Wrapped tape for years on 3/4 and 1 inch gas lines and never had a callback from too many wraps, so idk where this guy is getting that from. The real problem is guys not knowing how to wrap the right way, you go with the threads and keep it tight and two or three turns is plenty. Paste has its own issues too, it dries out, it makes a mess, and half the time you gotta redo the joint anyway if you didn't snug it right. Blaming the tape for cracked fittings sounds like a guy who overtightened with a cheater bar and needed something to point at. Maybe it's just me but a roll of blue tape has never let me down on a gas line.

My neighbor Rosa taught me the same thing two years ago and I thought she was crazy until I tried it. I had two Genovese plants on my fire escape and after pinching every single bud for about 8 weeks, I was picking leaves every other day for pasta and pesto. The only downside I noticed was that by late September the plants did slow down and got a little woody, but honestly I had so much frozen pesto by then it didn't matter. I let one plant bolt just to see what would happen and the leaves turned bitter fast, so now I'm team pinch all the way.