgotten lol.
