In my opinion guys want to fuss and tinker. Use upgraded products, look for the secret way, the new technology. It's in our genetics. The problem is, that the best way to grow is the way plants have evolved to grow over millions of years. Soil does it all, and the less you fuck with it, the better it gets. Assuming you start with a quality composite with good physical properties.
Hell, many "weeds" actually make good companion plants for MJ. Help fix more N, keep the AM Fungus happy, brings up nutrients from as deep as 30 feet.
Historically, we started getting away from traditional manure fertilizing, and along came the early chemical fertilizer companies touting their improvements over nature. Then of course these expensive chemicals weakened the microbes and left the plant and soil open for predation and infection. Fortunately, the same chemical companies were right there to sell us more chemicals to spray the shit out of our food crops. The only upside is that all these chemicals add a nice background flavor and crunch to everything.
Thank God along came Monsanto to also patent a fucking ear of corn, which miraculously allows it to survive the hebicide Roundup. So Monsanto now makes billions selling us the corn seed, the Roundup, the fertilizers, the fungicides, and the insecticides. They make billions, while the poor farmer has to mortgage the farm just to get the equipment to dispense all this shit. And he can't even use his own goddam seeds for fear of jail. What in the fuck has become of us???
