Homegrown Marijuana: Create a Hydroponic Growing System in Your Own Home
Is growing marijuana permitted where you live? A hydroponic system is your homegrown solution.

With marijuana laws changing rapidly, millions of gardeners with an interest in growing Cannabis can finally step out of their curtained basements and raise this unique and ancient plant without worry and in plain view.

As with any other plant we grow, you'll find a wide range of strategies for growing marijuana. The variables between approaches are many, including success rates, security, and cost. Indoor, water-based hydroponic systems are the best option for just about any homeowner: they are clean, reliable, highly productive, and can be built for minimal cost. In Homegrown Marijuana, you'll find all the information you need to create and operate a hydroponic growing system in your own home.

This book is intended for people who live in areas that have legalized growing marijuana, for medical use or otherwise, and who wish to produce it for their own consumption. Using step-by-step instructions and photos, hydroponics and marijuana-growing expert Joshua Sheets explains how to create, build, maintain, and harvest a marijuana garden. He also includes plenty of background information you'll want to know on subjects such as nutrient solutions, propagating plants, selecting varieties, troubleshooting problems, and much more. You'll see that a hydroponic marijuana garden is not so different from other gardens you've grown—except, of course, that in this garden, the weed is encouraged.
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Homegrown Marijuana: Create a Hydroponic Growing System in Your Own Home
Is growing marijuana permitted where you live? A hydroponic system is your homegrown solution.

With marijuana laws changing rapidly, millions of gardeners with an interest in growing Cannabis can finally step out of their curtained basements and raise this unique and ancient plant without worry and in plain view.

As with any other plant we grow, you'll find a wide range of strategies for growing marijuana. The variables between approaches are many, including success rates, security, and cost. Indoor, water-based hydroponic systems are the best option for just about any homeowner: they are clean, reliable, highly productive, and can be built for minimal cost. In Homegrown Marijuana, you'll find all the information you need to create and operate a hydroponic growing system in your own home.

This book is intended for people who live in areas that have legalized growing marijuana, for medical use or otherwise, and who wish to produce it for their own consumption. Using step-by-step instructions and photos, hydroponics and marijuana-growing expert Joshua Sheets explains how to create, build, maintain, and harvest a marijuana garden. He also includes plenty of background information you'll want to know on subjects such as nutrient solutions, propagating plants, selecting varieties, troubleshooting problems, and much more. You'll see that a hydroponic marijuana garden is not so different from other gardens you've grown—except, of course, that in this garden, the weed is encouraged.
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Homegrown Marijuana: Create a Hydroponic Growing System in Your Own Home

Homegrown Marijuana: Create a Hydroponic Growing System in Your Own Home

by Joshua Sheets
Homegrown Marijuana: Create a Hydroponic Growing System in Your Own Home

Homegrown Marijuana: Create a Hydroponic Growing System in Your Own Home

by Joshua Sheets

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Overview

Is growing marijuana permitted where you live? A hydroponic system is your homegrown solution.

With marijuana laws changing rapidly, millions of gardeners with an interest in growing Cannabis can finally step out of their curtained basements and raise this unique and ancient plant without worry and in plain view.

As with any other plant we grow, you'll find a wide range of strategies for growing marijuana. The variables between approaches are many, including success rates, security, and cost. Indoor, water-based hydroponic systems are the best option for just about any homeowner: they are clean, reliable, highly productive, and can be built for minimal cost. In Homegrown Marijuana, you'll find all the information you need to create and operate a hydroponic growing system in your own home.

This book is intended for people who live in areas that have legalized growing marijuana, for medical use or otherwise, and who wish to produce it for their own consumption. Using step-by-step instructions and photos, hydroponics and marijuana-growing expert Joshua Sheets explains how to create, build, maintain, and harvest a marijuana garden. He also includes plenty of background information you'll want to know on subjects such as nutrient solutions, propagating plants, selecting varieties, troubleshooting problems, and much more. You'll see that a hydroponic marijuana garden is not so different from other gardens you've grown—except, of course, that in this garden, the weed is encouraged.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781591869108
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Publication date: 09/01/2015
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Joshua Sheets (Olympia, Washington) is a professional horticulturalist, writer, teacher, and consultant who works with one of the largest and most successful nurseries and garden retail centers in Washington State.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started on a Home-based System 7

Cannabis Plant Origins 9

Getting Started 12

Components of a Home-Based Hydroponic System 12

Chapter 2 Growing Marijuana 15

Types of Cannabis Plants 15

Parts of a Cannabis Plant 17

Life Cycle 19

Plant Growth Stages 20

Stages of Vegetative (Plant) Growth 22

Flowering 25

Hybrids vs. Nonhybrids, Sexing the Plant 26

Re-vegging 28

Mothering and Cloning 30

Chapter 3 Environmental Factors Affecting Plant Growth 39

What is pH? 40

PPM, EC, and TDS 41

Oxygen 42

Nutrient Availability 42

Light 44

Chapter 4 Growing Media 53

Characteristics of Growing Media 54

Types of Growing Media 56

Water Culture 60

Chapter 5 Watering Systems 63

Watering Systems for Home Growing 64

Auto-Irrigating Wick Technique 75

Deep Water Culture 79

Reservoir System 83

Subirrigation (Flood and Drain) 87

Chapter 6 Growing Environment 97

Know Before You Grow 97

Preparing and Creating the Grow Room 98

How to Create a Grow Room 99

C02 Enhancement Systems 101

How to Build a Reproduction Environment 103

Build Your Own Production Closet 105

Circulation Systems 107

Chapter 7 Creating a Nutrient Solution 123

The Primary Macronutrients 125

Secondary Macronutrients 130

The Micronutrients 130

Using Nutrients to Create Nutrient Solutions 137

Feed Charts 138

Formulating a Nutrient Solution 146

Mixing a Nutrient Solution 148

Chapter 8 Production Techniques 153

Production Chambers 154

Plant Care Production Techniques 156

Chapter 9 Pest Management and Troubleshooting 163

Fungal Infection 164

Dealing with Pests 164

Common Pests 166

Chapter 10 Harvest and Ingestion 175

Harvesting 176

Drying/Curing 176

Storage 178

Storage 180

How to Use 184

Glossary 186

Photo Credits 189

Index 190

Meet Joshua Sheets 192

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