A lot of times, the tools used in growing, e.g., lights, controllers, CO2, dehumidifiers, humidifiers, heaters, coolers, etc. can almost overtake the entire focus of the grow room -instead of the actual plants that are produced with them.
I have sampled some of the best tasting and most-effective cannabis, in my life......grown under
fluorescent shop lights. I have also, in recent years, had the opportunity to sample supposedly "elite", commercial strains grown in HUGE, recreational marijuana-producing greenhouses, grown with the absolute, state-of-the-art HID systems and automated everything.....The truth is, the fluorescent tube grown stuff, (at least in this instance), was a lot better than the "professional" stuff. Go figure. I'm not cheerleading for fluorescent lighting. I'm just pointing out that, with
or without the best grow equipment in the world, results will be variable when it comes down to the actual plants.
We all want the best equipment because that's
human nature. But the equipment can only do so much. The rest is up to a good, green thumb and
Mother Nature!
Think about it...All it takes is ONE, great seed to pop and a good grower might end up with something that ends up becoming historical, e.g., the "Chemdawg" legacy. I'll bet when that lineage first started out, it was probably grown under some type of inefficient light in an unsealed room without CO2 enhancement and no controller. I know this was the case for many of the old-school, legendary, "greatest" strains of all times, as well. The equipment used in those days wasn't super-efficient. There wasn't any spectral analysis of the lights used. There weren't any specialty soils or nutrient regimens. And yet, it is those OLD strains that are talked about and it is those OLD genetics that are so sought after now.
All of that stuff was grown under relatively-unremarkable conditions. Growing marijuana in the old days, was...a
secret -kind of like making moonshine with a homemade still -or in the case of growing weed: converted streetlights, fluorescent shop lights, etc. If you knew anything about growing marijuana back in those days you were taking a big risk....a BIG risk. Unfortunately, that reason is why the stinky strains went away. If those old strains were really still around today like they used to be back then, then no one would be nitpicking over micro moles per joule -because everyone would be be high again!
-j/k ...but jus' sayin'!
People will spend a lot of money on something like a tool if they can be convinced the tool will provide a superior result in the final outcome. But, the definition of "a superior result" varies according to the goal of each user. I want the old school dead skunk and the old Thai strains. I know there are people who say they have the seeds....but IF those genetics really did exist, then the entire marijuana scene would be a lot different. What we have now, instead, is the technology (the tools)....kinda like a telescope that can see deep into outer space. But what we are really looking for is in the past. What we
should be building are
time machines!
