st0wandgrow
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I dunno. I find it relatively easy.Anyhow, I agree with Gud. We have taken Cannabis past where a lot of it can survive in the wild. I know, I have seen IBLs struggle in my outside garden, and ALL of them need to be staked or they will kill themselves by week 6 no bullshit. They will just flop over and break. No way they can handle wind, not the DANK. Not if they are big. It has developed a totally symbiotic relationship with us. So our responsibilities, and also influence, both are greatly increased with the 'human dependent' types. This is why a lot of elite types have a lot of people bitching about them, producing nanners off them etc. You can't just treat them like anything else.
Tons of breeders know this full well and are offering elite crosses, much of it crossed to oldschool lines to bring back that ease of growing. Gage is doing it. Bodhi is doing it. People are aware of this. As a grower it is stupid denying this.
So if you want to take a modern type to full genetic potential, there is a helluva lot more to it than just air water and nutrient these days. Not saying that not taking it to full potential will equal crap herb or a bad looking plant at all! Not saying the grow will suck at all! Just saying, there is a whole next level to aspire to with modern types. I mean the NYCD and me walked a 7 year road, it took 3 to dial her in to perfection where I actually got large yields off it. HUGE yields of dank. It took a while, and what I learned with her didn't pan out to work with all other plants. 3 years, just one type.
I look at it like a horse race. The plant is the horse, and we're the jockey. The first time you ride a horse there is some feeling out. Some horses like to get out of the gate and go, and others start slow and finish fast. Once you have a feel for that horse it's pretty simple though. Get on it, smack it in the ass (or not) a couple times along the way and lead her to the finish line. Some jockeys may be able get a horse home a 1/10'th of a second sooner than others, but if you're riding a great horse it will be a good run no matter who's sitting on it.
A good jockey can't make a thoroughbred out of a mule, though...... no matter how bad-ass you think your skillz are.