Quote Originally Posted by GreenThumbDoc
First off, it is fairly presumptious of you to call me wrong when I have given you TWO references for plant growth at night, one directly from this site.
Niether of your references say anything abt root or plant growth at night. You do have a reading comprehension problem. The second paragraph of the text from hear clearly refutes your position.
Secondly, I took you to task on your original response to me as it had obvious patronizing overtones.
And I believe that your orignial post sounded like you wanted or expected some sort of confrontation. Tell me exactly how I should have corrected you? Would it been better for me to question your intelligence? I tried to be as nice as I could, considering I'm old and cranky.
It is naive on your part to ASSUME all patrons of this forum are uneducated pot smoking fools.
That sir is just not correct, I have many friends here, most are a lot smarter then me and I'm more then willing to help newbies or anybody else, as long as they have tried to read and learn before hand. I do have a problem with young cash cropper wannabes who think we should spoon feed info to them.
I am all for open debate and considering others opinions on a wide variety of subjects. However, it appears your word is the gospel.
Looking at your cut and pastes it looks like you really wanted a pissing contest not an open debate or discussion. And may word ain't gospel, I believe in the gospel of scientific facts. As RustyTrichome says in his signature, "If you are comforatable with your facts you should be comfortable with my questioning those facts." And that is what I did..
I didn't realize taking one course from a community college several years ago makes you an expert in this field, my apologies.
Actually 3 courses, 2 in horticulture and 1 in plant biology. And even tho it was a community college the courses were taught by a professor from Rutger's Univ. But besides that, Ive been growing cannabis now for just over 70 years. I started at age 10 in 1940 on a tobacco farm in SC. Besides tobacco that happens to be in the same family as cannabis, we grew 2 types of hemp; a tall skanky India hemp for fiber and a short Russian ruderalis for seeds to make oil. I also learned from the PR farm workers what they were growing in the hedge rows and tree line between the fields. It seems that was my introduction to growing seedless, by age 12 I could identify plant sex of mj. Plus I've had the good fortune to work in various areas around the world starting in the 1950's in the US Canal zone in Pannama and finishinf in the late 60's early 70's in both Laos and then Thailand. Every where I was in the world I looked to find growers there to see how they grew and to collect seeds to bring home. Developed a good seed bank that became very profitable in the early 80's. I've grown seeds for various companies and people in the Netherlands up to just a few years ago. I have many friends there and have visited many times. In 1983 my wife got cancer, and we found that mj could help her deal with treatments, plus helped her appetite and pain. Shortly after she died I dedicated my life to growing good meds and providing them first thru a cancer support group and a little latter a hospice organization. I believe in "compassionate care" so I provide meds at no cost to patients. I've pride myself with growing indoors great meds, starting over 15yrs ago with an NFT system and my current personnal indoor system for the last 6yrs has been a 3 stage RW system that flowers in a GI grow rotating garden (heavily modified). The garden has had a home built LED/T5 hybred light for the last 3 yrs. Two years ago I partnered up for a grow with a younger guy (40's) that I've built aero/fog trays for SOG size plants , called "fogfognugen". The frist one (2-4x4 trays) is lit with 4- TI ProBloom LED grow lights. The second is lit with 2- 1kw PSMH bulbs. The deal was I'd build it and dial it in, he'd provide a major percentage of the finished product to the groups I have been working with. Sorta carry on my work. Oh, we also provide plant starts to a few other groups in nearby towns for them to grow out, also for free.I currently am more interested in light and it's effect. I happen to also believe the more I know about the plant the better I can manipulate and exploit it for my benifit.
As for me being thankful for somebody not going off on me on an internet forum in a medium of anonymity, I find this quite humorous.
Those weren't my words, but someone who had just witnessed a little over a week ago my dealing with a piss ant who got into a pissing contest and got banned. And you're lucky this is a internet forum, cause I know you would not have the balls to say the things to me in person you've said here.
I simply came here to share my experiences and knowledge with others that may benefit from it.
That's great, but passing on misinformation does not help anyone. And I suppose you think I'm here just to screw with you? Get serious.
There are plenty of other sites that come across as more welcoming, and I have no issues going there instead.
Well go then, it would be better for both of us.

GTD
I really did not want to get into this with you, but I'll reserve my final opinion of you till after I've had a chance tommrow to read and respond to the rest of your post's here. It's the least I can do, it seems you put some effort into it.
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