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Jorge Cervantes; Foreword By Vicente Fox Quesada; Fred Gardner; Dr. John McPartland; Samantha Miller
Language: English
Published by Van Patten Publishing, 2015
- Softcover
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- Title
- The Cannabis Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to Cultivation & Consumption of Medical Marijuana
- Author
- Jorge Cervantes; Foreword By Vicente Fox Quesada; Fred Gardner; Dr. John McPartland; Samantha Miller
- Publisher
- Van Patten Publishing
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- acceptable
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1878823345
- ISBN 13
- 9781878823342
- Illustrator
- Christopher Valdés; Photographer: Mel Frank; Photographer: Left Foot; Photographer: Toni13
More than 2,000 beautiful color images illustrate this 596-page book. The large 8.5 x 11-inch format, three-column pages are easy to read and packed with up-to-date information that make this book essential for all cannabis gardeners and patients.
Chapters on medical cannabis history, cannabinoid measurement and medical varieties provide a firm background for medical patients and caregivers. The Medicinal Concentrates and Cooking with Medicinal Cannabis chapters feature many different methods to concentrate and consume cannabis.
Each stage of plant growth is detailed and graphically explained seed, seedling, vegetative growth, clones and mother plants and flowering. Harvest, drying and curing information aims to preserve cannabinoids. Garden room design, construction and maintenance, greenhouse construction and care, outdoor gardens from backyards and patios to large remote fields are all explained in full detail and many step-by-step examples.
Four case studies feature two indoor gardens, one with LED and HP sodium lamps, Jorge´s backyard garden and a big garden in Humboldt County, CA. Each aspect of cannabis cultivation is examined in detail with a focus on organic practices preserving the sanctuary, meters, air, light, lamps and electricity, soil, containers, water, nutrients, additives, container culture and hydroponics, diseases and pests and breeding.
The comprehensive Nutrient chapter has individual drawings of 14 cannabis plants showing nutrient excess and deficiencies. The Breeding chapter explains methods, plant crosses, back crosses, true breeds, hybrids, etc. and provides step-by-step illustrated instructions on starting your own home breeding program. Learn exactly how to increase yields, increase cannabinoid potency, and make eco-friendly decisions from the expert, Jorge Cervantes. His advice is basic, detailed and reliable.
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About the Author
Cervantes traveled to five continents and lived in British Colombia, Canada, California, Oregon, Washington State in the USA and the Netherlands and Spain to research cannabis cultivation. He continues to research, publish, make videos, and draw a discussion about his favorite plant with an international community on his forum at marijuanagrowing.com.
After 30 years, of cannabis gardening and study, travel to five continents, selling more than a million books, countless articles in 10 languages and millions of hits on Youtube, Cervantes brings you his best work to date, The Cannabis Encyclopedia.
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