NooB Advice

i followed u on the a$$hole post and agreed with ur take on the point that too many people slap down noobies, but these clowns dont really matter coz every1 understands the issues they have. if they want to play "expert" they can fuck off and be ignored or laughed at sumwhere else. i'm a half noobi;, i've just started my grow a few weeks ago but i've alot of friends that have grows past or present so i've got face to face info as well as site info. great to see sum1 like urself helpin out. cheers

they way you talk about the Herb as if it is a "weed" shows indeed how wrong you are
the Cannabis Sativa, of the Cannabacea Family is not a weed. Keep rambling though.

You supposedly cut off the leaves a male and smoked them.

Is this supposed to be advice from a Noob?

I'll admit some of the stuff is very mediocre, so i'll give you that.

Hopefully someone can find a "gold nugget" somewhere in your ramblings.

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Best advice offer #3

Ask yourself, WHAT WOULD MOTHER NATURE DO?

Does she know the ph of her rain water?
Are the light cycles constant?
Does she add Nutes?
Does she add mollases?
Are there light leaks? Does she "hide" the moon to stop hermies?

Folks this is just common sense, it's a weed, if you put a seed in dirt it will grow and as a weed it is very hardy it will fight for life and survival just like we humans do (I know this from experience, I've tried real hard to kill them with stupid folklore and forum myths,,,,,,,,,,,,they survived) =Quote}

I'm sorry I was reading back through.. "does mother nature know the ph of rain
water... jesus, come on man this has been so stable for hundreds of thousands of years, which is why plants successfuly grow naturally in the places they grow
naturally!

Are the Light Cycles Constant? YES EVERY YEAR THEY ARE THE SAME, which is why there is a difference between Perennials and Annuals.

Does she add nutes? Well sometime LONG LONG ago she did and the plants
use them!

Does she add mollasses? All molasses is is Carbohydrates, there are plenty in the earth.

Does she hide the moon, the sun is so much brighter than any HID we can
make. It has been proven that the brightness of the sun blinds the plants from
absorbing radiation from the moon. The only reason plants "know" the moon is
there is because of gravitational pull (like the tides).

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this, I have been fairly busy

I wanted to make a post that would very simply get Noob's to calm down and stop fretting/fussing over things, by making some simple common sense statements (that I know outdoor growers would get) and get a plant to grow and finish with fewer problems as growing MJ is an ongoing learning experience.

You decided that I was somehow throwing stupid facts I pulled from "somewhere" out that needed to be rebuked???


Here is what I think,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I'm sorry I was reading back through.. "does mother nature know the ph of rain
water... jesus, come on man this has been so stable for hundreds of thousands of years, which is why plants successfuly grow naturally in the places they grow
naturally!

Simply Google "PH of Rain" and you will see that it is now normal for it to be 5.6 unless in high industrial/polution areas where it has been reported down in the 2's (acid rain) It is not the same everywhere and is affected by CO2 level in the atmosphere

Are the Light Cycles Constant? YES EVERY YEAR THEY ARE THE SAME, which is why there is a difference between Perennials and Annuals.

They are not "constant" there are clouds, there are days of no sun due to weather, hell there are eclipses. light cycles are different in different locations around the earth. Outdoors there is shade from all different kinds of obstacles

Does she add nutes? Well sometime LONG LONG ago she did and the plants
use them!

I should have used the word "specific" here it is well known that mother nature adds nutes in the form of natural decay. Things die and are leeched back into the soil, it's how mother nature works, But she does not add specific nutes at specific times. She does not instruct a bat to pop on a plant to make its buds bigger

Does she add mollasses? All molasses is is Carbohydrates, there are plenty in the earth.

Actually mollasses is much more, and while over a period of time these things are added naturally, my statement remains true, she does not add mollasses

Does she hide the moon, the sun is so much brighter than any HID we can
make. It has been proven that the brightness of the sun blinds the plants from
absorbing radiation from the moon. The only reason plants "know" the moon is
there is because of gravitational pull (like the tides).

My point here was more about "light leaks causing hermies" and I used the moon as an example (I could have used street lights) several post here say to get rid of ALL light leaks but outdoors YOU CAN'T so all plants grown outdoors should be hermies we should just accept that? my point is/was not to fret over it

and, I have been smoking MJ for over 40 years, I know for a fact that there are males in all of the many pounds of swag (mexican) I have consummed, so smoking male leafs is not a big NooB reach for me. Read marijuana Chemistry by Micheal Starks 2nd edition and you will see that there are strains where the males actually have more THC than females.

I am currently reading Gardening-Principals of Horticulture 4th edition, I have over 45 books on gardening and growing MJ in my collection (I also have over 20 movies on growing MJ)

and lastly, calling it a weed is in no way meant to be disrespectful, I love this plant in so many ways and on so many levels. I fully understand its classification, that set aside for a momment, we call it weed because it acts like a weed and grows like a weed

You should consider setting "emotions" aside before degrading someones post that was intended to help others??? my 2 cents

Flame away folks

What is acting like a weed and growing like a weed? It is called a weed because it grows in more harsh environmets than many other annuals, I don't need to read "marijuana chemistry' I took Horticulture 101, Plant Biology, Plant Physiology, oh wait, I majored in Horticulture!


I will see that there are males which create more THC than females, the Females they are comparing it to have Little to No THC.

You're telling me to google for information, thats about as accurate as Wikipedia all I have to do is open up my textbooks: Plant Science by John A. Barden or The Biology of Horticulture An Introductory Textbook by John E. Preece and Paul E. Read

Well I wrote this to help others and to who ever gave me the +rep I thank you at least there was some one that got it

To Shrubs,,,

I do not want to start or be in a pissing match, I respect your degree and your post, I have actually learned from you and thank you for the good advice I have seen you give.

I stand on my advice to simply relax, stop fretting and fussing and get a grow under your belt. though my reasoning/explanation may be questionable the basis of my advice is sound

I agree that a lot of people get overly up tight about growing, but for best results you can not just mistreat them. Will the plant live? Maybe. Will it reach its full potential? NEVER.

If it was so easy every person on her would be growing great crops with little in the way of questions.

And, no I have not been smoking for 40 year, nor do I have a degree in growing. But, I can tell you from taking two attempts at it 15 years apart. Knowledge and care can make a HUGE difference.

When growing indoors we are fighting HARD to replicate mother nature. We will only get the best results with the best practices.

There was a lot of good information in this thread even with the arguing.


Keep up the fight.

I love helpin folks, I love reading this forum, I love MJ

But it is gettin to be a bit much to follow all the different threads that pop up every day and read all the ones I'm subscribed to plus tend to mine

So from now on I'm gonna answer questions in this thread and I'm happy to help all who come, if I don't have/know the answer I'll try and find it

I wanna start by saying you can easily be successful if you read up a bunch before you start,planning is a good thing

Between this thread (to get you to settle down) and my grow journal you should be able to get your grow on

But I will also fill this thread with tips and tricks as well as great links to help you out

Best of Luck to ALL and keep on growin