Who Cares About Ed Rosenthal?

I don't think I've read Cerventile's book. I've read Greg Green's "The Cannibus Grow Bible" but no bible by Cerventiles. To me he's nameless, so I can't really state an opinion on it.

Madazz, you can't have infallible logic based on how long someone has been doing something. People do their taxes for decades and still manage to fuck it up year after year. The point is, just because you've been doing something longer doesn't mean you're a genius at it. It just means you've had more hands-on experience. Besides, if anything, learning from other people's grows can be far more informative. It's pretty hard to compare grows over the years and no one wants to make a bigger mistake than the last time. It's only through other newer growers that we're so capable of figuring out what DOESN'T work or new ways to fix problems or do things easier and cheaper. If something works well and you've been doing it for years, you aren't suddenly going to change it for something that works worse. New growers however learn new tricks to compensate for their lack in experience and mistakes. By learning from other growers you can easily compare dozens of different grows at the same time. In general, other growers are just as (if not more) informative than yourself, simply because THEY are the ones trying new things without you having to waste your time, money, and energy. I respect those people that make small useful contributions to the art just as much as those that write multiple books.

It took a lot of balls to be one of the public faces for the marijuana legalization movement during the reign of terror under the Reagan and Bush admins. For that reason alone, he is worthy of everyones respect

I respect Ghandi. I respect what Ghandi did for peace. I do not respect Ghandi as a political and social genius.

You can respect Ed Rosenthal for his balls, but that doesn't change his intellect when it comes to plants. I'm not discussing what he's done politically or how long he's been growing... I'm discussing all the people that view him as a sort of marijuana jesus that is incapable of error.

Originally Posted by Redeflect

He's still just the author, not the mastermind. He's not the source of the ideas, just the teacher... too many people don't realize that.

you answered it your self. beat a dead horse much?

If you have to ask your clueless,Shot in the dark but I bet you like rap.

haha yeah i dont think much about either of thses guys we mite as well all make our own books because we all have our own ideas and grow techniquies. and im sure like me 50% of growers had half a brain and was like," i gotta seed, lets see if she sprouts" a good book would starts from thier. is it that hard 2 realize how marijuana grows? like all other plants u have 2 study them, and learn how it grows simply like a weed. do people congradulate u on your feild of sticker weed plants? what if they were al single stocked pot plants? in your feild what would be the difference? u put the plant in the ground A. water the fucker all the way around B. wait untill ur fucking plant starts getting thirsty and willty and then u gotta give her a drink. did u know bud flavor arouma and resin productions all about the strain, no matter how u grow it with what ever nutes u use it will always have the same thc content ande flovor excetra, most shit they sell at the hydro store is expensive and not even needed (chems and ferts), has any one seen a plant grown with just dirt n water? grows nice pure bud, a little fertilizer here and thier never hurts, piont in being is just a fucking plant put your mind 2 it and get the real marijuana books about how the plant originated and developed. maybe try a veggie garden in the summer if u want 2 learn how 2 grow plants,ha ha my first pot plants i grew was the best weed i ever smoked about a 1b per plant any one can do it u just need a water scedule, 2 much weater and ur dirt will stagnate preventing root growth.

Ed rosenthal is an OG thats why. He was fighting the good fight before most of us smoked our first bowl.

he's a lot shorter in person than i expected. =-/