Been growing for about a year and a half. I don't know much yet, but I really want to get to a place where I can make an adjustment already knowing what will happen. And more importantly, when that change needs to be made. I am confident that's the goal of any grower. Getting there is the challenge.
As time goes on, I am slowly getting a grip on how the plant works, and how I can influence things to get a better end result. I have a long way to go, but I'd not be where I am without this place.
@Waira was the one who talked me through the end of my first grow. He gave me reason to think it might be saved... a 1/4 pound harvest later, and I know it wouldn't have wound up that way without the advice I got here.
I guess what I am saying is aimed at new growers. You'll find your hero(s) here. You'll get a nice yield at best, and a good education at worst. And as you go along, you'll start to notice that you are making decisions without outside advice that have positive influence on the plants. Eventually, you'll be someone else's hero.
That's the real beauty of this thing of ours: We help each other not because we have to, but because we are only in the position of being able to help because someone else here took us under their wing.
A better example of "pay it forward" is unknown to me.