I'll ignore that your thoughts on "modern" science are completely off. LMAO. What is modern to you? Medicine has been around for THOUSANDS of years, just not in the form we see them in today. Even chemistry didn't just show up out of nowhere and if it wasn't for simple observations that the ancients made, there wouldn't have been further analysis to see what conclusions we could draw from those original OBSERVATIONS. There wouldn't be modern science without the ancients.. something can't come from nothing and we didn't get to where we are today as a result of some random advancement in society. That's another story entirely.

Anyhow, you further proved that you didn't understand what I was trying to say in the first place, maybe it was vague.. I was trying to simplify my thoughts to get my point across. I'm NOT speaking in favor of trial and error. I'm just saying that you have to pay attention to everything that you come in contact with and question everything... whether its you having a hunch about something that would help improve your garden or if it's you reading a book written by someone with a PhD in Microbiology and Horticulture. You question EVERYTHING. You say you can learn from others mistakes, which you can. But just because somebody has done something 30 years doesn't mean you automatically accept everything they do. If people were more analytical they wouldn't need to be spoon fed so much. But hey, I don't need more experienced growers to hold me by the hand and walk me through situations because I know how to think. All the information is out there it's just up to the individual to find it, adapt it to their situation, and use it. If you can't analyze information you can't do that. You can ask all the questions you want, but at the end of the day YOU have to propagate YOUR seed in YOUR environment. Nobody else can do that for you. Right now I'm trying to grow in clay soil. I never got a straight forward answer on how to make it work, because there are no straight forward answers. Instead I learned about the physical and chemical properties of clay, and came up with ideas to amend my median. That's being ANALYTICAL. Not just trying random shit to see what works. Not just asking a whole bunch of questions hoping someone will come save the day. :rastasmoke: Good help can't be your analyzing. Good help is just information that points you in the right direction and sends on your way, but without analysis of that info you've been given you might never reach your destination