Aqua Man said:

The blank stare is the queue… thats when you’ve gone to far… lmao

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mysticepipedon said:

I've got yer credentials right here.

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Vouched for by both John Hancock and a smart motherfucker. No one else here has this.

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TSD said:

You mean you're not an expert after your first successful grow? Shit, you better put out a memo on the farm, pretty sure I've seen a few people here that missed that one.
They say it takes at least 10,000 to be an expert on anything... I'm sure there are many here that have far surpassed that... even without counting the hours spent getting stoned and staring at your plants whispering "what the fuck is happening?"

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fawnridge said:

So, I'm one of those people with an actual degree in Botany. I'm also one of the first people to admit that I know nothing about growing cannabis. My degree is great for landscaping and houseplants, but I'm going to need expert help to produce good herb. Thanks in advance.

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CannaGranny said:

I carry a Master Growers certification, it’s xlent for golf course greenery. My ability to grow is thirty five years of screwing up, searching out the old timers and at long last being at peace with my methods.
So if one would ask how it is that I’m a master grower, truth is.. Ive screwed up more times than most people have even tried!
Experience is the real key to this kingdom There is no one way and that is demonstrated daily here at the farm. Plus, as I said I’m old and I know shit.. there’s always that

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Goodshit97 said:

I wouldnt even second guess anything you said. Youve been growing longer than I have been alive... plus with the stuff you grow, it just shows you have that much experience.

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Theancientgallery said:

It took me a solid 18 months just to scrounge up a good basic understanding of what I was doing right and wrong. I’ve just been trying to build on that for the last couple grows. A little over two years experience here, and still brand new.

I can say that each grow gets better in most ways, even if I screw things up. A certificate can’t beat experience, and I think that’s where most of the top growers in this community have gained their knowledge. This shit wasn’t legal anywhere until very recently, generally speaking. So that still makes it hard to find proven methods and information. This forum has helped me tremendously just by existing. There’s peeps here who were risking it all by doing this way before this new weed culture exploded.

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Dirtbag said:

Indeed, when I started growing in the late 90's there weren't internet forums like this that made it so easy to learn how to grow. And being illegal made it difficult to even find people who grew to learn from. Most good growers kept their methods to themselves and kept their mouths shut.

I had high times magazine and Ed Rosenthal/Mel Frank's growers guide to teach me, and a whole pile of screw ups. If you can do something wrong, I've probably done it. Learned from a lot of mistakes.

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Moe.Red said:

I didn't start posting here until it was legal where I am. Too much to lose. I know I am not alone in that regard.

Everything is different now in terms of information flow. Should have been this way all along, but

It wasn't until I was posting and getting challenged by better growers than me that things really started to fall in place. Reading a book only gets you so far. Feedback is an important part of the learning process.

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