| Description |
736 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part I: -- Cannabis the plant -- Understanding the effects of cannabis -- The cannabis plant -- Terpenes -- Indica, sativa, ruderalis & hybrids -- Autoflowering varieties -- Choosing plants to grow -- Variety showcase -- Basic breeding -- Part II: -- The limiting factors -- The cannabis life cycle -- Photosynthesis -- Light -- Carbon dioxide -- Water -- Oxygen -- Nutrients & fertilizers -- Air temperature, humidity & qualities -- Part III: -- Setting up the garden -- Goals -- Sol -- Hydroponics -- Vertical gardens -- Electricity basics & load calculation -- Designing personal spaces -- Designing medium and large spaces -- Featured gardens & growing styles ; Dennis Peron's revolutionary balcony garden ; KISS garden ; Big floating buds : Tyler's aquaponic garden ; Oklahoma sungrown : localized breeding with fungi & Hugelkultur ; Creswell oreganics octagon garden ; Autumn brands Dutch-style flower farming ; The California appellation of origin garden ; Planting by the moon : the Martyjuana garden ; Dry farming with sunboldt grown ; Growing giant terpy emerald triangle plants with mendo dope & Greenshock farms ; Remo's high-tech, high-yield & high-efficiency indoor garden ; Korean natural farming -- Sustainability -- Part IV: -- The plant life cycle -- Getting started -- Vegetative growth -- Flowering -- Finishing & flushing -- Part V: -- Harvesting & processing -- When & how to harvest -- Picking -- Trimming -- Automation -- Drying, curing & storing -- Processing -- App A: Cloning -- App B: Tissue culture -- App C: Producing seeds -- App D: Regeneration -- App E: Pest & disease. |
| Summary |
"Ed Rosenthal's Cannabis Grower's Handbook is the definitive guide for all cultivators-from first-time home growers to experienced large-scale commercial cannabis operators. The Grower's Handbook breaks down the fundamentals of marijuana cultivation and demonstrates their practical applications in gardens of any size. Learn new techniques to maximize yield and efficiency and to grow bigger, more potent resinous buds! Cannabis Grower's Handbook covers the newest lighting technologies such as LED and adjustable spectrum bulbs; permaculture and regenerative farming techniques; advanced drying and curing methods and strategies; comprehensive integrated pest management; and over a dozen specialized garden setups. Still deciding what to grow? This guide will help you choose among the many options from innovative breeders, which now include autoflowering plants and CBD and CBG varieties of hemp. With over 600 pages of full-color photos, this grower's guide presents the latest science, tools, and methods to enable you to grow a cannabis garden of any size, anywhere-indoors or out. Ed Rosenthal's books are known for their easy-to-understand and trend-setting content and have educated millions of growers-hobbyists and professional cultivators alike consider Ed's books their go-to guides. This fully updated version of Ed's groundbreaking Marijuana Grower's Handbook comes at a time when more people than ever before can legally grow cannabis and want to know how to maximize their yields. Once again, Ed shows you how, this time drawing on the contributions and research of the pioneers and leaders in the legal cannabis industry, as well as from professors at leading horticultural schools at the University of California at Davis, Cornell University, the University of Connecticut, and Oaksterdam University. Two new co-authors have contributed their expertise to Cannabis Grower's Handbook: Dr. Robert Flannery holds a Ph.D. in plant biology and is the founder of Dr. Robb Farms, a licensed cannabis producer in California. Angela Bacca is an editor and journalist who has specialized in cannabis content for over ten years and edited the 2010 edition of the Marijuana Grower's Handbook. Dr. Robb and Angela Bacca join Ed Rosenthal to bring the must-have Cannabis Grower's Handbook to a rapidly "growing" audience"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Form |
Issued also in electronic format. |
| Subject |
Cannabis.
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Marijuana.
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Marijuana industry.
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Cannabis. (OCoLC)fst00845737
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Marijuana. (OCoLC)fst01009256
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Marijuana industry. (OCoLC)fst01009287
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| Added Author |
Flannery, Robert, 1978- author.
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Bacca, Angela, 1986- author.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Rosenthal, Ed Cannabis grower's handbook Piedmont : Quick American Publishing, 2021 9781936807550 (DLC) 2021021607 |
| ISBN |
9781936807543 (trade paperback) |
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1936807548 |
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9781936807550 (epub) |
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