Quote Originally Posted by StoneMeadow
I'm on what I like to call the 90-10 plan...I get 90% of the results of fully optimized growth with 10% of the effort.
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It sounds that you are way more optimized than it first seemed to me. I suspect that you are going to end up with a wonderful crop. Your father obviously passed some of his knowledge down to you and as I suspected from the start, your experience growing things is way ahead of mine. I am learning that a certain amount of the "green thumb" comes simply from being able to "read" the plants and know what it is they are needing, and you had that ability long before you came here to try to grow MJ.

I have been conflicted each time I have responded to you because of this, and because I am new to this hobby and certainly have no business second guessing or criticizing someone else's garden. I do try to preface my comments with a reminder that I am a newbie and have only heard that things go this way or that. I am no expert and I know that it upsets those who are, each time someone like me makes a gardening comment. I understand why this is, that even well intentioned comments may inadvertently affect those who are growing for medical reasons and who's very well being of life could be affected by my well meaning but un-experienced comments. This is why I refuse to respond to "problem" or "diagnosis" type threads... it simply is not my place.

You stood out right away to me somehow as someone who knew what they were doing and I knew that I had something to learn from you. I think it was your FIM shot that did it for me. It was such a beautiful picture of a perfect FIM... and from someone new to the board! It was also obvious from your comments that you had been reading on this forum extensively. So, I have made these comments to you and attempted to understand your growing conditions to find that knowledge that I could feel was there. You have already taught me something here and the insights that you have, based on your experience with your father are priceless. Please keep them coming. I will continue to read your grow log with great interest as you figure out how best to care for the girls and the differences you see from growing vegetables. Count me as among your dedicated readers.

Emmie