Cannabis Grower's Handbook: The Complete Guide to Marijuana and Hemp Cultivation - Softcover

Ed Rosenthal; Robert Flannery; Angela Bacca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936807548 ISBN 13: 9781936807543

Publisher: Quick American, 2021

Synopsis

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 maximise 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 specialised 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. 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 edition 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 maximise their yields.

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About the Author

Ed Rosenthal is the world's leading cannabis horticulture authority, author, educator, and a pioneering legalization activist. As one of the cofounders of High Times Magazine, Ed writes the much loved and long-running cannabis column "Ask Ed," which is published internationally. Ed Rosenthal's Marijuana Grower's Handbook has been the definitive resource for cannabis and hemp cultivation, inspiring growers, innovators, breeders, and enthusiasts worldwide. Ed has advocated for cannabis law reform for over 50 years. He was a key member of the coalition that passed the world's first legalization laws in California in the 1990s and continues to advocate internationally. Ed resides in Oakland, California.

Dr. Robert Flannery holds a Ph.D. from UC Davis in Plant Biology with an emphasis in Environmental Horticulture. He has specific expertise in hydroponic crop optimization for cut-flower production. He is the first person in the United States applying the technical training acquired through his doctoral degree to commercial cannabis cultivation. Dr. Flannery is CEO of Dr. Robb Farms, a premier California cannabis company with operations throughout the state.

Angela Bacca is a writer, editor, and journalist who has covered cannabis cultivation, medicine, genomics, economics, politics, research, and culture in magazines and online. She has a BA in Journalism from San Francisco State University and an MBA from Mills College Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business. Angela Bacca is the editor and project manager of Cannabis Grower's Handbook as well as of the 2010 edition of its forerunner, Ed Rosenthal's Marijuana Grower's Handbook.

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The final harvest of a plant is a result of its “nature” and “nurture.” The potential for high-potency cannabis is determined by genetics, or nature. However, environmental conditions, or nurture, affect the plant’s growth and yield. Some plants have the genetic potential to produce high-quality cannabis and others do not. The goal of the cultivator is to provide the optimal environment to nurture the plants so they reach their full genetic potential.

Cannabis is a fast-growing annual plant, although some varieties in warm areas can overwinter by going dormant as the days shorten, then grow and flower again the next summer. The plant evolved on the Tibetan plateau, where the altitude averages 10,000 feet (3,000 m). Cannabis has evolved to grow, flower, and seed before the autumn snow in order for the population to survive to grow the following season.

Cannabis does best in a well-drained, nutrient-rich growing medium and requires long periods of bright, unobstructed light daily. Cannabis is usually dioecious, meaning plants are either male or female. Annual dioecious plants are rather unique in the plant kingdom.

Occasionally monoecious plants, or hermaphrodites, appear and produce both male and female flowers; however, this is often a function of a plant being stressed to induce hermaphroditism. Hermaphroditic plants are most common among some varieties native to south Asia, but can also result from inadequate light, poor nutrition, or switching from long uninterrupted nights to short or interrupted dark periods and back again. Because monoecious plants produce male flowers that can pollinate females, they are undesirable and should be removed from the garden as soon as they appear to avoid a pollination event.

Cannabis grown in the wild or with traditional methods outdoors has an annual cycle that begins with seed germination in the early spring. The plant grows vigorously in a vegetative state for several months as the days get longer and they begins to flower as the lengthening darkness reaches a critical period in late summer or early fall.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quick American
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936807548
• ISBN 13: 9781936807543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 600