You've definitely got 20 years on me, and yes like any technology, everythings always changing fast..I love the all mighty grow light! The .. but in zones like I'm in, you've got to either keep plants alive all year long or at least start inside.. that basically goes with any vegetables.. I just started new tomatoes and peppers last week. Some say "your 6 months early bud".. those are the same guys who are like " all my plants died dude, can I buy some tomatoe and pepper clones"?
Growing any plant is definitely a natural anti depressant for me. whether it's a food or a medicine, Gardening will always be my passion..
Another 5 days on the test run.. been finding a few male flowers trying to form.. so I'm believing this plant has herm tendency's in her genetics.. I'll do one more flower run on less plants next time to see if it was my environment or if she's just an easy hermer.. but all in all I'll keep hunting for males parts so I don't get any pollen and we're counting down the days, about 40 left..
5th week in flower, looking like it'll be longer than 8 weeks.. some killer strains take 12 so I'll be patient and start watching at 8 weeks for trichome coloration