Well said by all.
Advanced to me is to take in every aspect of the mission at hand. Growing killer Marijuana. Sativa's, Indica's and of course my favorites, the Hybrids.
Dialing in every aspect of the grow, from start to finish, The Room. The strains. The dedication to outdo every previous grow. Learning from the Plant
as it progresses and identifying problems ahead of time in order to nip it in the "bud" so to speak.
When I think of the beginning and look to my photo albums, I get a kick out of how "uneducated" I was. But I also see the progressive growth
and knowledge accumulated through years of curiosity, dedication and an open mind.
I love building new grow rooms. Fitting the vision into a workable, successful, productive operation whether it's the closet or garage or shed.
I grow the way I do after years of trial and error. Because it works for me. Oh yeah, I've failed in the past by not paying attention to one element. Hopefully never again.
For example.
Cloning. Gawd, I used to spend money on the Clone juice, rockwool, EZ Cloners, trays with domes. Never had the success ratio I was looking for, ie, a lot of dead clones. 30-60 percent mortality rate.
Now? Shit, I cut em off put em in a foam disk and let sit in a homemade, Rubbermaid Tote with a diffuser that runs 1/2 hour on 1/2 hour off. Now it's a 1 to 2 percent mortality rate, if that.
Heck, some I even put into the 5" netpots and go straight to veg tub.
All in all, things are good now. And getting better by the day.
I'm still DWC and Scrog for the long haul. Still throw a few girls out into the open air just for that earth tasting bud but the Hydro kicks it's arse in effects.
Just my 2 cents worth