Table Of ContentGrowinG weed was
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never easier or Faster!
The only Thing beTTer than growing marijuana is growing it
fast. This lucrative cash crop is in great demand for its medicinal
and recreational benefits—and with this easy-to-understand primer,
you can realize profits from pot in less time than it takes to grow
tomatoes. Even if you’re a beginner, you’ll be able to manufacture
the greatest and grandest ganja when you learn how to:
• Grow top crops indoors or out
• Germinate seeds in as little as twenty-four hours Includes
• Rotate vegetative and flowering cycles information
• Create, fertilize, and de-pest the best soil mixtures about cultIvatIng
weed Indoors
• Harvest and cure plants for sale
and outdoors
With Grow Marijuana Now! as your guide, you’ll grow a great
business in no time—literally!
Alicia Williamson has spent the past thirty-five years growing cannabis in California and
An Introductory,
Oregon, where she is licensed to grow for Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) patients. Williamson
gives talks and demonstrations at OMMP patient/caregiver meetings and has served as a judge at the W
Oregon Medical Cannabis Awards. She served for many years on the board of directors for Oregon i
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NORML. Williamson has been published in Counterpunch and West Coast Leaf. She lives in Gaston, OR. ia
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Grow
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Now!!
Grow
Marijuana
Now!!
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information
about cultIvatIng
weed Indoors
and outdoors
An Introductory,
Step-by-Step GuIde
to GrowInG cAnnAbIS
Alicia Williamson
Avon, Massachusetts
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AckNowledGMeNts
I would like to acknowledge the contributions to this book of Dr.
Richard Bayer, MD, particularly his medical cannabis expertise and
his wonderful capsule research and recipe.
I would also like to acknowledge Robert Connell Clarke. I first
received a copy of his Marijuana Botany in 1981. It opened up my
eyes to the world of cannabis breeding in an entirely new and exciting
way, and for that I am very grateful.
And, finally, I would like to thank my dear husband, Richard
Volkman, for doing all the farm chores for the last three months and
making me grilled cheese sandwiches to eat in front of my computer
while I wrote.
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Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
chApter two
Indoors Versus Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
chApter three
Growing from Seeds or Clones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
chApter Four
The Soil/Growing Mediums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
chApter Five
Propagation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
chApter six
Cannabis in Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
chApter seveN
Cannabis Indoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
chApter eiGht
The Growing Cycle (Indoors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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chApter NiNe
Cannabis Outdoors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
chApter teN
The Growing Cycle (Outdoors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
chApter eleveN
Dealing with Mites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
chApter twelve
Dealing with Mold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
chApter thirteeN
Proper Curing and Storage of Your Harvest . . . . 175
chApter FourteeN
Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
chApter FiFteeN
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Appendix: Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
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Getting started
This book is about growing marijuana—not the politics of marijuana;
the legality (or illegality) of its possession, use, or sale; the benefi-
cial medical effects of marijuana; the history of marijuana; nor the
economics of marijuana. While all of these topics may be related to
your decision to grow and consume marijuana—and might make for
interesting reading—they will not be covered here. Except for those
instances when background information directly assists the reader
in selecting particular methods or making practical cultivation deci-
sions, this book is about growing marijuana. Only. It is designed to
provide the beginner all the information necessary to grow marijuana
quickly, successfully, and economically.
There are plenty of considerations, options, and choices available
for both the casual and serious marijuana grower. In the following
pages, you’ll find the major—and minor—issues explained so that
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