Quote Originally Posted by Relic2279
Just because someone of great respect says something, doesn't mean he can't be wrong.
If everyone just took the word of people wiser or more experienced then them, instead of experimenting for yourself and trial/error methods, where would we be?

I think it's fantastic to question. To try new things, & go against the grain. Thats how we learn, evolve and better ourselves.

I have a degree in organic chemistry and biology from a widely respected Univeristy. Some of the things I read in published cannabis books regarding plant biology, makes me laugh.
The best route to learning, is hands on. Use everything else as guides.

While I highly respect Soma, and he may be a "legend", ... he is still human!

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Female seed company actually makes excellent hermie free female seeds (As long as you don't stress them) . Their X-Line isn't as tested as their normal lineup but I have had fantastic experiences with them.

They use stress free methods of creating all female seeds. While they don't go into detail, I only assume they would use suspended ionic silver. This is the only stress free method I'm aware of. Short of genetic manipulation in a lab.

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True but why reinvent the wheel.

"If everyone just took the word of people wiser or more experienced then them"
The planet would be a much better place.
It's better to learn from them and then take it to the next level. That is what many have done after that was first written up about 10 years ago. If you assumed it was NEW; that was a major Assumption on your part. It's still very valid today and many have taken that approach and moved on to other methods as technology and our knowledge has grown and expanded.

Should I take it down because it's about 10 years old?
Hell no, Soma does deserve the respect that I and many others have given him. We have learned under him sometime ago and we too have gone beyond what Soma has started.
He is still a HUGE organic grower and I personally and way more experienced in man made nutrients and I prefer them. I learned the basic from Soma about 15 years ago from his writings and then many, many emails then at web sites when he started posting on the Internet.

If anyone is interested then they should spend MONEY on the subject and read and educate yourself. Just because others have done research does not mean it's free to the mass or should be. I am not going to rip off someone??s book and post everything here for FREE. I have a very large collection of papers and books on growing cannabis and I have read every one of them more then once. Some of them are tattered and marked up with yellow markers and post-it- notes.

Soma posted that himself a long time ago and I felt it was still valid today so I posted it here and gave him his due respect.

Attacking a 10 year old approach to making female seeds (that can still produce feminized seeds too btw.) is a little silly.

Hell do you pick on threads that are 5 years old and tell them they are nubies?
Hell no you don't so once again I will proudly stand by Soma and thank him for all the work he has done over the decades of research.

How many people still read and follow Clarks work and that is what 30 years old. Most of it has been expanded on and some of his conclusions have even been disproved too. Does that stop anyone from saying it's the best book ever written? Does that stop them from reading it or should it?
No, again it's a good place to start ones education but it's up to the person to continue on standing on the shoulders of others that have passed before him. Not to step on them; but to learn from them and continue on.

That's how it's done RESPECT.