Warning, "humblebrag" to follow:

Read Bill Drake's, Marijuana cultivator's hand book in the early '60s.
Great book, still relevant!
Poked some seeds in the clay.
Cow's ate 'em.

Bought some 8' fluorescent tubes and some supersoil in '66.
Then started playing with Colchecine, gibberellic acid, x-rays, Hops splicing, and emulsified fish guts.

The fish guts worked.

Made my first hash oil in '67 from an oz of Columbian black in hot Ronsonol, (lighter fluid/naphtha).
Nasty, dirty, dark green muck, but it kicked ass.
Didn't really have a pretty grow until I moved to California in the '70s

Ah, good times.

Aloha,
Wee, ancient, 'zard