Marijuana Grower's Guide (1992)
By
Mel Frank
Ed Rosenthal

This is a rather rough copy of the excellent book 'The Marijuana Grower's Guide (Revised Edition 1992)' that I typed out in 1993 and have just put on the net. There is still a lot I have to do with these pages including spell checking, putting links and pictures in and fixing up some of the text. This is a free service I am providing for you, please don't link to this page as I don't want it on the search engines, otherwise this site might be rather short lived. Anyway enjoy this guide and follow it's intructions so that we may all smoke better pot. Happy growing!

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

1 History and Taxonomy of Cannabis

  • 1.1 Cannabis and Ancient History
  • 1.2 Cannabis and American History
  • 1.3 Cannabis and: Species or Varieties

    • 2 Cannabinoids : The Active Ingredients of Marijuana

  • 2.1 Cannabinoids and the High
  • 2.2 Resin and Resin Glands
  • 2.3 Production of Cannabinoids by Cannabis
  • 2.4 Cannabis Chemotypes

    • 3 Before Cultivation Begins

  • 3.1 Choosing Seeds
  • 3.2 Cannabis Life Cycle
  • 3.3 Photoperiod and Flowering
  • 3.4 Inherent Variations in Potency
  • 3.5 Cultivation: Indoors or Outdoors?

    • Indoor Gardening

    4 Introduction

    5 Artificial Light

  • 5.1 Features
  • 5.2 Sources
  • 5.3 Setting up the Garden
  • 5.4 Electricity

    • 6 Soil and Containers for it

  • 6.1 Pots and Other Containers
  • 6.2 Properties of Soil
  • 6.3 Preparing Commercial Soils and Mixers
  • 6.4 Buying Soil Components
  • 6.5 Digging Soil
  • 6.6 Growing Methods

    • 7 Maintaining the Correct Environment

  • 7.1 Requirements for Germination
  • 7.2 Light Cycle and Distance of Lights from Plants
  • 7.3 Water
  • 7.4 Air
  • 7.5 Humidity

    • 8 Gardening Techniques

  • 8.1 Thinning
  • 8.2 Transplanting
  • 8.3 Supports for Plants
  • 8.4 Uniform Growth
  • 8.5 Pruning
  • 8.6 Training

    • 9 Nutrients and Fertilising

  • 9.1 Nutrients
  • 9.2 Application: Fertilising
  • 9.3 Nutrient Deficiencies
  • 9.4 Soilless Mixtures

    • 10 Diseases and Plant Pests

  • 10.1 Microbial Diseases
  • 10.2 Nutrient Diseases
  • 10.3 Plant Pests

    • 11 Maintenance and Restarting

    Outdoor Cultivation

    12 Choosing a Site

  • 12.1 Where to Grow
  • 12.2 Light

    • 13 Soil

  • 13.1 Types of Soil
  • 13.2 Humus and Composts
  • 13.3 Texture
  • 13.4 pH
  • 13.5 Fertilisers
  • 13.6 Techniques for Preparing Soils
  • 13.7 Guerilla Farming

    • 14 Planting and Transplanting

  • 14.1 When to Plant
  • 14.2 Preparing to Sow
  • 14.3 Germination
  • 14.4 Transplanting

    • 15 Caring for the Growing Plants

  • 15.1 Weeding
  • 15.2 Watering
  • 15.3 Thinning
  • 15.4 Staking
  • 15.5 Pruning
  • 15.6 Gardening Tips

    • 16 Insects and Other Pests

  • 16.1 Biological Control
  • 16.2 Chemical Insecticides
  • 16.3 Common Pests
  • 16.4 Vertebrate Pests

    • 17 Genetics and Sex in Cannabis

  • 17.1 Flowering
  • 17.2 Sexual Variants in Cannabis
  • 17.3 Sexing the Plants
  • 17.4 Sinsemilla

    • 18 Propagation and Breeding

  • 18.1 Producing Seeds
  • 18.2 Producing Female Seeds
  • 18.3 Breeding
  • 18.4 Cuttings
  • 18.5 Grafting
  • 18.6 Polyploids

    • 19 Effects of the Environment on Potency

  • 19.1 Stress
  • 19.2 Nutrients

    • 20 Harvesting, Curing and Drying

  • 20.1 Harvesting
  • 20.2 Harvesting During Growth: Leaves and Growing Shoots
  • 20.3 Male Plants
  • 20.4 Harvesting Female Buds
  • 20.5 Weather
  • 20.6 Potency and Decomposition
  • 20.7 Timing the Harvest
  • 20.8 Final Harvest

    • 21 After the Harvest

  • 21.1 Stripping
  • 21.2 Grading and Manicuring
  • 21.3 Curing
  • 21.4 Drying
  • 21.5 Fermentation
  • 21.6 Storage

    • 22 Bibliography

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    Last updated:17th July 1996