Homegrown City Life Series You’d like to be self-sufficient, but the space you have available is tighter than your budget. If this sounds familiar, the Homegrown City Life Series was created just for you! Our authors bring country living to the city with big ideas for small spaces. Topics include cheesemaking, fermenting, gardening, composting and, more—everything you need to create your own homegrown city life! In This Series DIY Kombucha DIY Mushroom Cultivation DIY Sourdough The Elderberry Book The Food Lover's Garden Pure Charcuterie Your Indoor Herb Garden Worm at Work Plant Botany & Chemistry All of the botanical principles that apply to growing other plants apply to Autoflowering Cannabis as well. However, there is some special information that applies to growing Autoflowering Cannabis in particular, including some botanical facts and to learn about the chemicals Autoflowering Cannabis produces. In this chapter: Leaves, roots, mycorrhizae and nodesAutoflowering Cannabis flowers and trichomesWhat to expect as a plant growsCannabis chemistryCannabinoids (psychoactive and non-psychoactive) Equipment & Supplies As a gardener, you can appreciate that all you really need to grow any plant are seeds, soil, a container, and light. My suggestion is to get to know these plants before buying much equipment. Whether you buy or already own, it is important to get everything on hand before you start. In this chapter: Seeds, nutrients and growing mediaMycorrhizal fungi and growing containersLights (and maybe reflectors), timers, fansPest and odor controlHumidifiers and temperatureMagnification tools and grow tents Growing Autoflowering Cannabis There is a reason that the slang name for Cannabis is weed. You can simply plant a seed, walk away, and it will probably grow into a plant. It is that easy. If you want a better plant, however, you need to pay just a bit of attention. These are amazing plants. Their rapid growth, alone, makes them unusual and fun. In this chapter: Life cycle of Autoflowering CannabisTemperatureGerminate seedsPlantingWatering, feeding and lightTraining Pests & Other Problems Autoflowering Cannabis is a plant, and there is always an insect or disease trying to take any plant out. Be prepared, is the motto, especially when growing a fast-moving plant like Autoflowering Cannabis. This chapter includes: Pests that like Autoflowering CannabisGeneral Rules to deal with pestsSome Organic Solutions to deal with pestsNutrient deficienciesDealing with nutrient deficienciesAbiotic Problems Harvesting, Drying and Storing You can’t simply pick flowers off an Autoflowering Cannabis plant and use them. The crop has to be dried. When and how you harvest those flowers will have much to do with the quality of your grow. So will drying and manicuring and curing. These are the finishing touches, and they greatly influence how your harvest will look, but even more important, how it tastes. This chapter includes: Harvesting Autoflowering Cannabis plantsDrying the harvestManicuring or trimmingCuringStorage Creating your own Varieties There is a complete spectrum of activity intensity from plunking seed into soil and walking away, satisfied with only a small harvest, to developing your own heirloom seeds or clones and going for maximum yields and strength. Autoflowering Cannabis plants are great hobby plants. This chapter includes: Breeding for seedsCrossing and back-crossingHybridsChoosing partnersHow to make feminized seedSeed Storage Other Books In This Series The Elderberry Book Your go-to guide for everything from cultivation to wine-making with one of humanity's oldest plant friends The Artisan Herbalist Start your journey as an artisan herbalist and take back control of your health and well-being the natural way DIY Mushroom Cultivation Bring mushrooms into your life as you dive into the practice of home-scale mushroom cultivation NEW SOCIETY PUBLISHERS ● Carbon Neutral ● B Corporation ● Employee Shareholders ● 100% Post Consumer Recycled Paper
✔ Author(s): Jeff Lowenfels
✔ Title: DIY Autoflowering Cannabis: An Easy Way to Grow Your Own (Homegrown City Life, 7)
✔ Rating : 4.6 out of 5 base on (329 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 0865719160
✔ ISBN-13: 9780865719163
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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