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

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...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!

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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.

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.

I agree with the other reviewers and I am very happy that I bought it. "The Cannabis Grow Bible" by Greg Green is a solid grow book for serious growers. I really like it because there is enough information here to keep me going for a long time. I learned quite a bit just flicking through it and I am sure all growers will make good use it for some time to come. Take a hint from what the reviewer said below about seeds and this book. This book makes economical sense for what it will help you to achieve. Peace.

This book contains exactly one chapter on hydroponics and it's not a very good chapter. As a general book on growing, it's not bad, but anything that purports itself as being a "grow bible" should include extensive information on evaluating hydroponics systems and mediums and how to use and maintain them throughout a grow. This book contains some information on this, but not nearly enough. For whatever reasons, it includes far more information on genetics and breeding, but most growers I know buy clones or seeds. Those pages would have been better devoted to all things hydroponics.

Is there a good book focused primarily on indoor hydroponic growing? Not sure I need it now, but it would have been great to have a few months back.

I only bought this new book from Greg Green recently and I rate it, hands down, as the best book you can buy on the subject. Money well spent. I had an older edition of it which was excellent but the new updated edition is better. There is nothing else like it. I will stress that again. There is nothing else like it! Its layout makes it very easy to read and understand. It is well presented, well edited, authoritative and contains tons of very important cultivation information. It has lots of illustrations, lots of photographs and a very good reference with index and glossary at the back. This manual is really what helped me put a bunch of pot on the table. The next grow round is going to be even better! I have used many grow guides and internet forums to learn as much growing information as I could, but this book is 'the gem of grow guides'. I can not understate how important this book is to me or for you. It covers cannabis botany very well. There is an advanced breeding section in the back which will inspire you to create your own hybrids. There is a massive amount of data in this book for you to read through. Some of it is about the legal aspects of marijuana cultivation. It comes "high"ly recommended for both the recreational and medical user. Get this book for yourself at all costs if you want to do things the right way. See it for yourself, you will not find any other book like it. It even tells you how to choose the right seeds that you need and where to get them. I did this and it works. This books sits right there at the front of my batch on the shelf. Newbie, amateur, experienced or professional do not grow without it. It really is that Exceptional!

Good points: It is not just a book. It is your guru. Presentation and technical information professionally done, first rate. Gets you there very fast.

Weak points: When you find any let me know. Maybe gets you there too quickly. Takes the fun out of failure.

I think that The Cannabis Grow Bible: the definitive guide to growing marijuana for recreational and medical use by Greg Green is probably the most valid and important marijuana cultivation guide to hit the shelves, ever. The reason why I highly recommended this book to growers is because of the sheer volume of factual cultivation information as opposed to growing myths, stoner ramblings and old information.

A book like this one really depends on how well it can be put into practice and I will stop short from calling this book the ultimate guide because I want to see more from this writer. If you have never tried to grow marijuana before or have had bad results then use this book to get you there from start to finish in no time. This is the one thing that really stands out about this book. It gets you there very quickly and with good results. Growers who are looking for a more experienced grow book should not miss this opportunity to turn a trick at adding a few pounds to their grow room by attempting some of the advanced techniques featured here. This is the high yielder surprise book that I got as an early Christmas present.

[There is a breeding chapter which sets a new standards for books of this type. It explains how to stabilize a line of genetics using breeding techniques. I can not understate the important value of this grow book to me.]

I will admit it, converting my basement and part of the back garden into MY own pot grow never really appealed to me. So when I began some indoor plants for outdoors, I used this book for its principles and learned there is no reason why I should not be able to create a monster patch. I must admit you need room sized spaces to work with to get big crops even though I could have easily given away lots of cuttings to people close enough to drive by with their windows down.
This book gives you good direction in choosing the right seeds you need and the number of plants you want for good results. We love skunk, so devoted most of our grow patches to skunk; and you'd be astonished at how big some plants can get so quickly. As a married couple without children we kept it secret, easy. The methods in this book are somewhat related to Dutch intensive marijuana agriculture, where special plants can produce big in a relatively small space. You just need to spend on good seeds.
Another reason to own this book is for the soil and hydro enrichments. Helps combat any weeding, never had problems with indoor pests, even though the basement was not the cleanest to begin with but the book's advice works. Cloning, pruning and plant training were a lot easier than I thought. Learn any small part of any small chapter and it will be worth it.
This is one of my favorite garden books and one of my favorite marijuana books. So it works both nicely. It's really professional to read, especially while gardening, page here and a page there. Learn it as you go along. I am planning on a big summer next.

All I can say is that this writers work heralds a fresh dawn for ALL marijuana cultivators and I have been growing for more than ten years. This is the class of book that I have always wanted; a grow guide with modern growing information, technology, the right technique and noted RESOURCES: specifically where and how to get high-quality seeds with superior THC quantities. Do not miss this one if you are new on the scene or want to improve your grow like I did. IMO, this is a very important contribution to the marijuana cultivation scene.

This Swiss recently decriminalised cultivation and now we are allowed to grow for personal use. I got this book because a friend bought two and gave one to me. I think this book is much better than most people are saying because it is very much new stuff. This book is good for me and you because it is very much a gardening book with chapters also about botany. I have some experience with books like this before. Some of the books are more botany type with science about the plant. This book is about growing the cannabis. There are not very many good books that do this right but this book does it very well indeed. It is important to know much about what this writer is talking about and you can see examples in many of the pictures. I think people will learn soon that this is the book to get. I hope so because it is an important book for everybody and very new.