What's my biggest beef...BLATANT STUPIDITY AND IGNORANCE.
I have really only been actively posting here for 2 months even though I have been a member for a year. I spent most of that year learning from y'all and the web in general. I wanted to have some knowledge of cannabis cultivation so I would not sound like an idiot. I do not advise on issues I am unfamiliar with. And, I usually tell posters to get other's opinions as well.
BUT, when advice or suggestions are given and the OP claims to understand and then turns around and puts 3 more table spoons of cal/mag on 2 week old seedlings <---exaggeration....and then wants to know if a brown shriveled up thread of a plant can be revived! I see so many over complicated first grows going on in the newbie forum. People who have never grown anything but taller using advanced hydro systems, aeroponics, soiless mediums and a shit load of nutes and additives. Then when someone tries to tell them too simplify, suddenly they start spouting off about ppm, 6 different ph measurements, insecticides, fungus cures, compost tea mixes...yadda yadda blah blah. How many times I have wished I could grab them by the collar and scream at them, "IT IS A FUCKING PLANT AND WANTS TO GROW!!"
Again I don't claim my advice is golden rule. I have seen this kind of thing on hundreds of newbie threads that I never replied too at all.
But on the bright side of this BS is all the wonderful practically brand new equipment that ends up on craig's list a few weeks later for a fraction of actual cost! LOL!
I am a firm believer that ANYONE can LEARN to grow cannabis successfully. Yes some are natural born green thumbed 'cannabis whisperers', but the rest of us need practical instruction.
Another pet peeve is the overly simplistic answers that some seem to give...How many times have we seen a very well thought out question with pics and all pertinent info, answered with "Get some Cal/Mag". Infuriating! If you have a good suggestion too make, then at least take the time to explain to the poster WHY it is a good suggestion. People need to know what caused the issues in their grows so they can learn how to avoid these things in the future.
Thanks for letting me vent! LOL!