DIY Autoflowering Cannabis: An Easy Way to Grow Your Own

by Jeff Lowenfels

Overview

A totally new category of plants — as easy to grow as tomatoes, perfect for gardeners

Cannabis prohibition is ending around the world, and there’s a new bud in town — auto-flowering cannabis. As easy to grow as tomatoes, auto-flowering cannabis is the perfect new plant for the home gardener who has limited time and space.

Unlike commercially grown cannabis, auto-flowering cannabis plants are small, container-grown, day-neutral, require no special lights or equipment, and grow incredibly fast – from seed to harvest in as little as seven weeks.

Written by gardening authority Jeff Lowenfels, DIY Auto-flowering Cannabis is a full-color, illustrated guide for everyone wanting to grow their own. It covers:

• The history and benefits of auto-flowering cannabis
• Its origins, chemistry, and growing habits
• Step-by-step growing methods, including tips, tricks, supplies, and seed sourcing
• How to harvest, process, and breed your new plants.

If you are a home gardener or already grow cannabis, you too can learn how to grow this new plant with ease, all while reaping its many benefits, such as harvesting it for medical use, recreational use, or simply as a decorative, sweet-smelling flower to enjoy. If you like to grow tomatoes, you will love growing auto-flowering cannabis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771423045
Publisher:	New Society Publishers
Publication date:	10/22/2019
Series:	Homegrown City Life , #7
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	22 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

Jeff Lowenfels (Lord of the Roots), is one of the most humorous and entertaining lecturers and writers on the organic gardening circuit. He is a reformed lawyer who went back to his childhood roots to become a leader in the organic gardening movement. He is the author of a series of award-winning and bestselling books, three of which have become bibles for organic growers worldwide, including Teaming with Microbes, Teaming with Nutrients, and Teaming with Fungi. Lowenfels has also penned the longest running garden column in North America and was inducted into the Garden Writers of America hall of fame after serving as President. He is the founder of “Plant A Row for The Hungry,” a program which has resulted in millions of pounds of garden produce being donated to feed the hungry every year. He lives in Anchorage Alaska, where cannabis has been legal since 1975. www.Jefflowenfels.com

Jeff Lowenfels, a reformed lawyer and leader in the organic gardening movement, is one of the most humorous and entertaining lecturers and writers on the organic gardening circuit. He is the author of three bestselling books, including Teaming with Microbes, which have become bibles for organic growers worldwide. He lives in Anchorage Alaska, where cannabis has been legal since 1975.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface

1 Something Totally New for The Home Gardener
2 A Bit of Botany and Chemistry to Get You Started
3 Equipment and Supplies You Will Need
4 Let's Grow Some Autoflowering CANNABIS
5 Pests and Other Potential Problems
6 Harvesting, Drying, Curing, and Storing
7 Enjoy Your Harvest
8 How to Create Your Own Heirloom Varieties
9 Autoflowering Breeding Stock: Some Classics to Know, Grow, and Use
10 The Future of Autoflowering CANNABIS

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A Note About the Publisher

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"For the first time, short-blooming cannabis varieties are available in seed form that put easy cannabis growing within reach of gardeners anywhere in the United States. Jeff Lowenfels' DIY Autoflowering Cannabis provides everything you need to source seeds, grow, and harvest your first cannabis plants!"
- Shango Los Shaping Fire Podcast

"DIY Autoflowering Cannabis is an approachable and necessary guide for dedicated beginners and gardening ninjas alike. Lowenfels' book is the ultimate course load: history, biology, chemistry, Latin and home use (yes, there are recipes!). Readers are actually encouraged to skip class to experience things first hand. I learned an incredible amount about autoflowering cannabis—better yet, I was inspired.
- Jules Torti editor-in-chief, Harrowsmith magazine, and author, Free to a Good Home: With Room for Improvement

"DIY Autoflowering Cannabis is the book to read for anyone who wants to be at the forefront of cannabis cultivation. Jeff Lowenfels weaves together the science and hands-on cultivation of this new breed of cannabis into an informative, enjoyable, and often humorous, good read."
- Lee Reich PhD, scientist, farmdener (more than a gardener, less than a farmer), and author, The Ever Curious Gardener

"At last, something easier and faster, and gentler than habanero peppers to satisfy our lust for home-grown satisfaction. Always loved Jeff's plain-spoken enthusiasms, but this easy, beautiful book is a fantastic inspiration for enjoying this alluring breakthrough plant!"
- Felder Rushing NPR host and founder, Slow Gardening

"Jeff Lowenfels is the best go-to author for cannabis information that I know. At a time when the internet is filled with myths, rumors, or downright inaccurate information about this plant, Jeff provides accurate, useful, and accessible advice that all cannabis growers can use."
- C.L. Fornari author and co-host, Plantrama Podcast

"It's an honor to have such a legendary author write an entire book on a plant so near and dear to our hearts! We commend you Jeff for bringing the attention of others to this amazing plant that we love so much! The use of plant history, growing information, and garden humor makes this book an enjoyable gateway to the autoflowering cannabis plant that can be enjoyed by anyone!"
- Mephisto Genetics

Editorial Reviews

09/16/2019

In this informative, low-budget guide, organic gardening writer Lowenfels (Teaming with Fungi) champions reasons and methods for growing the autoflowering variety of cannabis sativa, a strain adapted to survive harsher northern climates. After pointing to the recent “sea change in attitudes” that has made it “now legal to grow Cannabis in Canada and in many of the United States,” Lowenfels dives into the nitty-gritty of plant fertilization science; lists of supplies needed and pointers on gardening best practices (including information on seeds and seedbanks, soil, lights, watering, feeding, and pests); and methods for harvesting, drying, curing, and storing. Lowenfels also suggests ways to “enjoy your harvest”—such as by, of course, smoking it—and includes recipes for edibles, such as “canna butter chocolate mug cake.” The accompanying charts and drawings substantiate his claims about autoflowering cannabis’s versatility, but the color photographs look amateurish. Moreover, while Lowenfels asserts that “if you can grow tomatoes, you can quickly learn to grow Autoflowering Cannabis,” the specialized knowledge he imparts doesn’t support that claim. For those already determined to grow cannabis, this book will be a boon, but it’s just as likely to overwhelm gardeners simply curious about the buzz. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly