like Brother Schenker said, "different strokes" ... when someone is having good luck, it's hard to change their views (me ) ... when I was young, I bought the first Mel Frank/Ed Rosenthal Cannbis Growing Guide ... I HIGHLY RECOMMEND everyone gets a copy, or one similar, available at Amazon.com, among others ... I read it religiously, followed their instructions "to the letter" ... I have always had very good results by following their instructions ... usually have 100% germination, never a hermie, and I have only had 2 males in all these years, and only once had a problem (my girlfriend over-watered the hell out of them, while I was called out of town, and 10 of 15 seedlings died from Pythium Wilt ... the photos I have posted are the remaining five plants I managed to save (one was the aforementioned male) ...
the best thing about starting your early grows with bagseed, if things go bad, you are ahead of the game, from what you learned from it ... every time something goes wrong, look carefully at what you did right, and what you would change next crop ... :smokin: