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To my dad, Jim E. Riley. Without you dad, I wouldn't be able to
spread this healing knowledge to so many people in need. You were
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with my bullshit all those years. I love you dad.
And to especially all of you - my fellow friends, fans, stoners,
growers, and cannabis aficionados.
Table of Contents
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Introduction................................................................1
Marijuana Basics.........................................................3
Growing Marijuana................................................................4
Marijuana.............................................................................5
Strains................................................................................22
Choosing Your Variety..........................................................28
Seeds.................................................................................37
World's Greatest Seedbanks................................................. 41
Cannabis...................................................................46
Cannabis............................................................................47
Sexing................................................................................52
Methods to Determine Sex...................................................63
Stages of Growth................................................................65
Vegetative Growth...............................................................67
Pre-Flowering.....................................................................71
Flowering.......................................................................... 73
Lighting.....................................................................84
The Lighting System............................................................85
Light Sources......................................................................91
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting.................................98
Lighting Your Plants...........................................................104
Electricity..........................................................................119
Elictrical Safety..................................................................125
Lighting Schedule..............................................................127
Growing Marijuana.................................................129
Germination......................................................................130
Germination Techniques.....................................................135
Once Your Seed Sprouts....................................................147
Plant Stress......................................................................157
Growing With Soil...................................................160
Growing With Soil..............................................................161
Grow Medium....................................................................165
Transplanting....................................................................172
Fertilizers..........................................................................177
Growing Organic...............................................................178
Making Your Own Worm Castings.......................................188
Watering...........................................................................191
pH Level...........................................................................200
Cloning....................................................................206
Introduction to Cloning......................................................207
Cloning.............................................................................216
Cloning Technique.............................................................220
Transplanting Clones..........................................................245
Cloning Devices.................................................................250
After Cutting Care.............................................................253
Having Trouble Cloning?....................................................263
Hydroponics............................................................265
Growing Marijuana Hydroponically......................................266
Choosing Your Hydroponic Garden System..........................273
Growing Mediums..............................................................288
Hydroponic Nutrients.........................................................295
TDS, PPM, EC....................................................................298
A Guideline for NPK Strengths............................................305
Nutrient Solution...............................................................311
Hydroponic System Water..................................................315
System Maintenance..........................................................321
Sterilizing and Disinfecting Your System..............................333
Nutrient Lockout...............................................................338
Daily/Weekly Hydroponic System Checklist..........................339
Your Grow Area......................................................340
Your Grow Room...............................................................341
Setting Up Your Grow Room...............................................346
Environmental Conditions For Explosive Growth...................370
Your Grow Room Checklists................................................381
Advanced Grow Setups......................................................386
Setting Up a ScrOG Cabinet................................................414
Growing Outdoors..................................................424
Growing Marijuana Outdoors..............................................425
Frost................................................................................431
Choosing a Grow Site........................................................439
Preparing Your Grow Spot..................................................445
Tying Down Outdoor Plants................................................450
Greenhouse Growing.........................................................454
Final Words.......................................................................459
Cannabis Maintenance............................................460
Cannabis Plant Care...........................................................461
Training Cannabis..............................................................463
Pruning.............................................................................464
Low Stress Training(LST)...................................................493
Air-Layering......................................................................502
Super Cropping.................................................................509
Monster Cropping..............................................................525
Common Growing Mistakes................................................530
Harvest...................................................................535
Harvesting Marijuana.........................................................536
When to Harvest...............................................................537
Harvesting Your Buds........................................................549
Manicuring........................................................................557
Drying..............................................................................560
Curing..............................................................................568
Storing Marijuana..............................................................586
Regeneration / Rejuvenation..............................................589
Hashish............................................................................591
Advanced Growing..................................................610
Advanced Growing.............................................................611
Genetics...........................................................................612
Breeding...........................................................................620
Collecting Pollen................................................................628
Breeding to Make Seeds.....................................................642
Increasing Bud Potency and Harvest Yield...........................653
CO2 Generation.................................................................682
Odor Elimination................................................................710
Conclusion........................................................................717
Glossary of Terms..............................................................719
“Make te most of te Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.”
-George Washingtn
WELCOME!!!!
Ryan Riley – Marijuana Extraordinaire
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Introduction
Welcome, I'm so stoked for you! You now have access to the sum total of over
18 plus years of intense research and practice involving attempts at figuring out
the most effective way to cultivate the best cannabis on Earth. I have taught,
learned from, and helped many medicinal marijuana growers discover the
absolute best way biologically possible to grow the most elite, top-caliber
sparkling THC rich potent sticky dank buds as fast as possible - And now I'm
passing this awesome information on to you so that you can grow your own
incredible bud. In only a short time after finishing up reading this book, you will
be smoking a seemingly bottomless supply of some of the most sensational,
best tasting, highly potent euphoric-inducing bud you have ever experienced.
If you are an absolute beginner, then I suggest you use this guide as an A to Z
complete walk-through encompassing virtually everything you need to know to
learn how to grow some killer weed. No worries - I have specifically designed
this book in a way that is clear, concise, and easy to follow along. Feel free to
grab a notebook and a pen, you're going to learn a lot! I hope you're excited!!!
I want to congratulate you on taking this massive step for your own personal
cannabis cultivation career. You now have access to one of the most newest up-
to-date detailed guides that will shave literally years off of your learning curve;
in other words – you're starting off on a very good foot. If you apply half of the
information I will be presenting to you here, I am confident you will be ecstatic
with the results you will achieve with your treasured buds. If you're intermediate
or advanced feel free to skip ahead to any chapter that you need to study up on
and use the book as an encyclopedia reference in order to suit your individual
growing needs, as I'm certain you will learn a lot of really cool tricks, tips &
other marijuana grower gems along the way!
Over the last few years I've have seen a sharp increase in the cost of street
cannabis, and a rapid decline in its already sketchy quality. My father used to
always say, “The greatest problem mankind faces today is the classic conflict
between the artist and the producer. It's a basic Tug-O-War between quality vs.
distribution. Just look at movies, they're literally developed on an assembly line
nowadays. Rushed processing. Cinemas are not an art form anymore, it's a dirty
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business! Market value mass appeal butchers the authentic message the
creators want to get across...” As you will soon discover, one of the greatest
benefits to growing your own cannabis is the unbeatable quality of your very
own grown herb. It is rare to find something in life as good as your own supply
of herb grown by yourself. Never again will you have to worry about dodgy
sources or wasting cash on toxic, overpriced, impotent buds. The days of
unknown bud (that may or may not be packed filled with chemicals and other
health hazards that disrupt the taste, potency, and aroma in order to increase
profit) are over. Growing your own green means you get to ditch the dealer.
Marijuana growing is a lot of fun! The more you know, the more tricks you will
invent by yourself to get the most out of your yields. Some of the best cannabis
growers are very exotic with their grow methods. A number of people have
invented so many amazing methods to grow bigger and better cannabis plants.
I sincerely hope with the help of this guide you will learn a lot of awesome
growing methods and strategies and hopefully develop some of your very own.
A word of caution: Don't become discouraged if your first growing attempts are
a total disaster. One of the cool things about this book is that I'm going to be
outlining the most common growing errors. I can't promise you that you wont
make mistakes, as you most likely will at first while learning, but I have clearly
described many of them here so you'll have a game plan and know exactly what
to avoid. The chances of you messing up your precious plants will be greatly
reduced by following this guide properly. No worries, you're in good hands.
This book is massive. It contains virtually everything you need to know to grow
elite bud successfully. At first glance you may become overwhelmed at all the
wealth of information. Relax, I recommend you use this book like a
walkthrough. It's like my dad always used to say; “How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time of course!” Reference back to sections as your grow
progresses, as needed. Feel free to skip ahead to research any particular section
that interests you. If you are a first time grower just follow along, I'm going to
take you by the hand and show you step-by-step how to grow your very own
awesome bud supply. So without further ado... let's grow!
And remember, always keep it GREEN, LOVING and full of LIGHT.
