Cannabis Cultivation: A Complete Grower's Guide

By Mel Thomas

Book Overview

Fully updated, the third edition of this classic book is now in full color

Excellent diagrams and images throughout show how to set up anything from a closet grow to a full size marijuana farm. Detailed information is given on both lighting and the associated electricity consumption, including all of the latest developments regarding lamps and off-grid electricity generation. Outdoor growing is also extensively covered and different techniques are fully explained, enabling anyone to cultivate high quality buds, either discreetly in your back yard or at a remote grow area, all at very little cost and just the way nature intended.

Written by former commercial-scale grower Mel Thomas, Cannabis Cultivation divulges the expertise, tips, and insight he learned at the helm of one of the world's largest marijuana growing operations. Ideal for beginners the book is free of technical jargon and boring theory, and its step-by-step directions enable anyone to grow and harvest the highest quality marijuana buds safely using simple techniques. Detailed diagrams and instructions are included showing you how to build inexpensive versions of costly, commercially available equipment needed for successful indoor gardens. Never visit an expensive grow equipment store again All of the equipment and even grow lights can be built with items purchased inexpensively from hardware stores and garden equipment suppliers.

All of the important factors that influence growth rate, yield, and potency are covered, including lighting, planting mediums, pH, nutrients, water systems, air, and temperature. The book takes you through the whole cultivation process from seeds and cloning to drying your harvest. With extra focus on small gardens and detailed information regarding security and legal matters, this is the perfect book for the home producer and particularly medical marijuana growers. For the more advanced growers breeding and strain development are also covered, written in consultation with one of the world's foremost and most respected cannabis strain breeders, Shantibaba of the Mr. Nice seed bank.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193116083X
• ISBN13: 9781931160834
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Green Candy Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant, charming, breathtaking, and timeless!

For anyone who has ever tried to grow this precious herb, you know how difficult it can be. With this magnificent how-to guide, I have had no difficulty in growing bountiful harvests. A special section toward the end of the book describes the best place to get seeds and how to smuggle them in. Best of all, the entire book is printed on hemp. Thank you for this treasure trove of marijuana maintenance magic!

this is the book that puts the info together

every other book ive read is all mumbo jumbo this puts them into perspective and makes everything make sense a must have after reading other books by mr rosenthal.

One Of THE BEST Guides

This is probably the SECOND definitive guide to growing marijuana indoors. Unlike most books which cover the absolute basics, this book covers a great deal of subjects, not everything you could imagine, but it is one of the best guides. For example this book has about 230 Pages, while most others have under 150. This book covers it all in a basic format, and will definately get you operational. Another good book I recommend in addition to this is: Indoor Marijuana Horticulture - The Indoor Bible by Jorge Cervantes These 2 books will have you covered if your goal is indoor cultivation. However Closet Cultivator and the original Marijuana Question? Ask Ed! book are good companions and will offer other techniques and styles and different ways to do things. It's best to have a few sources, read them all and then go with something along in the middle.

Helped me harvest a killer load of bud.

I've grown a few times in the past and while I knew a lot of the stuff in this book it was a real lifesaver. The problem section and some of the info on getting started made the difference. I'll smoke one for you Mel.

Clear and concise guide for regular growers.

I've looked at a few of the grow books and this is one of the better ones. The author uses clear and concise language with just enough information to clearly show how to set up and then manage a garden. I liked the fact that the book did not feel artificially padded and the author focused on what you really need to know to grow. It was nice to see illustrations of all the different set ups and combined with the text it would be easy to adapt to your own personal space. If you're serious about growing then this book or one by Mel Frank, will set you on the right track.