You're right, it's a never-ending battle....

You see, my position this whole time has been one of simplicity. I'm telling people it can be easier. You can have the grow you want without fighting pH, deficiencies in your ferts, etc. You can call me negative if you want, but just because somebody else can hit you with a bunch of "you need this and you need that" doesn't mean they're right either. For example, Stinky suggested to someone that they spray dead and dying leaves with coriander oil to restore the shine. Those leaves are dead and the oil isn't going to change that.

You remember what I wrote about somebody I knew growing one thousand plants? What she used to say about forums like this is that people who use these things have their heads so far up their butts, they need a plexiglass stomach to see out of. I don't necessarily share that idea, but now that I've been given so much resistance (people calling me asshole, rude, and saying I'm not making friends), I understand what she was talking about. In these forums it's not so much about knowledge as it is about socializing in a place where you're accepted for just being a stoner.

Years ago, in Overgrow, there was a new guy to the forum using the name of "Hurtback." This guy had injured his back and was using the plant as medicine. Hurtback was growing in hydro and showed people a way to set up a grow circuit with buckets and tubing and pumps to keep the water/fert mix constantly flowing. He said that once you did this, the balance would stabilize between the aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, which would promote root development and maintain the pH. He said it was the same system used in aquariums to maintain the water enviroment for the fish without doing anything else. He said the key was to simply keep the water moving. After a while, people in the forum started to flame him and why I don't know. But they were hostile toward him, probably because they couldn't understand what he was saying. After several days of getting flamed, Hurtback called it quits and the board never saw him again. It's no surprise.