the roots are brown and rotten

[Luches]

Originally Posted by iceman

i would not waste my time or money on hydroponics, its a complete farse

Advice: Leave what you dislike, - nobody gets any good results from something they don't like.

But while it is OK to not like something an leaving it - it is not to play the "Statement Of Conversion:

The speaker says then: "I used to believe in X".
It is quite a weak form of asserting expertise. The speaker is implying that he has learned about the topic, and now that he is better informed, - has rejected X. So perhaps he is now an expert, - and this is an implied "Argument From false Authority".

Yeah right - FALSE authority