Marijuana Grower's Handbook: Your Complete Guide for Medical and Personal Marijuana Cultivation

by Ed Rosenthal, Tommy Chong (Foreword by)

Overview

The all new Marijuana Grower’s Handbook shows both beginners and advanced growers how to grow the biggest most resinous, potent buds! This book contains the latest knowledge, tools, and methods to grow great marijuana – both indoors and outdoors. Marijuana Grower's Handbook will show you how to use the most efficient technology and save time, labor, and energy. Ed Rosenthal is the world's foremost expert on marijuana cultivation and has been teaching people how to grow marijuana for more than 30 years. Let him help you cultivate bountiful buds and lots of them. With 500 pages of full color photos and illustrations, the book delivers all the basics that a novice grower needs, as well as scientific research for the experienced gardener. All aspects of cultivation are covered, from the selection of varieties, setting up of the garden, and through each stage of plant growth all the way to harvesting. Full color photographs throughout clarify instructions and show the stunning results possible with Ed's growing tips.

"Marijuana may not be addictive, but growing it is." -- Ed Rosenthal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780932551504
Publisher:	Quick American Publishing Company
Publication date:	07/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	104 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Recognized throughout the world as the leading authority on marijuana, Ed Rosenthal is the best-selling author on marijuana cultivation. He has written and edited more than a dozen books about marijuana cultivation, social impact, and. His Ask Ed™ marijuana advice column has been in print for over 25 years. Ed Rosenthal has been an integral part of the marijuana law reform movement, an outspoken advocate, and lectured on marijuana in many forums and appeared as a guest on various national and local programs. He is a member of Garden Writers of America and of International Cannabinoid Research Society. He confers internationally with botanic researchers and conducts ongoing research to improve gardening techniques. Ed Rosenthal lives in Oakland, CA, United States

Table of Contents

Foreword Tommy Chong xi

Preface: Keith Stroup xiii

Free Legal Backyard Marijuana Michael Aldrich xvii

Ed's Instroduction xxxi

Part I Marijuana The Plant 1

How Marijuana Gets You High 3

Marijuana the Plant 13

Indica & Sativa, Ruderalis & Kush 35

Choosing Varieties 51

Quick Points: Marijuana the Plant 78

Part II What are Plants & What do they Want? 81

Marijuana Plant Life Cycle 83

Photosynthesis 90

The Limiting Factors 95

Light 99

Carbon Dioxide 131

Water 147

Nutrients & Fertilizers 157

Temperature, Humidity & Air Quality 181

Quick Points: What Are Plants? 190

Part III Setting Up Your Garden 197

Your Goals 199

Light, Space and Yield 203

Plant Size & Number: Growing in the Limits 207

Designing the Space 211

Soil 237

Hydroponics 267

Security 295

Quick Points: Setting Up Your Garden 308

Part IV Let's Get Growing! 313

Getting Started 315

Vegetative Growth 333

Flowering 355

Quick Points: Let's Get Growing! 386

Part V Harvest & Beyond 389

Harvesting 391

Restarting The Garden 411

Post Harvest 425

Quick Points: Harvest & Beyond 444

Glossary 447

Pest & Disease Appendix 451

Sponsors 475

Bibliography - Partial 496

Index 501

Editorial Reviews

Ed Rosenthal is the expert grower who holds the distinction of turning more people on to more pot than Cheech and Chong.” —Tommy Chong

“A great book—and one that belongs on the shelves of any library. This book contains the knowledge, tools, and methods to grow great marijuana indoors and out.” —Weedworld

“I received Ed’s book today and I was so impressed with the vast amount of information it contains. I am very happy to be a contributor… Ed has outdone himself.” —Subcool, TGA Seeds and author of Dank: The Quest for the Very Best Marijuana

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