The Cannabis Grow Bible: The Definitive Guide to Growing Marijuana for Recreational and Medicinal Use
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This book contains over 700 pages, with all new photos and step-by-step guides to every aspect of marijuana horticulture, plant breeding, and hash production. Featuring a handy quick start guide at the beginning to allow growers to get started right away, and hone their techniques as they read the later chapters in more detail. The biggest, most comprehensive, and straightforward guide to marijuana horticulture ever published.
ISBN-13: 9781937866365
Media Type: Paperback(Third Edition)
Publisher: Green Candy Press
Publication Date: 08-08-2017
Pages: 720
Product Dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.60(d)
Greg Green is the best selling author of The Cannabis Grow Bible and The Cannabis Breeder's Bible. He grew up in Ireland, and has travelled around the world learning about the cannabis plant. His formal education in advanced botany and plant horticulture has allowed him to become the foremost expert on cannabis horticulture and cannabis plant breeding techniques. His legions of readers are eagerly awaiting the new edition of his beloved book, The Cannabis Grow Bible.
Preface ix Sampling Marijuana xv Chapter 1 A Quick Start Guide 1 Indoor Quick Starting 5 Outdoor Quick Starting 11 Chapter 2 The Cannabis Plant 15 Coevolution 15 How Old is Cannabis? 16 Cannabis Consumption 16 Cannabis Adaptations 17 Cannabis Paleobotany 19 Landrace Cannabis 20 Cannabis and Modern Law 22 Feral Cannabis 22 THC 23 THC Levels and THC Quantities 23 Medical Cannabis 24 Cannabinoids 25 More on Levels and Yields 26 THC Test Kits 27 Hemp 28 Anatomy of a Trichome 30 CBD Strains 31 Resin 31 Hash 31 The Plant 32 Cannabis Species 35 The History of the Scientific Classification of Cannabis 35 Species 36 Pre-Darwin Cannabis Classification 37 Post-Darwin 38 Cannabis Taxonomy for Scientists and Researchers 40 Scientific Cannabis Taxonomy 41 Breeders' Strain Type Terminology 41 Strain List 44 Cannabis Reproduction 47 Understanding Sex Determination Systems 47 Dioecious, Monoecious, and Hermaphrodites 48 Advanced Sinsemilla Facts 50 Sex Determination 51 Breeding for Desirable Traits 56 General Cannabis Morphology 56 Leaf Types 57 The Life Cycle of the Cannabis Plant 58 The Three Main Pure Types of Cannabis 59 Let's Get Growing 64 What to Know Before You Grow 67 Chapter 3 Seeds: Selection, Banks, and Storage 69 How Many Good Strains? 69 What's a Hybrid? 70 What is Ruderalis? 71 Indica or Sativa? 73 Harvesting Seeds 74 Selecting Seeds 75 Medical Equivalents of High Types 76 Seeds and Flowering Periods (Photoperiod) 77 How to Get Seeds 78 How Do You Choose a GOOD Seed Bank 79 Choosing a Seed Bank 82 Storing Seeds 85 Long-Term Storage 85 Germplasm 86 Transporting Seeds 87 Chapter 4 Germination and Propagation 89 What is Propagation? 89 Propagation Logistics 90 Germination Techniques 92 Seed Towel Propagation 94 Cannabis Seed Morphology 95 Cannabis Seed Germination 96 Cannabis Seed Functions 96 Dangers When Germinating Seeds 97 Parts of a Seedling 98 Transplanting Seedlings 99 Transplanting 101 Transplanting a Plant 103 Transplant Shock 105 Troubleshooting Germination and Propagation 106 Root Bound Plants 107 Chapter 5 The Great Divide: Indoors or Outdoors 111 Natural Light 111 Gardening Tools 112 Natural Indoor Growing 113 Outdoor Growing 116 Planning for Outdoor Growing and Guerrilla Farming 116 Guerrilla Farming 117 Security 117 Indoor Security 119 Lock It Up! 120 Fires 121 Outdoor Security 122 Guerrilla Growing Security 124 Chapter 6 Organic Growing 129 Brief History of Organic Cultivation 131 Basic Organics 132 Let's Get Growing Organically 136 Organic Soil Garden 138 Nutrient Meters/TDS Meters 141 Crop Rotation 141 Compost 141 Aerobic Decomposition 142 Organic Compost 143 Layers in a Compost Heap 144 Compost Bins 145 Compost Tea 146 Mulch 147 Aerated Teas for Living Soil Blends 148 Worm Composting 153 Vermicomposting 155 Humus 156 Coir Blocks 156 Organic Weeding 156 Controlling Pests 156 Organic Feeding Products 156 Slow Release Systems 156 Fast Release Systems 157 Vegetative and Flowering Organics 158 Best Practices 159 Large Scale Organic Cultivation 160 Organics and Hydroponics 164 Rules for Organic Growing 165 Chapter 7 The Indoor Growing Environment 167 Indoor Lights 168 Bulbs 171 Color Bands and Plant Growth 172 Correlated Color Temperature 173 Color Rendering Index 174 Basics of Photosynthesis 175 Seedling Lighting 177 Clone or Small Plant Lighting 178 Vegetative Plant and Clone Mother Plant Lighting 178 Flowering Plant Lighting 179 Peace Naturals Grow Room 180 Common Lighting Types 182 High Intensity Discharge Lights 189 Metal Halide (MH) and Mercury Vapor (MV) Lights 190 High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) Lights 191 HID Wattage and Lumens 191 Lumens and Marijuana Growing 191 The General Illumination Formula 192 Questions to Ask When Buying a Lighting Kit 193 HID Bulb Brand Comparison 194 What to Look for When Buying a Lighting Kit 195 How to Get the Most from Your Lighting System 196 White and Mylar 197 Spare Bulbs 199 Electrical Warnings 199 Adjusting Your Lights 199 Overgrowing 200 Temperatures 201 24/0 and 18/6-The Vegetative Photoperiod 201 Lamp Efficiency in Lumens 202 Maintain the Photoperiods 202 Electrical Costs 203 Lamp Efficiency for MH and HPS 204 Sample Comparison of Wattage and Lumens 205 Advanced Lighting 207 How HID Works 207 How HPS Works 209 A Short Word on LEDs 211 Soil 211 Common Soil Types 212 pH 214 Nutrients 215 Mixing Soils and Soil Ratios 216 Understanding the NPK Ratio 217 Pots 218 Chapter 8 Indoor Environmental Control 221 Nutrient Control 221 Basic Feeding Plan 223 Vegetative Growth 224 Pre-Flowering Maturity and Flowering 226 Starting Balanced or Not 226 No Magic Formula 227 pH Checking 227 Classic Nutrient Types 227 Secondary Nutrient Deficiencies 229 Common Mg Problems 229 Breeding Specialization 230 Image and Deficiency 230 Nutrient Disorder List 230 Testing Nutrients 234 Feeding 234 pH Control 238 Water pH 239 Making a Travel pH Tester 242 Water Control 243 Air Control 245 Odor Control 246 Build Your Own Carbon Air Filter 249 Ventilation 251 Active Venting 252 Filters 252 Fans 252 Humidity 253 Temperature 254 Timers 256 CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) 256 Climate Controllers 260 Soil Flushing 261 Clean and Store 263 Making the Most of Experimental Trials 265 Chapter 9 Pre-flowering and Flowering 267 Failure Rates 267 Lateral Branching 269 Pre-Flowering and Early Sexing 273 Checking for Calyx Development 273 Early Sexing Methods 275 When to Flower 276 The All-important 12/12 278 Plant Traits 279 Stop Light Leaks 280 Hermaphrodite 281 Problems with 12/12 281 Pre-flowering for the 24/0 and the 18/6 Photoperiods 282 Flowering Sex Determination-Male or Female? 283 Pre-flowers: females 284 Pre-flowers: males 285 Bracts are not Calyx Development 287 Male Flowering 287 Pollen 288 Flowering 289 Dehumidification 291 Stressing for Production 292 Roots 293 Chapter 10 Advanced Indoor Grow Methods 295 Are We Really Soil-Based? 297 Why Not One Pot for Many Plants? 298 The Important Cannabis Canopy 298 Preparing the "Special Clone Mother" 300 To SOG or ScrOG? 304 SOG (Sea of Green) 305 ScrOG 310 ScrOG Growing by Real High 310 Some Notes on SOG and ScrOG Growing 314 Sweet Seeds® Micro ScrOG 318 Sweet Seeds® Guide To Plant Bending 324 Tent/Cabinet Growing 326 Closet Growing 327 Customizing Advanced Set Ups 331 Expert Gardening Tech 332 Space Buckets 333 Space Bucket Lighting 334 Space Bucket DIY 101 335 Preparing the Growth Chamber 337 Lighting Configuration 338 Airflow Installation 341 Height Stacking Spacers 341 Growing in a Space Bucket 342 Open DIY Community 342 Automated Space Buckets 342 Training Techniques 342 Airflow Options for Buckets 343 Controlling Heat 343 Chapter 11 Hydroponics 344 Two Types of Hydroponics 347 The Grower and the Growing Medium 348 The Benefits of Hydroponics 348 Basic Hydroponic Systems 349 DIY Hydroponics 349 Additional DIY Parts 349 Sizing 350 Roots and Air 351 What to Know Before You Grow 356 What System to Select 357 Manual NFT System 357 Nutrient Film Technique 358 Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) 358 Flood and Drain/Ebb and Flow 361 Ebb and Flow System 362 An Ebb and Flow System 364 Wick System 369 Wick 369 How to Build a DIY Wick System 370 Gravity System 372 Gravity 372 Drip Irrigation 373 Drip Irrigation System 373 Automatic Hydroponic Pots and Manual Hydroponic Pots 376 Aeroponics 376 Commercial Pot 377 Aeroponic System 378 DWC/The Bubbler 380 Setting Up the Hydroponic Environment 381 The Bubble Bucket 382 Hydroponic Nutrients 384 Preparing Nutrient Solutions 386 Hydroponic pH 387 Algae 387 Grow and Bloom 387 Controlling the Hydroponics Environment 388 Hydroponic Grow Chamber 390 Affordable Hydroponics 392 Lighting and Hydroponics 393 Chapter 12 Outdoor Growing 395 Time Zones 396 Growing from Seed 397 Growing from Clone 397 Research Your Strain First 398 Patch Basics 399 The Elements 399 Collateral Damage Planning 399 Weeds 400 Seeds Outdoors 400 Transplanting 401 Duck's Foot Cannabis 402 Outdoor Cultivation in Africa 404 Soil 406 Watering 406 Polymer Crystals 407 Irrigation 407 Preparing a Plot 408 Rainwater and Resins 410 Pests and Fungi 410 Advanced Patch Care 410 Guerrilla Outdoor Growing 411 Outdoor Cannabis Gardens From the Air 412 Outdoor Challenges 414 Caring for Outdoor Plants 416 Advanced Weeding 416 Outdoor Cultivation in Australia 417 Visit Weeding 419 Autumn Clearing 419 Advanced Outdoor Watering 420 Adding Nutrients 422 Air Pruning 422 Outdoor Flowering and the Photoperiod 424 Chapter 13 Caring for Mature Cannabis Plants 427 Don't Remove Any Healthy Leaves 427 Types of Plant Manipulation 428 Light Bending (Phototropism) 428 Pruning for Yield 431 Regular or Bushy? 435 Regular Shape 435 Topping 440 How to Make Cannabis Bushes 442 FIM Technique 443 Super-Cropping Technique 443 Super-Cropping 444 Super-Cloning 446 Regular and Bushy 447 Broken Stem Fixes 448 Cloning 450 Automated Hydro Cloning 452 Step-by-Step Guide to Cloning 454 Cloning in Rockwool 458 Advanced Plant Care Techniques 460 Bonsai Clones 462 Increasing Yield 465 Reverting to Vegetative Growth 465 ScrOG Cannabis Rejuvenation 466 Increasing Your Chances of Females 469 JB Haze Guide to Cannabis Regeneration 470 End of the Grow 473 Chapter 14 Problem Solver 475 Domestic Pets 476 Pesticides, Herbicides, and Fungicides 476 Pesticides 476 Why Cannabis Resin and Soapy Pesticides Don't Mix 478 Pest Index 478 Ants 479 Aphids 479 Cutworms, Caterpillars, and Larvae 480 Deer 482 Gnats 482 Grasshoppers 482 Groundhogs 483 Mealy Bugs 483 Rabbits 483 Scale 483 Slugs and Snails 483 Spider Mites 484 Termites 484 Thrips 486 Whitefly 486 Woodchucks and Other Small Rodents 486 Pest Predators 487 Beetles 487 Braconid Wasps 487 Bugs 488 Earthworms 488 Frogs 488 Lacewings 489 Ladybird Beetles 489 Mantodea (Praying Mantis) 490 Spiders 490 Recovering from a Pest Invasion 491 Fungi 492 Fungus Botrytis 492 Root Rot 493 Powdery Mildew 494 Chemical Burns 495 Nutrient Deficiencies 496 Nutrient Deficiencies Guide 497 10 Steps to Saving Your Grow 498 No Cure for Bad Genetics 501 Chapter 15 Harvesting and Curing Your Cannabis 503 Dealing with Smells 503 Resin Slicks 503 Harvest Indicators 504 Strain Variation at Harvest 506 The Harvest 508 Label Everything 508 Quick Bud Samples 508 Expert Harvest Indication 509 Body and Cerebral Harvesting 511 Reducing Humidity 511 Dark Period Harvesting 512 Harvest Flushing 512 Trichomes and Pistils 513 Indica Harvest 514 Trichomes at Harvest 515 Preliminary Manicuring 516 Industrial Cannabis Harvesters 517 Hand Manicuring 518 Sativa Harvest 520 Drying Times 520 Labeling Trays 524 Manicuring 524 Harvest 528 Professional Trimming 530 Bud Storage Techniques 532 Curing 533 Mold 535 Mold Prevention Techniques 536 Hemp 539 Chapter 16 How to Breed Cannabis 543 Making Seeds 544 Pollen Collection and Storage 544 Collecting and Storing Seeds 547 Introduction to Plant Genetics 548 Simple Breeding 550 Continuing a Strain Through Seeds 550 Making a Simple Hybrid 552 Introduction to Plant Genetics 552 Dominant/Recessive and Genetic Notation 552 The Hardy-Weinberg Model Part 1 553 The Test Cross 559 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Part 2 564 Mendel's Pea Plant Experiments 565 How to True-Breed a Strain 567 Advanced Breeding Techniques 570 How to Generate a Clone Mother 572 Autoflowering Hybrids 574 Concluding Thoughts on Breeding 576 Lore of the Lowryder 578 Chapter 17 Top Ten 587 Top Ten Landrace Strains 589 Top Ten Indica-Dominant Strains 591 Top Ten Sativa-Dominant Strains 593 Top Ten High-CBD Strains 595 Chapter 18 How to Make Hash and Oils 597 Hash 597 Get Your Harvest Right First 597 Trichomes to Hash 598 Gathering the Stalked Capitate Trichomes 600 Easy Hash-Making 600 Grinding and Freezing 600 Cannabis Extraction Processes 601 Skuff 601 Ice Water Hash 602 Screening (Basic Methods) 605 Multiple Screening Method 607 Advanced Screening 608 Screening for Hash 609 Drum Machines 614 Basic Water Extraction 614 Advanced Water Extraction 615 Pressing Resin into Hash 616 Sol vent less Cannabis Oil Extraction (Rosin Tech) 618 Oils 620 Supercritical Fluid Extraction 620 Basic Oil Extraction 625 Butane Extraction 626 Hot Water Butane Evaporation 627 Butane Honey Oil Evaporation 628 Closed Loop System 632 Closed Looping 633 CO2 - Subcritical Fluid Extraction 639 Tank to Tank CO2 Extraction 640 Cleaning 640 Thin Film Evaporators 640 Terpenes 641 Bubble Hash 642 Chapter 19 How Jo Enjoy Cannabis 645 What is Dabbing? 646 How to Roll a Joint 648 The Equipment 649 How to Make a Tinfoil Pipe 650 How to Make a Bucket Bong 652 Dabbing Safety 653 How to Make a Lightbulb Vaporizer 654 Marijuana Butter Recipe 656 Chapter 20 The Cannabis Grow Bible Checklist 659 Endnotes 664 Resources 671 Index 673Table of Contents