Product Description

This guide is the culmination of 20 years of experience in marijuana cultivation and collaboration with growers from all over Europe. For the enthusiast and professional alike, this is the most authoritative grow book to be released in more than a decade. With more than 200 photographs and 20 tables, it describes in detail how growers can maximise their yield and potency of their crops using state-of-the-art equipment and tools available from any gardening store. The first book to fully explain the newest growing technique, Screen of Green, that is sweeping through Europe.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53503 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Customer Reviews

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

Fantastic book presentation - meticulously researched
Most marijuana cultivation books are self-published and the lack of editing and publishing standards has always left me somewhat disorganized or confused because not enough care and attention has been paid to the book’s layout or the author has not addressed my real concerns as a grower.

This new marijuana book from Greg Green has made all the difference and deserves its place in the horticulture section of any good library or in the hands of a grower who is really looking for substantial real-world cannabis cultivation information. The book is professional, extremely easy to use and meticulously well researched with plenty of footnotes. From the first few opening pages the book expels some the myths of cultivation practices, especially where marijuana genetics are concerned and explains how to obtain the right choice of seeds and strains for any garden. The book is designed in such a way that it flows almost like a growing plant from start to finish. It is surprising that such a basic idea has not been adopted before and it works extremely well.

The book cover the history of cannabis, the species types, various potency types and their relative THC cannabinoid constituents. There are many varieties of species and strains to choose from and the book lists all of these later on. There is a great section which covers plant anatomy which is fully illustrated and is important for understanding the life cycle of the marijuana plant. Surprisingly, seed advice is covered in a no-holds-barred section on how to obtain seeds that actually works - so obtaining good quality seeds is now very easy. Seed storage is explained in detail to help prevent spoiling. There are no less than several germination techniques described in this book and one of them - the propagation kit method - helped me to obtain well above the kind of ratios I was getting before. This section saved me money because seeds are somewhat expensive. Getting the best germination rates possible is very important, especially after shelling out $140 for 10 high quality seeds. (This book costs a fraction of seed prices and is well worth the purchase price. That is how essential it is for growers).

Although the book also covers outdoor cultivation methods I used the indoor section mostly because this is the area I really wanted to improve on. I appreciated the lighting section which explained the right type of bulbs that I needed for my grow space. This book taught me a lot of new things about air cooling and light-to-plant distances, to help maximize my yield. I have always had trouble maintaining my pH and the solution to this problem was found here in this book by using the pH balancing formulas. I had never really gone through the importance of the soil’s structure before but after reading that section I made some changes which greatly influenced plant vigor. I can not reiterate how significant the nutrient section of this book is. Used in conjunction with the right soil type, and the different stages of plant growth, the nutrient advice can make all the difference between healthy looking plants and withered runty ones. The nutrient combinations for each period of the plants development are fully explained by easy to understand formulations and examples. There is a very good guide to troubleshooting nutrient problems that will help you to identify specific disorders and how to solve them. Invaluable information, especially if you are a novice grower. The middle part of the book covers more advanced growing conditions like indoor environmental control and hydroponics. There is a wealth of new information on everything cannabis growing related.

The flowering section is like nothing I have read before. I always thought that plants could be forced to show their sex and found the results to vary considerably, but this book has a more in-depth focus on what is called calyx development. Growers will find this section a good advancement and it is my favorite part of the book. It will help you when sexing your plants and increasing the female to male ratio.

There are several very well illustrated sections on how to make hash from your plants and a massive section on cannabis genetics and breeding that is extremely technical. Watch all other marijuana grow books follow in its wake.

Be prepared to raise your cannabis and growing IQ level.

Pros
An Absolute Text Book on the topic of Marijuana Cultivation.
Every page has illustrations and pictures from High Time photographer Andre Grossman.
Authoritatively written, no rambling.
Surprisingly cheap for the book’s content and quality!
Several huge color sections with eye popping grow rooms.

Cons
Gets you there too quickly. Takes the fun out of failure.

Greg Green - What a great name for the author...
I ordered this book about a month ago because, just like the rest of you looking at these pages, I am interested in the cultivation process of the cannabis plant, as well as the social, medical and political issues that have surrounded, and will continue to surround this controversial little (or in some cases huge) plant.

I can say after having read this book that the author is without doubt an authority on the subject, providing as he does both extremely accessible and practical information, on as many areas of cultivation as you could want to enquire about. And probably more.

The comprehensive layout and format of this book is greatly appreciated. The clearly distinct sections complement each other well and inform both the casual reader (like myself) who is interested in educating him/herself on the life cycle of the cannabis plant, as well as the serious grower committed to producing a quality, unadulterated harvest of homegrown, whatever their size of growroom.

As others have commented, it is not an entirely easy task to obtain a reliable source of information on growing, that isn't simply trying to make a buck by passing off vague and questionable techniques as gospel truth. However I think if you buy this book and are serious enough to actually sit down and read it rather than just scan your eyes over it, you will find much of value within these pages.

There's no such thing as a 10-step quick guide to anything, let alone something as dedicated and money/time dependent as growing your own bud, but give this detailed book the time it deserves and I'll bet more likely than not you'll reap what you sow. Quite literally.

A great reference book and highly worthy addition to any grower's library.