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Beansly

Beansly

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I wonder, Is there anyone on here who actually has a degree in botany, or any other kind of plant biology degree? What about any degree that has to do horticulture or farming or something of the sort?

It just seems like there is sooo much bad advice floating around without any basis in science. I agree that experience is the best teacher, but book smarts help in ways "experience" can't. For the record I am a 26 y/o male going to community college so I am in no way trying to purposely dismiss the advice and info given here, I just want to know if there's is anyone here who actually knows how a plant works, or something like that.
 
Kerovan

Kerovan

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Beansly said:
I wonder, Is there anyone on here who actually has a degree in botany, or any other kind of plant biology degree? What about any degree that has to do horticulture or farming or something of the sort?

It just seems like there is sooo much bad advice floating around without any basis in science. I agree that experience is the best teacher, but book smarts help in ways "experience" can't. For the record I am a 26 y/o male going to community college so I am in no way trying to purposely dismiss the advice and info given here, I just want to know if there's is anyone here who actually knows how a plant works, or something like that.
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the problem is there could be lots of people who could say they have degree's in botany, I wouldn't believe any of them. People pretend to be what they are not all the time on this anonymous internet.
 
Anjinsan

Anjinsan

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It's a plant. As far as plants go...it's an easy to grow one. You do not need a degree in biology. That degree would be more helpful perhaps if you wished to breed strains. Breed out traits...breed in traits...etc.
 
Auzzie07

Auzzie07

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And let's not forget, a degree in the field means nothing. One could go read every textbook from a college horticulture major and know just as much as one with a degree, but didn't have to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the piece of paper.

Don't let the piece of paper fool you, there are lots of very unintelligent people at universities.
 
greenesthaze

greenesthaze

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Auzzie07 said:
And let's not forget, a degree in the field means nothing. One could go read every textbook from a college horticulture major and know just as much as one with a degree, but didn't have to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the piece of paper.

Don't let the piece of paper fool you, there are lots of very unintelligent people at universities.
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i hear that. Very true statement...
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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I love how a government sylabus orientated degree constitutes authentic. It's like saying someone has no legal knowledge because they are not a mmeber of the law society.

That aside, i think that the user Brick Top has a very extensive past in horticulture and such, seems to know what's what a lot of the time.
 
kudaross

kudaross

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Auzzie07 said:
And let's not forget, a degree in the field means nothing. One could go read every textbook from a college horticulture major and know just as much as one with a degree, but didn't have to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the piece of paper.

Don't let the piece of paper fool you, there are lots of very unintelligent people at universities.
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I was going to say something like this, but you beat me. Couldn't agree more with this.
 
420God

420God

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I know farming, better than anybody just reading about. I don't think there are too many classes offered at the colleges to become a farmer.

Nature is pretty simple if you don't try and over think it.:weed:
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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420God said:
I know farming, better than anybody just reading about. I don't think there are too many classes offered at the colleges to become a farmer.

Nature is pretty simple if you don't try and over think it.:weed:
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We have entire colleges built for nothing but the practical teaching of farming, some yanks get to use oaksterdam, but well yeah, books will take you only so far :)
 
Anjinsan

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yes, like tip top said there are indeed farming colleges. In America...some farmers are mega-millionaires despite what the common perception of farmers might be. There are farms here that are many thousands upon thousands upon thousands of acres in size.
To take over such a business from ones parents...and to have it continue to succeed in the modern era...a college education isn't exactly a bad idea.
 
420God

420God

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Anjinsan said:
yes, like tip top said there are indeed farming colleges. In America...some farmers are mega-millionaires despite what the common perception of farmers might be. There are farms here that are many thousands upon thousands upon thousands of acres in size.
To take over such a business from ones parents...and to have it continue to succeed in the modern era...a college education isn't exactly a bad idea.
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Waste of money and time. I don't know of one farmer with a degree and I'm talking multi-million dollar farms.

Business management is something else.
 
dangledo

dangledo

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420God said:
Waste of money and time. I don't know of one farmer with a degree and I'm talking multi-million dollar farms.

Business management is something else.
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you have to be certified to spray chemicals. and it takes classes and tests to be certified. with out further response, they dont just handover anhydrous ammonia to any farmer.

but no, not a degree
 
420God

420God

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dangledo said:
you have to be certified to spray chemicals. and it takes classes and tests to be certified. with out further response, they dont just handover anhydrous ammonia to any farmer.
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Most big agricultural farmers pay to have services like that done just like any other business, they themselves usually don't do it.
 
dangledo

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420God said:
Most big agricultural farmers pay to have services like that done just like any other business, they themselves usually don't do it.
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thats quite the opposite(here in the biggest corn state). the larger you are, the more SELF sufficient you try to be. not paying someone else. when you have a farm that big with hundreds of employees, you absolutely spray your own chemicals.
 
Heisenberg

Heisenberg

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Good advice is out there, really not that hard to find. Think critically about what you are reading. A friend of mine liked my results in a DWC and thought he could duplicate. He could if he wouldn't have tried to embellish and put a dead fish into his res water. He said thats how the Indians used to do it. Hrmm I wasn't aware Indians grew DWC style. I wonder what Indians did after they got root rot?
 
420God

420God

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dangledo said:
thats quite the opposite(here in the biggest corn state). the larger you are, the more SELF sufficient you try to be. not paying someone else. when you have a farm that big with hundreds of employees, you absolutely spray your own chemicals.
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Ahh, different kind of farming. Mostly dairy where I'm at.:-P
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

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420God said:
Most big agricultural farmers pay to have services like that done just like any other business, they themselves usually don't do it.
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It would seem very illogical for such a large business not to suck up the cost of a few licenses and certificates for some of it's workers and do all the spraying and suhc themselves instead of contracting out at a huge premium, especially then considering the amount of land. Around where i live it's also the opposit in that the larger farms have all the equiptment paperwork and skills for anything, and they then contract their workers and machinery out to small farms to help with the harvests and all that lot.
 
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