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I In nd do oo or r C Cu ul lt ti iv va at ti io on n a an nd d U Us sa ag ge e G Gu ui id de e T Th he e U Ul lt ti im ma at te e C Ca an nn na ab bi is s 2 | P a g e Index ● Introductions Are In Order – p. 3 ● Chapter 1 – The Truth About Marijuana – p. 4 ● Chapter 2 – Botanical Basics – p. 15 ● Chapter 3 – The Growing Sanctuary – p. 19 ● Chapter 4 – From Seed to Weed – p. 26 ● Chapter 5 – The Fruits of Your Labor – p. 33 ● A Fond Farewell – p. 42 This information is made available without copyright or profit to encourage distribution for the benefit of humanity. Please share it freely! Before the introduction, here is a little food-for-thought for any cannabis skeptics – those who have heard the prohibitionist lies long enough to actually believe them… 3 | P a g e Introductions Are In Order Maybe you or a loved one is in need of medicine… maybe you enjoy sharing good grass with friends on occasion… maybe you believe in freedom and don’t want draconian laws telling you what plants you can or cannot grow… for whatever reason, you want to grow marijuana. So you start looking for information about this and find yourself inundated with books, videos, blogs, forums and more telling you everything under the sun about growing. The problem is that there is just so much information, most of which is unnecessary, conflicting or questionable at best. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a very knowledgeable friend tell you exactly what you need to know? Well you’re in luck! I have a few decades worth of cannabis experience and I’m going to help you. Why? Because I appreciate the help others have given me, and I believe in passing it on. But my motivation is also much broader... as a young person, I was influenced by hippy culture in a very positive way. Today I have a great appreciation for the hippy rejection of racism, materialism, corporate/ government greed, environmental destruction and war; as well as the hippy promotion of peace, love and weed. These three things have the potential to dramatically improve our world. My hope is that teaching others to grow and use weed will help them to better utilize all three as catalysts for change to make the world a better place! Now you may be thinking: That’s all well and good, but what is it that makes this old hippie’s guide the “ultimate”? The answer is that it achieves five very specific goals for growing weed: 1. Grow as safely as possible – avoid persecution from unjust laws 2. Grow as easily as possible – avoid spending excessive time 3. Grow as cheaply as possible – avoid spending excessive money 4. Grow as high quality as possible – avoid disappointment 5. Grow as compassionately as possible – avoid negativity There are certainly many other good ways to grow cannabis besides what I outline here. But few achieve all the same goals. This guide is an excellent foundation of concise and reliable information for the indoor non-commercial grower. It provides a broad cultural understanding, and instructions on how to process and consume home-grown cannabis for medical and other applications. I give straight talk on the issue of a cannabis habit and how to avoid it – something rarely discussed by proponents. I even cover topics like cannabis etiquette and sex. Finally, I address the subject of compassion with both growing and life in general, as there is a desperate need for much more of that in our world. I’m not content with just helping you grow cannabis… I believe you should also grow as a person. To get started on our journey, the first thing any good cannabis grower needs is a knowledge base that includes the historical background and future potential of this wonderful plant. This transforms you from just a grower into an informed grower. Believe it or not, it will help you and your plants tremendously with the psychic energy you bring into the growing process. So that is where we begin… 4 | P a g e Chapter 1 – The Truth About Marijuana Marijuana is many things to many people. This should not be surprising since the relationship between mankind and this herbaceous plant extends back to literally the dawn of civilization. However, most people are surprised to learn that marijuana is not the ominous threat they’ve been led to believe through drug war propaganda. Then why is it portrayed so negatively by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and others? Good question! The time has come for an understanding based on education – to rise above the ignorance. So let’s examine the historical context behind marijuana prohibition and learn some facts about the plant known as marijuana… The name “marijuana” is a Mexican slang word. The actual Spanish word for the plant is “canamo.” Prior to the mid- 1930’s, marijuana was known throughout the world as “hemp” or “cannabis.” Cannabis is the plant’s botanical name and has ancient origins in the Hebrew language. Solid evidence of Hebrew cannabis usage was established in 1936 by Mr. Sula Benet, an etymologist from the Institute of Anthropological Sciences in Warsaw. The word “cannabis” was generally thought to be of Scythian origin, but Mr. Benet showed that it has a much earlier origin in Semitic languages like Hebrew, and that it actually appears several times throughout the Old Testament. Mr. Benet explained that “in the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament there are references to hemp, both as incense, which was an integral part of religious celebration, and as an intoxicant.” As one of the ingredients for the anointing oil, it would have been used to anoint Abraham, all the priests, and even Jesus. Mr. Benet demonstrated that the word for cannabis is “kaneh-bosm,” also rendered in traditional Hebrew as “kaneh” or “kannabus.” The root “kan” in this construction means “reed” or “hemp”, while “bosm” means “aromatic.” This word appears five times in the Old Testament; in Exodus 30:22- 30, Song of Songs 4:8-14, Isaiah 43:23-24, Jeremiah 6:20 and Ezekiel 27:19. The word kaneh- bosm is sometimes mistranslated as calamus, a common marsh plant with little monetary value that does not have the qualities or value ascribed to kaneh-bosm. In many Bible translations, it is simply called “fragrant cane” or “sweet cane.” Here are some more historical facts about hemp (with references), which are generally verifiable in the Encyclopedia Britannica – which was printed on hemp paper for 150 years:  The oldest known records of hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, although hemp industrialization likely extends back to ancient Egypt. Medical cannabis was described in print in a Chinese book of medicine, “Herbal,” in the 2nd century B.C.  The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S. Government Archives.  Founding fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and others grew hemp. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds from China to France and then to America; Washington and Jefferson Diaries.  It was legal to pay taxes with hemp in America from 1631 until the early 1800’s; LA Times, Aug. 12, 1981. In fact, refusing to grow hemp in America during the 17th and 5 | P a g e 18th Centuries was against the law! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; G. M. Herdon, Hemp in Colonial Virginia.  The first crop grown in many states was hemp. HEMPstead, Long Island; HEMPstead County, Arkansas; HEMPstead, Texas; HEMPhill, North Carolina; HEMPfield, Pennsylvania, among others, were named after cannabis growing regions, or after family names derived from growing hemp; State Archives  In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940’s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees would need to be cut down since one acre of hemp equals four and a half acres of trees; U.S. Department of Agriculture.  An article entitled 'The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown' stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the world; Feb, 1938, Mechanical Engineering Magazine.  Paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. America used 58,000 tons of hemp seeds for paint products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Company testimony before Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act, which outlawed hemp in the U.S.  Henry Ford built a car to run on hemp gasoline and the car itself was constructed of plastic made with hemp. On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp uploads/Geographie/ cannabis-cultivation-guide.pdf