K of Trichome Technologies - Marijuana Horticulture Fundamentals

Marijuana Horticultural Fundamentals

A Comprehensive Guide to Cannabis Cultivation and Hashish Production by K of Trichome Technologies

Green Candy Press

San Francisco, CA

www.greencandypress.com

Marijuana Horticulture Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide to Cannabis Cultivation and Hashish Production by Kenneth Morrow 2016. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without express written permission from the Publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages or reproduce illustrations in a review where appropriate credit is given. Nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the author.

Cover Photo: Original Amnesia Autoflowering by Dinafem Seeds, dinafem.org

Photography: Andre Grossman, AsturJaya, Better, Bubbleman, Cannanetics, David Strange, Dinafem Seeds, Dr. Dog and Blackra1n, Dru West, Ed Borg, Franc, Freebie, General Hydro, Hanna Bliss, Jasmin, Jeff Goldberg, K, Kangativa, Krane, Lochfoot, Mandala Seeds, MedicinalAlchemy.com, Mel Frank, MG Imaging, MoD, Pepper Design, Samson Daniels, Swiss Hortycolture, Todd McCormick, Trichome Technologies, Weado.

Trichome Tech poster illustrations by Chris Shaw www.chrisshawstudio.com

This book contains information about illegal substances, specifically the plant Cannabis Sativa and its derivative products. Green Candy Press would like to emphasize that cannabis is a controlled substance in North America and throughout much of the world. As such, the use and cultivation of cannabis can carry heavy penalties that may threaten an individuals liberty and livelihood.

The aim of the Publisher is to educate and entertain. Whatever the Publishers view on the validity of current legislation, we do not in any way condone the use of prohibited substances.

ISBN 978-1-937866-35-8

Morrow, Kenneth, author.

Marijuana horticulture fundamentals: a comprehensive guide to cannabis cultivation and hashish production / by Kenneth Morrow.

pages cm

Includes index.

1. Cannabis. 2. Marijuana. I. Title.

SB295.C35M67 2016 633.7'9

QBI15-600196

Table of Contents

Contents

Isolated bracts on the right; kif on the left; jelly hash in the blue tubes; water hash in the clear containers; and a 100-year-old pipe.

Photo: Samson Daniels

It was Denis Peron who once told me, There is no such thing as the recreational use of marijuana. Its all medicinal. He was right!

It is one of the most profound statements Ive heard in my thirty-eight years as a cannabis smoker. Whether you use it to alleviate stress or boredom, to relax after a hard days work, or to alleviate the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, you are using it as a medicine. Recreational drugs are those such as LSD, MDMA, and the like: drugs that are taken to party with. Not that I would know much about them, as I left that crazy lifestyle behind in my teens. I am fifty-two years old now, and like to think of myself as being somewhat wiser than I was in those days.

Throughout the years, Ive heard a lot of garbage governmental propaganda about the dangers of marijuana. Way back, when I was in grade school, perhaps eight or nine years old, I was made to sit in an auditorium with my fellow classmates and was force-fed the film Reefer Madness as part of my educational curriculum! It only got worse from there.

Although I live in what I lovingly refer to as Sleepy Hollows, England, I have traveled the world seeking out and tasting the best hash in the world. Ive been through the tribal areas of Pakistan, to Manali and Manala, to the mountains of Nepal, to the Rif Mountains of Morocco, to West and South Africa. Ive tasted the best from everywhere. I was even made an official Sadhu at a gathering of Sadhus on Shivas birthday at the great Hindu temple of Pashupatinath, just outside of Kathmandu, Nepal. And I do it all for a living. Thats my job! And how cool a job is that? All of my adventure travel, hash-smoking articles were published in Englands Red Eye Magazine.

It was through these articles that I first met K from Trichome Technologies. He had stumbled on a copy of one of the mags and managed to get my number through the international cannabis grapevine. Kind of like an old boys network. K and I became really good friends over the next twelve years and I managed to convince him to write some grow articles for Red Eye. As we knew each other so well, I personally worked hand in hand with Kenny on editing and laying out a whole series of the best grow articles that Red Eye ever printed.

I have met all of the greats in the cannabis world, including Sam the Skunk Man, Rob Connell Clarke, Jorge Cervantes, Mel Frank, and Soma, to name a few. K, with his expert knowledge of the cannabis plant, stands out among them all. How else would he have earned the Best Grow Operation in the Twenty-Five Year History of High Times, otherwise?

I learned everything I know about growing from K, and Im now pretty damn good at it, if I do say so myself. Unfortunately, I havent mastered the art of not getting busted on a regular basis! Codswallop to them all, if they cant take a joke, thats what I say.

Ive been with K through every stage of the writing of this book, and I know that his heart and soul have gone into every page. If it teaches the reader anything near what I have learned from this true master of cannabis growing, then this book will change your life.

I opened this foreword with a profound quote, and Ill be damned if Im not going to close with one too. Id like to quote Steve Gaskin, an aging old hippie like myself, who founded a working commune called The Farm in Tennessee along with three hundred and twenty other San Francisco hippies in 1971. The Farm still flourishes today and is one of the most successful communes in the U.S. of A. Steve, while speaking at the High Times Cannabis Cup, said, referring to pot smoking, If you find yourself confronted by people who dont understand your lifestyle, dont ram your lifestyle down their throats and flaunt your joints in their face, youll win nothing through confrontation. If you really do want to win the war, just get them to like you for who you are.

Zorro, Red Eye Magazine, UK

The author at work. K of Trichome Technologies in a cannabis grow facility.

Cannabis flower laden with trichomes.