The Marijuana Grower's Handbook: Practical Advice from an Expert (Spiral Bound)

Biographical Note:
Tommy McCarthy is a pseudonym of a self-sufficient outdoorsman who lives off the grid and grows his own entertainment. He teaches survival classes, tests outdoors products, and has worked as a field guide and tracker.

Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1. Supplies and What to Consider Before You Start-Basic Background Information on Seeds, Soil, and Fertilizer -- Chapter 1. Seeds -- What Kind of Plant Do You Want to Grow: Male vs. Female -- Pick Your Strain: Hemp and Two Breeds of Marijuana -- Selecting Seeds: Quality and Characteristics -- Where to Buy: Commercial Seed Sources -- Chapter 2. Soil -- The Importance of Soil -- Soils That Work: Store Supplies and Cutting Your Dirt -- Making Your Own Soil -- Changing the Soil of Your Grow Plot -- Chapter 3. Fertilizer -- What Cannabis Plants Eat -- The Science Behind the Food -- Popular Choices for Effective Fertilizer -- Composting -- Note for Indoor Growers -- Part 2. Nuts and Bolts of Growing Your Own Marijuana-How to Sprout, Grow, Transplant, and Protect Your Crop -- Chapter 4. Sprouting Seeds -- Sprouting Marijuana Seeds: Indoor and Outdoor Methods -- Healthy Sprouts: What to Look For -- How to Protect Young Plants -- Chapter 5. Transplanting -- Transplanting: When and How to Transplant -- Where to Move: Requirements for Thriving Plants -- Security and Other Major Concerns -- A Final Word of Caution: Your Safety -- Chapter 6. Watering and Pruning -- Watering Your Crop -- Pruning Leaves -- Dangers of Overpruning -- Chapter 7. Hazards to Your Plants -- Indoor and Outdoor Health: Common Symptoms of Illness -- Outdoor Dangers: Common Pests and Problems -- Part 3. Completing the Growing Process-Determine Gender and Harvest Your Crop -- Chapter 8. Determining Gender and Tailoring Bud Growth -- Sexing Your Plant -- Seeds or No Seeds? -- Buds and Gender Identifying the Best Product -- Accelerating Female Bud Growth -- Nurturing Buds in General -- Chapter 9. Gathering the Harvest -- When to Harvest: Leaves, Flowering Male, Flowering Female Plants -- How to Harvest -- Stripping Plants before Curing -- Chapter 10. Curing and Storing Your Crop -- Drying the Crop -- Sweetening the leaves -- Storage for a Year -- Part 4. Enjoying the Fruits of Your Labor-Smoking Equipment, Making Hashish, and Cooking with Pot -- Chapter 11. Smoking Equipment -- How to Roll a Joint -- Joint Smokers -- Toke Stone -- Arrow Tokers -- Basic Pipes -- Bongs -- Vaporizers -- Chapter 12. Hashish -- Laced Hash -- Moroccan Hash -- Nederhash -- Hash Buds -- Kif -- Resins -- Chapter 13. Eating Marijuana -- General Notes on Preparing Marijuana -- Cannabutter -- Cannabis Brownies (from scratch): -- Cannabis Brownies (from mix): -- Sesame Skillet Cookies -- Happy Flapjacks -- Stoner Fudge -- Hemp Tea -- Cannabis Grower's Resource Guide.

Publisher Marketing:
Cannabis, weed, pot, ganja, maryjane, whatever you call it, it's now legal in many states (and Canada) and more will follow. Skip your local cannabis dispensary and grow your own.

• Choosing the right plants.
• Knowing which seeds to buy.
• Nurturing your plants.
• Harvesting and preparing the final product.
• Avoiding common mistakes.
• Smoking equipment
• Hashish
• Eating marijuana
• And more!

Contributor Bio:McCarthy, Tommy
Tommy McCarthy is a pseudonym of a self-sufficient outdoorsman who lives off the grid and grows his own entertainment. He teaches survival classes, tests outdoors products, and has worked as a field guide and tracker.