Thorn said:
some of the best advice I was given was that you plants produce THC to protect themselves from the sunlight.
Ahh, I didn't know that! Thanks for passing that advice onto the rest of us, Thorn.
I don't have a powerful light yet. I want to get one, but for my first grow I almost feel like I should earn the right to buy fancy equipment for growing. Like, I'll kind of feel stupid buying a bunch of stuff when I've never even harvested before. Plus, I think it might help the learning process to do one grow on the most basic level so that when you get into the bigger stuff you fully understand WHY you're using them. I mean, it's one thing to take advice from someone, and it's another to really see it for yourself on your own plant. For instance, about a week ago I went to a gardening store and bought nearly every Fox Farm nutrient (didn't get Open Sesame). And after I went home I felt kind of poserish. My plant was almost two weeks into flowering with not much on her, and after I gave her a good dose of flowering nutes I noticed almost overnight the amount of bud sites on her double. So then I was like, "Okay, now I see why this stuff is better than just molasses and whatever else I've got lying around."
So, I really think for a new grower maybe the best thing is to start out using next to nothing. Do the labor of just getting a plant to survive on little, so that when you start using high quality equipment you have a more substantial understanding of what makes the difference.
That being said, I totally think it's a good thing when experienced growers burst their bubbles a little bit and inform them that they will not be holding pop cans up against their kolas unless they want to get laughed at!