Marijuana Grow Basics: The Easy Guide for Cannabis Aficionados [Paperback]

Jorge Cervantes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 5, 2009

This practical, informative guide is packed with more than 700 full-color illustrations and photographs detailing more than 150 affordable marijuana grow setups. Become an expert on grow rooms, feminized seeds, seedlings, cloning, mother plants, singling out male and female plants early, peak sinsemilla harvest, as well as manicuring, drying and curing your crop for highest potency. Buy only the grow gear you need hydroponics and soil, lights, CO2, meters, fans and filters to maximize your harvest. Design and set up your grow room with supplies from your local hardware store and garden center. Plus troubleshoot problems and control common pests and diseases!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Marijuana Grow Basics will provide patients and their caregiver cultivators all the up-to-date and necessary information to engage in self-preservation and autonomy from the vagaries and dangers of the so-called black market. --Allen St. Pierre, executive director, NORML, Washington, DC

Don't get locked in the closet without it! --Phil Kilv, founder/publisher, Weed World, Coventry, UK

An indispensable tool for the growers of the world the true rebels who are changing the world one plant at a time. --Johnny Vee, Editor in Chief, SKUNKMagazine, Montreal, Canada

About the Author

Cervantes is a world-renown expert on indoor, outdoor, and greenhouse cannabis cultivation. He puts more than thirty years of expert cannabis growing knowledge and hands-on experience at your fingertips with his books, articles, and photographs. His expert advice has guided millions of growers worldwide to apply simple, effective horticultural techniques to high-yield closet, basement, backyard, medicinal, and guerilla gardens. In his monthly question and answer column, Jorge's Rx, in High Times, the flagship of the magazine's cultivation section, Cervantes solves growers' problems with definitive clarity. He also pens a regular column in Soft Secrets. The magazines boast the biggest circulation in North America and Europe respectively. Cervantes still finds the time to contribute feature cultivation articles to High Times, Burst High (Japanese) and a dozen European cannabis magazines. Multilingual Cervantes also speaks at eight international cannabis fairs in Europe every year. With five books in print and more than a half million books sold, you can find his work in Dutch, English, French, German, and Spanish.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Van Patten Publishing; 1 edition (June 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 187882337X
• ISBN-13: 978-1878823373
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #93 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Gardening & Horticulture

More About the Author

Cervantes is a world-renowned expert on indoor, outdoor, and greenhouse cannabis cultivation. He puts more than thirty years of expert cannabis growing knowledge and hands-on experience at your fingertips with his books, articles, photographs, DVDs and calendars. His expert advice has guided millions of growers worldwide to apply simple, effective horticultural techniques to high-yield closet, basement, backyard, and guerrilla gardens. Cervantes writes monthly columns for High Times (USA) and Soft Secrets (Europe) and contributes to more than 20 cannabis magazines in 10 languages. He starred in Jorge Cervantes' Ultimate Grow DVD Series (3 total) and has cannabis books in print in seven languages.

Customer Reviews

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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Skip it, buy Jorge's main book, July 1, 2009

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Dan Goleman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marijuana Grow Basics: The Easy Guide for Cannabis Aficionados (Paperback)

Just read through this... there isn't much more in this book that you can't find in Jorge's other book Marijuana Horticulture. That book is much larger and more comprehensive and includes the majority of the information found in this Grow Basics book... Nice pics though.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the easiest to read grow guides available, December 23, 2010

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A READER (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marijuana Grow Basics: The Easy Guide for Cannabis Aficionados (Paperback)

Don't buy Marijuana Horticulture as book to read. Buy this one instead. Marijuana Horticulture is a great reference but you won't use all the things in it, even if your planning a huge operation. This book is easy to read. Gives better step by step information, in a more organized format. What I really liked was the photos and descriptions of what the plants should look like during the bloom stage at various time. LED lights which are the way to go are covered here. LEDs are not covered in the big book.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for beginners, March 14, 2010

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Jennifer E. Pacheco "jenny p" (cali) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marijuana Grow Basics: The Easy Guide for Cannabis Aficionados (Paperback)

This book is great for anyone wanting to do private growing. I did a bit of research before choosing this one and I think I made the right choice. The pictures are excellent and he doesn't get into too much technical writing which keeps it really basic for beginners. I highly recommend this book if you have no idea where to start.