The trouble with every new crop of newbies is thinking they know it all when they're just discovering gardening for the first time in their life. And they quickly get the big head.
Witness:
RedCarpetMatches said:
If I were to grow in amended coco and feed with teas, would I have to go with a higher PH as with soil?
Huh?
I don't hear too many old growers talking LED, CMH, Infrared, Microbes, or any sort of pruning.
Cause they've learned the hard way that's it's bullshit. There's always a caveat, unintended consequences.
LED, too expensive.
Infrared? Are you trying to keep your hot dog warm?
Microbes. So you also own an electron microscope and can confirm any of that sale pitch is true? Get wise to the lies:
Snake Oil, Horticultural Myths, Horticultural Urban Legends, and Persuaders in our Industry
Jim Downer Ph.D. Cooperative Extension, Ventura County
"Mycorrhizal Fungi
Some of the most convincing products are those that have solid scientific basis for efficacy but no direct evidence that they work. A classical example is fungal mycorrhizae forming inoculants for landscape trees. Mycorrhizae are not snake oil. However, some products that purport all the things that mycorrhizae can and do achieve for plants may be. Many of the numerous scientific papers written on mycorrhizal fungi do not indicate that mycorrhizae are necessarily lacking from most soils, or that the products used to add them to soil are viable. In a study of ten commercial mycorrhizae products, Corkidi et al.(2004), found that four of the ten failed to infect the bioassay plants and in a second trial, three of the ten products failed to infect. Another researcher found that of eight tested products, none had living spores of mycorrhizae forming fungi and many of the products were contaminated with bacteria and antagonistic fungi (Appleton, unpublished data)......."
http://ceventura.ucdavis.edu/newsletters/Topics_in_Subtropics39882.pdf
Pruning? I've pruned more plant material than you'll ever prune in your life time. It's one of my chores as a commercial farmer, vineyard manager, and tropical tree grower. Now, run along with your newbie lollipopping drills.
The problem with "dino" growers, is that they are set in their ways. No thinking outside the box...no continual improvement.
Bullshit, I've seen it all, and 90% of what's posted in RIU is crap. Get off your high horse....... or "hobby horse" would be more like it.
I see nothing in your journals that is unique or dynamic. I see another smartass kid sucking up to snake oils, useless teas and the same blind leading the blind drills.
And what's up with the grow stones? Is that what you call "continual improvement"? If you have to use a grow stone, you need to learn what makes a plant tick.
Pot calling the kettle black comes to mind.
