The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medical Use [Paperback]

Greg Green (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 26, 2009

The Cannabis Grow Bible fully explains both the art and science behind growing high-grade pot. Author and aficionado Greg Green blends a thorough understanding of marijuana botany with practical advice on coping with the day-to-day demands of maintaining a high-yield garden, and offers proven methods that maximize both yield and potency. Fully updated and illustrated in full color, and with techniques for both indoor and outdoor cultivation, this comprehensive guide covers everything growers need to know, including how to select the best plant genetics, soil and hydroponic grows, dealing with pests and predators, advanced systems and breeding, and protecting the crop from nosy neighbors. It also explains the “Screen of Green” technique that gives a higher yield using fewer plants. Green’s easy-to-follow instructions and the accuracy, breadth, and depth of information presented benefit newbies and professional gardeners alike.

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Green Candy Press; 2nd edition (November 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931160589
• ISBN-13: 978-1931160582
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (138 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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206 of 215 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whatever you are doing - stop now...., November 5, 2003

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Grass (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medical Use (Paperback)

...click on the buy button and wait. Before the delivery comes have a bong, table and desk light at the ready. Maybe even an IV drip, because this is precisely the kind of high standard material that every cannabis grower, or potential cannabis grower, has been lamenting over since time began.

This guide is easily the most comprehensive and well presented marijuana cultivation book that I have had the pleasure to read and most importantly USE. If you are a beginner grower looking for a concrete guide with steadfast accurate information then this is for you. If you are an amateur grower looking to improve your technique then you will certainly find that here too. Professional growers can bury their heads in the advance systems and breeding chapters.

Marijuana cultivation books are always lacking in presentation or contain useless information. This information packed guide is authoritative from page to page. The author does not ramble but sticks to the topic at hand. Its growing all the way. Good.

Matters of marijuana cultivation that sometimes cause confusion with most growers are addressed and covered immediately in the beginning of the book. GOOD. You are actually given viable sources for viable seeds. One of the most impressive items of interest that can be obtained from this book is the kind of genetics you should choose. Bad seeds can cause irregular or non-uniform growth. This guide advices you on how to avoid bad seeds by making the correct strain selection in the beginning even before you grow.

This book reminds me of an extended cannabis science of normal botany guides crossed with real life growing scenarios. Already my pages are beginning to have that dog-eared look from my constant flicking through the index to find what I need.

I got this book at the right time because I was already flowering and needed to learn when and how to harvest. My last grow was only okay and the bud was not potent because I had sun dried it as some other guides wrongly suggest.

There is so much more to this book than I can describe here. Just get it and see for yourself. This is just what growers need. Every page is illustrated with a very good color section. It is quite a big book overall and there is a lot of information to go through. Thumbs up!

86 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Veg, October 24, 2004

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ramarom "old timer" (In my Garden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medical Use (Paperback)

In the back pages of this book is the URL with a content link. This is what the reader wants to know about.

Chapter 1: The Cannabis Plant
A Brief History of Cannabis, The High, THC, Resin, Zero Zero, The Plant, Male Plant, Female Plant, Hermaphrodite Plant, Sinsemilla Plant, Strains and Species, A Word About Male Potency, The Life Cycle of the Marijuana Plant, Germination, Seedling, Vegetative Growth, Pre-flowering, Flowering, Seed Production, Cycle Times, The Decision to Grow

Chapter 2: Seeds
Selecting Seeds, How To Get Seeds, Choosing a Seed Bank, Breeder's Packaging, Storing Seeds

Chapter 3: Propagation and Germination
What is Propagation?, Propagation Logistics, Germination Techniques, Seed Soil Propagation, Seed Towel Propagation, Propagation Kits, Scuffing Seeds, Dangers when Germinating Seeds, Transplanting Seedlings, Transplant Shock

Chapter 4: The Great Divide: Indoors or Outdoors?
Gardening Tools, Planning for Indoor Growing, Planning for Outdoor Growing and Guerrilla Farming, Security, The Most Important Advice Ever About Growing Cannabis, Indoor Security, Outdoor Security, Guerrilla Growing Security

Chapter 5: The Indoor Growing Environment
Lighting, Color Bands and Plant Growth, Basics of Photosynthesis, Common Lighting Types, Horticulture Lights, Metal Halide (MH) and Mercury Vapor (MV) Lights, High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) Lights, Lamp Efficiency Tables, Wattage and Lumens, Lumens and Marijuana Growing, The General Illumination Formula, What to Look for when Buying a Lighting Kit, How to Get the Most from Your Lighting System, Adjusting Your Lights, 24/0 and 16/8 - The Vegetative Photoperiod, Electrical Costs, Soil, pH, Nutrients, Composition, Common Soil Types, Clay,
Humus, Sands and Silts, Loam, Perlite and Vermiculite, Moss, Mixing Soils and Soil Ratios, Understanding the NPK ratio, Pots, Double Potting

Chapter 6: Indoor Environmental Control
Nutrient Control, Problematic Nutrients, Macronutrient Disorders: A Rough Guide, Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Sulfur (S), Magnesium (Mg), Feeding, Soil Control, pH - Bringing Back to Neutral from Acidic, pH - Bringing Back to Neutral from Alkaline, pH up / pH down, Water Control, Air Control, Odor Control, Ionizing, Ozone Generating, Activated Carbon Air Filtering
Ventilation, Fans, Humidity, Temperature, Timers, CO2 (Carbon Dioxide), Calculating How Much Carbon Dioxide You Need, Climate Controllers, Soil Flushing

Chapter 7: Pre-flowering and Flowering
Cannabis Plant Anatomy Illustrations, Pre-flowering and Early Sexing, Checking for Calyx Development, Early Sexing Methods, When to Flower?, The All-important 12/12!, Problems with 12/12, Pre-flowering for the 24/0 and 18/6 Photoperiods, The Male/Female Thing or How to Sex Your Plants, Male Flowering, Flowering

Chapter 8: Advanced Indoor Soil-based Grow Methods
Preparing the 'Special Clone Mother', SOG, ScrOG
ScrOG Growing by RealHigh, Cabinet Growing, Perpetual Grow Cycles, Customizing Advanced Setups

Chapter 9: Hydroponics
The Grower and the Growing Medium, Hydroponic Systems, Nutrient Film Technique (NFT), Flood & Drain/Ebb & Flow, Drip Irrigation, Aeroponics, Wick,
Gravity, Automatic and Manual Hydroponic Pots, Setting up the Hydroponic Environment, Hydroponic Nutrients, The Hydroponic Growing Medium, Rockwool, Expanded Clay Pellets, Oasis Cubes, Coconut Fiber, Soil-less Mixes, Perlite, Vermiculite, Preparing Nutrient Solutions, Hydroponic pH, Algae, Grow and Bloom, A Word about Nutrients Strengths, Controlling the Hydroponic Environment, Monitoring Recycle Systems, Hard Water Problems, When to Add More Nutrients, Affordable Hydroponics, The Bubbler

Chapter 10: Outdoor Growing
Outdoor Soil, Caring for Outdoor Plants, Weeding, Watering, Air Pruning, Outdoor Flowering and the Photoperiod

Chapter 11: Caring for Mature Marijuana Plants
Thinning, Light Bending, Pruning for Yield, Topping, FIM Technique, Super Cropping Technique, How to Make Cannabis Bushes, Training, Cloning, How to Air Layer a Clone, Bonsai Clones, Sinsemilla Hermaphrodites, Increasing Yield, Reverting to Vegetative Growth, Increasing Your Chances of Females, End of the Grow

Chapter 12: Predators, Pests and Plant Fungi
Domestic Pets, Pesticides, Herbicides and Fungicides,
Pest Index, Pest Predators, Recovering from a Pest Invasion, Fungi

Chapter 13: Problem Solver
Chemical Burns, Nutrient Deficiencies, 10 Steps to Saving Your Grow, No Cure for Bad Genetics

Chapter 14: Harvesting and Curing Your Bud
The Harvest, Quick Bud Samples, Expert Harvest Indication, Indica Harvest, Sativa Harvest, Fan Leaves, Leaves and Trim, Manicuring, Curing

Chapter 15: How to Breed Marijuana
Making Seeds, Collecting and Storing Pollen, Collecting and Storing Seeds, Simple Breeding, Continuing a Strain through Seeds, Making a Simple Hybrid, Introduction to Plant Genetics, The Hardy-Weinberg Model of Genetic Equilibrium, Genetic Equilibrium Theory and Practice, The Test Cross, Hardy-Weinberg Law, Part 2, Mendel and the Pea Experiments, The First Hybrid Cross (the F1 Generation), More on Genetic Frequencies, How to True Breed a Strain, Advanced Breeding Techniques, Simple Backcrossing, How to Generate a Clone Mother, Selfing, Notes on Selfing by Vic High, Concluding Thoughts on Breeding

Chapter 16: Strain Index
(Listings and Ratings for 50 Cannabis Strains plus extras)

Chapter 17: How to Make Hash
Gathering the Stalked Capitate Trichomes, Skuff, Screening, Advanced Screening, Drum Machines, Basic Water Extraction, Advanced Water Extraction, Supercritical Fluid Extraction (Hash Oil), Pressing Resin into Hash

Chapter 18: Important Cannabis Issues
Is Cannabis Getting Stronger?, The Truth about Hyper-Potent Cannabis, How to Avoid Taking Cancer Causing Agents, Vaporization, Build Your Own Light Bulb Vaporizer, Cannabis Legalization and Social Issues, Cannabis and Young Adults, Cannabis is a Reality, The Alcohol Vs Cannabis Debate, Cannabis and Violence, Cannabis and Brain Damage, Medical Cannabis Should Not Be A Legal Issue, So Why is Cannabis Illegal Then?, Cannabis and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Cannabis and Harder Drugs (The Gateway Theory), Cannabis and Memory, Cannabis and Paper Production, Cannabis and Illegal Drug Classification, Cannabis and Mind Control, Cannabis Prohibition has Failed, Cannabis Prohibition and Lawsuits, Cannabis and the Author

Chapter 19: The Cannabis Grow Bible Checklist
Good Genetics, Proper Lighting, An Ounce of Prevention, Air Circulation and Ventilation, The Right Medium, Optimal Pot/Container Size, Safe Fertilizers, 12/12, Avoiding Plant Stress, Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Labelling

Resources
Cannabis Websites
Hash and Processing
Hydroponics and Lighting
Medical Cannabis Information
Seed Banks
Vaporizers

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
INDEX


Seems much for a bit of puff but put what you learn into use and you will have plenty of it.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bob Marley would be proud !, December 9, 2003

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thewhiterasta (Somewhere in Australia.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medical Use (Paperback)

I heard a lot about this book and so I decided to get it to see what the fuss was about. O.K., here is the lowdown. This book is very different from most grow guides. It is more dedicated to the new age growers and the growing community that has evolved over the past ten years. There is lots of links in this book to websites on the internet, grow shops, breeders and seed banks. So everything there is at your fingertips. You will benefit from these inclusions if you use them. If you do not use them then you may be growing bag seed. Like this book says bag seed is a big mistake. The other thing that is different is the approach to cultivation. It sets up a lot of botanical information about the plant and seed knowledge. There is lots of germination methods here. It covers all the important stuff that you really need to know as a grower. This is why I like it. It has that growers edge appeal to it rather than just being a botany book. So if you are looking to get a plant from seed to flower, then this book will do just that for you. If you are looking to get better yields then concentrate on the advanced sections and tips and breeding and genetics. It is all there. The pictures on the cover are just a taste of what growers are doing with the information here. As the ganja farmer said - Oh Rrrrr ... Them there is massive buds I tell you.